Which EQ to buy

[Loupy]

Hi Guys, I am looking to purchase an Eq. but I dont know which one .

Any Advise would be very helpful.

Its going to be part of my Home cinema room.

Cheers Peter

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

What will the equalizer be used for? Mains? Subs? Atmos speakers?

Regards,
Wayne

 

[DanDan]

Hardware or Software?

 

[Loupy]

Hardware, want to eq the mains and the sub, but I am guessing the sub will require a separate eq, I havent seen eq that has both.

the room is only a smallish size 5mtr x 3.6mtr x 2.4mtr.

I realise there are a few things needed to be done, but i figured starting with the mains, getting them sorted out, should be a good starting point.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Most home cinema systems that include the obligatory AVR or prepro incorporate an EQ system. What AVR/prepro do you have and what EQ is in it?

 

[DanDan]

+1 Kal. Is this a Home Theatre or a Studio Control Room or? For HT, HiFi probably best to buy a rig with integrated Dirac Live, which has or will have optional add on Sub management.
For Studio, I would again look to Dirac Live, which can be Software or in Minidsp hardware. Or, quite a few speaker systems have DSP on board. e.g. JBL, Genelec.....
In the last Millennium.......;-) Meyer pioneered the use of computer aided analysis and eq for their live PA systems. The designed a hardware Eq specifically to perform the corrections.
They are still around. I have my eye on one and I am very tempted to buy it.

 

[Loupy]

The processor is the UMC-1, Yes I am aware most pre/pro these days do have a variety of eq built in, some are good, some not so much.

Ok, Its A Home Cinema room
The LCR speakers are passive, MTM's, Surrounds are 2 way bipole's and dipoles, (system is 5.1 at the moment, room has been wired up for 7.1, which will be later down the track)
Room size, 5mtr x 3.6mtr x 2.4mtr
Acoustic absorption is in the first reflection point on the side walls for now, more will be added as time and money permit.
The eq in the emotiva UMC-1, is ok, there are many digital adons these days which out perform the in built ones imo,
BEHRINGER has a few eq,s , Rane, used to make a THX-44 eq system (not digital)
But My goal is to Eq the speakers to the room.
the sub, also will require an eq or a parametric,

cheers

 

[DanDan]

I won't speak of Behringer....;-) Rane are a good company, Ashly too, but you don't want graphics.

 

[Loupy]

Hi DanDan,
Thanks for the quick reply, Can you clarify the comment, "but you don't want graphics. ",

Cheers

 

[Kal Rubinson]

The eq in the emotiva UMC-1, is ok, there are many digital adons these days which out perform the in built ones imo,
BEHRINGER has a few eq,s , Rane, used to make a THX-44 eq system (not digital)
But My goal is to Eq the speakers to the room.
the sub, also will require an eq or a parametric,

An add-on that will accommodate all the necessary multichannel formats at high resolution and i/o quality will be expensive. Probably better to get a better prepro with DL2.

 

[DanDan]

Sure Loupy. Speaker tweaking used to be done with 1/3 Octave graphics in Studios. Typically made by White. Gradually this has been superseded by parametrics, e.g. the Meyer CP10.
Modal booms are typically very narrow, only a few Hertz, so whacking them with a full 4 semitone filter isn't appropriated.

 

[Loupy]

Thank, for all your Posts, it has given me a lot to think about.

Cheers
Peter