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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?
honest1
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I have set the noise gain, and the +15 volt condernser mic according to the manual. The mic is at the listening position.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I've got it working. As is always the case, these things come down to pilot error.

Do you all recommend doing RTA/Auto EQ in stereo mode or dual mono?
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Tvad...I do each of my five channels separately (I have three DEQ2496). The EQ curves for the five speakers are quite different, although they are identical models.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
OK, so I've done the Auto EQ in both stereo and dual mono (2 channels), and I much prefer the results using stereo mode. Frankly, the results in dual mono just sounded plain bad.

So, I'm using the stereo Auto EQ results as a baseline, and I'm tweaking from there, as I wasn't all that crazy with those results either.

I remember reading in the Audio Control manual, which is one of the best and most entertaining manuals I've ever read, the author wrote that after the user spends significant time getting a flat frequency curve, the user will likely find that the sound sucks...and the tweaking will commence.

That author was correct, IMO.
nuguy
195 posts
 
Funny you say that Tvad, the first time I AEQ'd I thought it sounded like crap too. I really don't know what I did, but the last time I tried it, it sounded MUCH better. Anyway, I also ended up tweaking.
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