Equalizers anyone?

Anyone using a Rives, Accuphase, etc. equalizer? If so, how's it going? Can these devices properly correct for room deficiencies as reviewers claim?

tomryan10-12-2004 1:45am

eldartford Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,262 posts 10-12-2004 at 06:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My experience with equalizers (none as sophisticated as those mentioned above) is that they can alter (improve) the sound of recordings, and change a speaker's frequency response, but room resonances stubornly persist, regardless of how you push the controls up and down. My fix for room resonances is the use of planar speakers. In my room, (quite large and very irregular in shape) with three MG1.6 and three subwoofers, room problems (that I had before) have pretty much gone away. Maybe it's just luck.
eldartford Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,262 posts 10-16-2004 at 02:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sean...Procedures for room EQ (that I have seen) always call for the process to be done with the mic in several locations, and the results averaged. Some automatic EQ systems store the results of several runs and do the average for you. (But I'm sure you know this). When I had conventional cone driver speakers I did play around with room EQ, not with a great deal of success. Since I changed over (back) to three planar speakers and three multidriver (large area) subwoofers I find that the soundfield is very uniform throughout the room, and I no longer need EQ.