I think it is a discontinued model. Not sure if its runs on 240v but the same model was sold locally so I am assuming it can.
Cheapest elsewhere is around $130 shipped from UK on eBay.
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Does anyone know if this would be suitable as part of a Hi-Fi setup for playback or is it only useful for recording?
By the looks of it, you can have it inline between your (headphone) amp and DAC.
Probably better off with a parametric EQ (like the MiniDSP or similar with Room EQ Wizard) for more serious room correction but it should do what it's supposed to. You can do much of that in software now as well if you're mainly on a PC as well.
Could you give a link, preferably free, I've been looking for one. I'm tempted to get this one but worried it will increase the THD and the specs haven't got it listed.
EqualiserAPO and PeaceEQ together are a very powerful equaliser for Windows. I haven't looked into it for a while, but EQMac used to be good on Mac OS. For Android, there are some decent system-wide EQ apps like Wavelet, or better if you have a rooted phone. iPhones are unfortunately impossible to do system-wide EQ without a jailbreak as far as I know.
@shaolinbear: Yeah EqualizerAPO is excellent, really helped for room correction for the low end with my monitors.
Pulseaudio is a decent Linux option.
@snep: +1, have just setup EqualiserEQ and PEACE in the last few days.
Check out the Auto EQ project on Github for an encyclopedia of headphone correction profiles.
It should be placed between the source and amplifier. It can only control low wattage inputs, so can't be placed after the amp…
Ding ding ding! Correct answer here.
Hmm, I don't see where the OP said they wanted to connect it after their amp.
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Yum…
Weight: 598.74 Grams
So at the abalone market price of $120/kg, you'd expect it to cost $72.
Absolute steal at $59, literally worth its weight in gold abalone
I think we should all move to abalone shell as our next global currency, then we can all come full circle. These guys will need to make a new video though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjYt6Jm5j8
Needed an EQ for my hi fi and this should do the trick hopefully. Thanks OP
Unless you are recording, you don’t need to put this in the signal path. The recording engineer has done it all for you with much better equipment.
Sure, as long as they weren't drunk/fried/baked/stoned at the time and you have similar grade studio gear for playback at home :)
Well, no. the engineer is making it sound its best for your system, not theirs.
rubbish - the engineer has no idea of my preferences, nor my system.
@bargainshooter: High end Audio equipment is designed to get out of the way and reproduce the recording with little ‘colouration.
@Jace81: This is just the most pretentious audiophile BS. Sure higher end audio equipment can be lower in distortion, but that isn't always the case.
There's no universal sound profile amongst high end audio gear. You'll see treble cannons and tube amps and wonky shit galore. Lots of times high end is just a prestige tax. Other times its "what this old dude thought sounded neat".
A good mixdown engineer will try to cover all bases hence the need for different calibre speaker systems in the control room however they'll start the process on the good big stuff but then check on the others just to make sure their mix still translates as best it can through 'average' gear… but there are many other factors too of course.
@SteveAndBelle: Yes they use the ‘good stuff ‘ so they can hear everything, not because it sounds better.
The recording engineer wasn’t listening with my source, my amp, and my speakers in my room.
It’s virtually impossible to get an entirely flat frequency response in any real-world environment (although it’s easier to approach that ideal with headphones than with speakers). Particularly in living areas that may be odd shapes, leading to falloff in certain frequencies.
By EQing to get closer to a perceived flat frequency response in your environment, you’re actually getting closer to what the recording engineer intended.
We're obviously not listening to the same albums.
Also I'm in an apartment so it's nice to be able to have people connect up to BT and not ask them to EQ out everything below 60hz or whatever, if they even can. Don't think Spotify has EQ from what I understand.
The Engineer has no idea about my sound preferences or what gear I have. Also the notion that engineers always use the 'good stuff' is wrong. Look at the Yamaha HS8's popularity - very mediocre speakers, or those who swear by Audeze headphones - literally the opposite of neutral.
There is no "audio engineer" standard, nor is it safe to assume that all people who make music know everything there is to know about gear.
Add whatever you want to your signal chain. EQ away all the issues you see in your gear. Audio is a fun field because it is diverse and subjective.
Ha, that layout reminds me of the 'Booster' I installed in my brothers car back in the 80s :) "Voxson Rocks On"
Yeah I had the same thought. Output was a massive 20 Watt per channel (4 channels) from memory.
State of the art in 1980.
Yeah, 2-ch speaker level in from the crappy old head unit then through the EQ & Power Amp stages and out to four speakers at about 20-30W per channel (realistically probably only down around the 10W mark)… all with the flashing green-amber-red bar graph displays :) To be honest though, for the approx. $100 price tag they really did improve things back then!
Thanks - you are so right! I now have a mental image of my old car stereo pushing out the slightly enhanced (but louder) sound.
This brings back so many memories of simpler times.
I purchased another model of Behringer equalizer for my home theatre audio system and connected from my Denon 3500H main pre-out (main) to equalizer in and then the out to my yamaha main input in, and it disconnects my yamaha, once in a while. Can anyone understand, what would be the reason for this. Thanks
Why would you even do this?
I tried this to get a better audio, when I play my cd's a better treble, because Denon's stereo output is not that great.
When this works normally, it boosts the audio quality for the music in stereo mode.
Buy this model and try to repro the issue.
Sounds like the Behringer output might be too hot for the Yammie so it's shutting down to protect itself. You can't just adjust the EQ on the Denon or if you really must use two Amps just adjust the Treble on the Yamaha? As Jace says above I'm not sure why you'd really need to do this. That's a lot of EQ!!
Thanks for the feedback, the yamaha acts as a pre-amplifier for my main speakers and the volume and controls and all done on the Denon, no settings on the yamaha works.
This happens randomly, once in a while, and I turn the yamaha power back on and all is good.
* but it makes a good difference, when the equalizer is on and I am listening to stereo music. Thanks again for the feedback.
Does free delivery with prime work on these international orders?
It comes up as $80.34 for me after I tick I will have prime with it.
If your an existing Prime member the final price comes to $59.81.
I have this. Works well.
It’s functional, not sturdy enough for touring nor attractive enough for home hifi on display.
Thanks 50301.
Normally I only join prime when I want to buy something as $6.99 is cheap postage. On this one I had to join prime first and then buy.
I bought one and wish to put it on my analogue stereo tcl tv before connecting to my Sony 5 channel receiver.
So I will forgo hdmi and using all my expensive speakers and step back into the analogue past so I can understand the dull dialogue on my tv.
Tcl did send out a firmware upgrade that enhanced sound control to the tv speakers and bluetooth output but not to any other output, even the analogue adapter plug thing.
Wait until all you young buggers start going deaf, as is inevitable, and you will stop praising the talents of audio engineers making the perect sound for every situation.
need some help on this one…can I find a mixing device which would take a optical input and mix say 3.5mm connection from wireless mic and output optical to a sound bar … something on Amazon perhaps
This will convert toslink to analog rca (needs to be stereo PCM not surround etc) https://www.amazon.com/Musou-Digital-Optical-Toslink-Convert…
Simple mixer https://www.amazon.com/Mackie-Mix-Mix5-5-Channel-Mixer/dp/B0…
Convert mixer analog output to digital https://www.amazon.com/PROZOR-Digital-Converter-Optical-Tosl…
You'll need some rca/3.5mm/6.35mm converters in there too no doubt but I'm sure you can work that bit out.
https://tascam.com/us/product/us-322/feature
Says it's been discontinued, though I had a look at ~5 other popular interfaces and it's the only one I've seen with optical in and out (most only have one or the other).
An interface seems overkill as a mixer would suffice but I didn't see any cheap mixers that have optical ins or outs at all. Usually an interface will act as a mixer when not plugged into a computer if it's got power, not all do though so you might need to have it hooked up to a laptop/pc all the time. You'll need some 3.5 to 1/4inch and 1/4inch to xlr adapters probably.
Is this for karaoke?
Edit: probably simpler to go with what the other guy said, if the interface was cheaper and more available it could be worth it for the all in one factor.
Just received mine. Can report back that it is absolutely awesome in my hifi application. Using it to eq the bass out of my main speakers. To not overlap with subwoofer. Zero noise. Crazy cheap price. Bought it just before this deal, but amazon refunded the diff.
Just bought another one for my turntable preamp.
Can second this. This little thing is awesome. I got it set up as laptop ——> Chord Mojo DAP ——> Behringer ——-> Edifier S2000MKIII. Sound is amazing.
It's shipped from the UK so it'll run here as we have the same voltage. Based on the photos it runs off 9V AC and not DC so it's best to use the included adaptor. It may run off DC as well depending on the design of the power circuitry, but I'd stick with the included adaptor which would be an old-style transformer.