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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
 
Have your pink noise gain level set to -10db, and turn down the volume on your preamp. The DEQ2496 reacts to the pink noise vs. ambient noise ratio, and this has no bearing on the volume of the pink noise you hear in the room. Obviously, you need to hear the pink noise, but the mic is sensitive, and will easily work with 80db of volume in the room. Try it and let us know what happens.
smeyers
181 posts
 
"While I appreciate the EQ features of the DEQ2496, thus far the DAC sounds mechanical, sterile, and unmusical in my opinion."

I also think the DACS are not very good in the unit. IMO the unit is very transparent if kept in the digital domain and output to a good external DAC (I use a Muse 296), but just doesn't really cut it using its internal DACS. When I got the Muse, I was able to quicly A/B both DACS, and there was a very(!) large difference.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I should add, regarding the DAC, that the DEQ2496 sounds pretty good when used as an EQ with an analog signal as the input source via the balanced inputs. It's when I plug a CD player into it via toslink that things sounds mechanical. That is also when the input signal shows clipping on the meters. So, it's not clear to me if it's the DAC that sounds crummy, or if the input level being too high is the cause of the sound issues. However, since the input signal doesn't ride in the red, I lean toward the DAC as the problem.
nuguy
195 posts
 
Zapper, turn up the mic sensitivity in the utilities menu. Tvad is right, you don't need a blasting signal, but if your mic is set too low, it won't "hear" the pink noise.
zapper
65 posts
 
I am having the problem of the input being to high as well. It is optical out of a Philips DVD player. I had to turn the Gain Offset in the Utility page down to -10 before the clip was not going off all the time. Is there a way to adjust the input, or is this what you need to do?
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