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Behringer DEQ2496 HELP

After reading the raves about this product, I finally bought one along with the matching microphone tonite. Put in my system, eager to try room correction. The first 2 attmepts produced some curves that I wasn't crazy about, but seemed plausioble. Now, all it does is push all the bands above 125 all the way to maximum boost, and all the bands below 125 to maximum cut. When displaying the RTA of the pink noise, there is nop more htan a 15 dB range between the highest and lowest levels on the curve (as if that were small!)Also, one of the primary reasons I bought it was for equalizing low frequency room problems, yet it suggests htat anyuthing below 100Hz not be included in the auto EQ.
Does anyone know why it is coming up with such odd equalization curves, even though it is reading the data, which doesn't look so bad? Also, how bad is the product at low frequencies?
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streetdaddy
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My level meter on the left hand side hits the red clip mark even when playing at low levels. Did i have the settings too high when i did the auto eq?
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
I am running the airport express into the behringer with the digital cable.
streetdaddy
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Ok guys,
I finally got mine y'day and am trying to get it up and running. I hit auto eq and i see the process going on page 3. The pink noise is playing, but i do not see a db reading on the Behringer. I read where Eldartford set it at 85 db on the Behringer. Where is this measurement?
Also, my levels are hitting the top of the meter on the left hand side. Is this a problem?
When i hit auto eq, i see the circles moving. But some of them are still at +10 to +15 after a couple of minutes in "fast" mode. Is this a problem? Will it eventually get to flat? What setting do i leave it on when i am finished setting the auto eq?
Thanks.
Kale
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
What are you setting the max, level and range on page one of the rta page?
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
also, are you in the auto eq mode or the rta mode? Do i need to hit the room correction or does this happen automatically when i hit auto eq?
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
If i run the auto eq and then double check it with my rat shack spl/Rives audio test cd, should it measure flat? I did this eq and it wasn't flat. Maybe i did something wrong.?
streetdaddy
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Ok, i think i did the auto eq correctly. I also hit the room correction button. When i toggle between the bypass and eq'd, the eq'd version sounds very muffled. Any suggestions?
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
What do you mean? I am going all digital from computer to airport express to behringer. I thought this was the best way, as to avoid going digital to analog a couple of times. Am i missing something?
streetdaddy
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Eldartford,
The airport express has an output that senses what is plugged in {ie mini jack vs optical} and outputs digital or analog depending on what type of cable is used. The beauty of this is i am using my wireless laptop with itunes to feed the airport express which outputs a digital signal to the behringer and then i use the analog outputs into my Rowland Concerto. I don't know why my first attempt with the behringer sounded muffled. I ran it again and it sounded much better. I now need to run it one speaker at a time, because my room is assymetrical.
streetdaddy
349 posts
 
Ok, finally making some headway. For some reason when i did an auto eq it was boosting 20 hz{lowest freq} +15db and this was screwing everything up. I have an asymetrical room, and they highs are cut on the open ended side. Does this make sense? The speaker closer to the wall was pretty flat.
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