Andy Peters wrote on Wed, 14 March 2007 15:17 |
I think you misunderstand the reason for the EQ in this sort of box.
It's for use as a system equalizer. You use it to get the system response flat. Once you do this, you lock it and leave it (unless the system configuration changes.)
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Andy:
Thank you for the response. What you say is making me think, and possibly change how I very my setup.
I understand what you are saying. Guess I asked the wrong question, or did not express myself clearly. What you are saying makes sense, but could be tricky to do if you don't have a DSP that produces pink noise or somesuchlike. A simpler system with mixer => crossover => active speakers, for example.
Do you consider the "system" to be everything from the crossover/DSP out, or do you consider the "system" to be everything from sound source out?
I have been looking at "system" to mean everything from the sound file/CD to the listener's ear.
Andy Peters wrote on Wed, 14 March 2007 15:17 |
If one sound card sounds different from the other, then you fix that with the mixer. (If one sound card sounds different from the other, then one or the other might be broken.)
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I am not sure I can agree with that. Different mixers sound different, different DSP's sound different, different speakers sound different, and different sound cards sound different. If it were otherwise, there would be no need for pro and consumer level sound cards, and no difference between brands.
Ideally, one will have one USB or Firewire sound card with multiple stereo outs. Failing that, multiple sound card cards of the same brand and model. That would eliminate the potential difference between sound cards. Unfortunately, we don't always live in a perfect world, and I have a USB sound card and a firewire sound card.