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[Liam Flaherty]

I've got the chance to get one of these new for a very heavily discounted price but I'm struggling to find any sort of review for them. Anyone had any experience with them?

Cheers

[Tim McCulloch]

Buy a used DN-360 instead.  The Square One series is KT's equivalent to BSS' Opal series.  Both forgettable.

Have fun, good luck.

Tim Mc

[Bennett Prescott]

Buy a used DN-360 instead.  The Square One series is KT's equivalent to BSS' Opal series.  Both forgettable.

Indeed. Forgettable and fragile.

[Simon Ryder]

The SQ1 is identical inside to a DN370 with some of the features disabled. The build quality is the same because the PCB and components are the same.

If the DN360 is better than a SQ1, then they are better than the DN370 as well. KT themselves would beg to differ.
I have had more reliability problems with the later batches of BSS Opals than the earlier ones. The KT stuff seems to last longer at the moment.

PS I would take a SQ1 ovwer a 360. That's just me though as I prefer the filters on it. The 360 is more rider friendly.

[Liam Flaherty]

Thanks for all the replies. I have been watching several DN360s which have been for sale and they are (at least for good condition ones) going for £100+ more than I can get the SQ1 for and unfortunately I'm on a reasonably tight budget.

Thanks for confirming that Simon, as I was pretty certain that was the case regarding the DN370 components.

This is my first graphic for my own setup so I won't rule out a used DN360, but I think the SQ1 could be a good first purchase and maybe a stepping stone to a 360 in the future.

One thing I'm intrigued by is the proportional Qs. For anyone that's actually used one, how effect is it in practice?

[Bennett Prescott]

I have no idea whether they're the same inside, but they are not the same on the outside. I have seen a lot of problems with the buttons and switches. No slider issues, but they're still a relatively new product.

[Tim McCulloch]

This is my first graphic for my own setup so I won't rule out a used DN360, but I think the SQ1 could be a good first purchase and maybe a stepping stone to a 360 in the future.

With "stepping stones" you pay for each step, and usually lose the money you spent on the prior steps.  I'll defer to Simon regarding the internals, but I can say that if the SQ and 370 have the same filters I'd much rather have the 360 (it's more familiar, perhaps), and the build quality is shit.  There's a reason it costs 35% less.

Save up for another couple months and get a 360, or see if "Blind" Johnny Chiara will sell his DN3600 (in the Marketplace) across the Big Pond.

[No Name]

I would echo what the others have already said.  The Square One Graphic is a reasonable quality product, however looking at the current used prices for the DN360, I dont see the point in buying a SQ1.

I dont know whether your set on a KT graphic, but you should perhaps look at the BSS FCS-960.  I prefer them to DN360s and they are available for good prices on the used market.  LMC Audio (UK) have a few available at the moment.

Currently I use FCS-960 units for FOH and FCS-966 units for monitors and couldnt be happier.  They do a great job, sound good and are very rider acceptable.

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