list of analog equalizers or similar

[genesisaudiorack]

can anyone talk about stereo eq for high end? similar to the mcintosh but thats the only one i can find online. i want to be able to nudge the parameters for songs with less boom to bring them up to spec before going into the power amps. are there any basic boutique versions around, preferably with a bypass switch.

 

[mhardy6647]

I mean... there's Schiit.
https://www.schiit.com/products/lokius (the middle of their three models)

And there's always the pro stuff.

Equalizers | dbx Professional Audio | English (US)

When the pros need an EQ, they turn to dbx. With a proven track record of ruggedness and reliability, dbx EQ’s are widely known as the industry standard at all levels. They just work, in the studio or on the road. The respected dbx heritage includes over 30 years of experience, patents, and awards,

dbxpro.com

 

[genesisaudiorack]

I mean... there's Schiit.
https://www.schiit.com/products/lokius (the middle of their three models)

And there's always the pro stuff.

Equalizers | dbx Professional Audio | English (US)

When the pros need an EQ, they turn to dbx. With a proven track record of ruggedness and reliability, dbx EQ’s are widely known as the industry standard at all levels. They just work, in the studio or on the road. The respected dbx heritage includes over 30 years of experience, patents, and awards,

dbxpro.com

arent

I mean... there's Schiit.
https://www.schiit.com/products/lokius (the middle of their three models)

And there's always the pro stuff.

Equalizers | dbx Professional Audio | English (US)

When the pros need an EQ, they turn to dbx. With a proven track record of ruggedness and reliability, dbx EQ’s are widely known as the industry standard at all levels. They just work, in the studio or on the road. The respected dbx heritage includes over 30 years of experience, patents, and awards,

dbxpro.com

arent dbx middle of the road components, wouldn't i be taking away from sound quality for a monitor style eq?

 

[Chrispy]

You want old graphic eq? Parametric eq? IIR or FIR filters?

 

[MarkS]

Cello Palette:

https://reverb.com/item/85841185-cello-audio-palette-multi-input-version-vintage-solid-state-equalizer-preamplifier-0736

 

[genesisaudiorack]

You want old graphic eq? Parametric eq? IIR or FIR filters?

well master, what the most organic when in the 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 etc position. i just want to dial in a room or a track if its missing some concerto boom.

i know theres analog and active. and to be honest ive heard active isnt really that great - some have said to me analog is the way to go so the signal coming out has the least amount of fluffing done to it.

 

[boxerfan88]

Accuphase DG68

 

[genesisaudiorack]

Accuphase DG68

the price is nharley!

 

[boxerfan88]

the price is nharley!

u wanted high end

i actually heard it at a friends place. it’s actually pretty good. helps to tame the room boom very well.

 

[formdissolve]

Expensive at about $1500 but the ARS Model 2200 is a high quality 10-band with XLR in/out and bypass: https://ars-tokyo.co.jp/2-3

My friend has one in his "high end" system and it is very clean.

 

[MarkS]

the price is nharley!

You have $300/meter speaker cable. Do you want the best or not?

 

[Galliardist]

You have $300/meter speaker cable. Do you want the best or not?

Clearly not, because the best would be digital

 

[Chr1]

Indeed. Makes me realise what a hassle and extremely expensive hobby getting even halfway decent sound from vinyl is.

 

[jsrtheta]

can anyone talk about stereo eq for high end? similar to the mcintosh but thats the only one i can find online. i want to be able to nudge the parameters for songs with less boom to bring them up to spec before going into the power amps. are there any basic boutique versions around, preferably with a bypass switch.

I finally got tired of the "EQ baaad" school of thought a few years ago and hunted down some analog EQs.

Now I run a very clean, but simple, Coustic EQ. It's years old, and I went through a number of makes until I lucked into the Coustic.

I'm in my 70s, my ears are too, and it's nice to hear a clean high hat cymbal again. The Coustic were nice and clear, and I hunted my current workhorse down on eBay, though the other usual sellers (Craig's List, etc.) are worth a look, too.

Most people spurn them like poison, but frankly, I wouldn't go back to the "High End" school of "EQs are horrible". And they help at low volume, too.

 

[Waxx]

You can use pro audio equilizers for this, but their I/O is balanced (XLR), not unbalanced (RCA). For hifi, it wall went dsp, there are no analog stereo equilizers in that market anymore because there is no market for it.

The Klark Teknik DN series is a classic high end graphic eq that is full analog and easy to use.

For parametric equilizers it soon gets very expensive in the pro audio world, they are mostly used in mixing and mastering studio's.

There are a few program equlizers that are on the market, but i have no id of the quality. One of those is this Bettermaker Stereo Passive equilizer and they are also not cheap. You also got the even more expensive Dangerous Music Bax shelf eq, based on the original Bax Shelf eq from the 1950's (and then very popular). The brand is known as high end studiobrand, so i guess the sound will be good. But it's pricy.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

I have a closet full of [Audio Control] models I bought for a song 10-15 years ago.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

some have said to me analog is the way to go

It isn't the way to go. Doing EQ in the analogue domain is very impactful compared to parametric equalisation in the digital domain with FIR and IIR tools.

 

[ZolaIII]

Uh-huh... people are EQ-ing speakers from who knows when. There were semi PEQ passive lamp implementations that where very good and usefull back from late 50's and 60's and some even had useful futures that we miss today like bandwidth regulation. There are small firms that still make replicas of such and not for so small bucks. But seriously this days and age digital let's you do with a signal what ever you want on so much more lv that's insane to do it any other way including even emulation of such along of many other things like Korg electric organ's for example. World of VST and only small part of which are actually very good and faithfull reproductions of their actual originals (pretty much like with anything else). All you need is a Win/Mac PC. For example of such to start playing with for free try out PTEq-X.

PTEq-X by Ignite Amps - Tube EQ Plugin VST VST3 Audio Unit

PTEq-X is a digital emulation of 3 famous vintage passive program equalizers. It has been developed to have all the characteristics of the o...

www.kvraudio.com

 

[Peterinvan]

I recently added a Schiit Loki+ four band tone control.
My 76 yo ears are really enjoying the simplicity of this device.

In my experience, it’s not just the ability to set up the EQ once (eg. for the room, speakers etc).
To me, every album is mixed by the engineer with a different amount of EQ to suit their ears.
If needed, I can tweek the sound on every track in a second.

 

[mhardy6647]

arent dbx middle of the road components, wouldn't i be taking away from sound quality for a monitor style eq?

They will all "take away" (add noise and distortion). Ashly, unfortunately has little or nothing to offer any more in the way of graphic EQ (last time I looked). A used Ashly wouldn't be a bad choice.

You know, you can do all of this stuff via DSP nowadays, almost indubitably with less damage to the signal.

the price is nharley!

so would a Cello Pallette be (gnarly-ly priced, that is).