What's the problem with eq'ing?

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I believe that. From what I’ve heard, LCD2C and most Audeze cans EQ really well.

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EQ’d my (a bit modded) T50RPs for fun yesterday, something was missing in the 6khz range…

Turned off the EQ, plugged em in my JDS Atom (where they belong), and it does the same. :stuck_out_tongue: Fixes the 6khz range, no EQ needed.

Sometimes all you need is more powah.

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Or a better amp lol

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I would really like myself a parametric EQ, a good quality one at that.
Problem is, I don’t have 1200€ spare

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Like a hardware one? You can have a good par eq for cheap in software

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I like things to be hardware.

I got a software one, but I need the knobs to turn!

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Let me tell you I love turning the knobs on my Chandler TG12345, just wonderful (or any studio gear for that matter lol)

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So what would you guys say is the best kind of EQing? Mods, Hardware EQ or Software EQ?

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Well it all depends on what you want to achieve. I will say for most people software is going to be the clear choice over a hardware eq

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which sounds the best though

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  • Software has the advantage of beeing cheaper.

  • DSP is the half way step, somewhat more costly than a simple graphic EQ though.

  • Hardware graphical EQs are also somewhat cheap (good ones starting at ~150€)

  • Hardware parametric EQs are super nice, but really expensive.

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I think a good hardware eq sounds better but it really costs, and typically isn’t going to allow for as adjustment and flexibility as software. Also with my hardware eq’s they are made to add their own coloration and sound in the signal, so you would want to aim for a more transparent hardware eq which are also pricey. Just go for software imo, it will get the job done well and won’t cost.

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I like adding a little mid bass boost to my Nighthawk Carbon. And again, what I EQ really depends a lot on the music I am listening to, and what I want to hear more of with certain headphones.

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Imo, this is a subjective hobby. I think the sooner one can accept that, the better. So if you want to EQ to tweak things to your liking, more power to you.
I’ll say that the Schiit Loki was one of my favorite purchases of this year.

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There is a real big difference between EQ’ing…ie. to take a headphone or speaker and attempt to neutralize its sound signature curve, and/or simply to use bass and treble tone controls or an inexpensive 3 or 4 band eq to add/subtract bump to low, mid, high ranges. I do the latter because of preference for individual songs/tracks. The serious folks will attempt to flatten the shit out of a product. Just wanted to bring this fact up, since some folks may not have fully caught onto this bit of trivia yet.

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Uh, that’s exactly what a MiniDSP does. You can put it between a DAC and amp using the coaxial inputs and outputs. Personally that doesn’t make any sense since any signal degradation caused by the MiniDSP is going to happen regardless of whether it’s acting as the DAC or only as DSP. Analog —> digital/DSP —> analog still requires a DAC at the output stage.

The only downside to a miniDSP is it doesn’t measure that clean compared to something like the Geshelli ENOG 2 PRO. Whether you can actually hear this is a boring conversation.

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I didnt know you could plug minidsp in between a DAC and Amp. Would you still be able to adjust the EQ through its windows interface? wouldnt it require a bluetooth or some kind of wireless component?

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It’s a terrible place to plug it, it’s re-sampling the DAC output, doing manipulation and using it’s own DAC if you put it there.
You really want to position it before the DAC, so it’s working entirely in the digital domain.

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There seems to some misunderstanding, mainly with Headphone users. This ain’t the only place.
They get and find info from many sources “you need DAC and AMP”. This is ok, most of the time.
More down the upgrade road they find devices like miniDSP and just stack up more and more of them together… since everything “works”. No idea what they are really doing and how it effects.

Not good. Like amping a amp that amping a amp and so on, the wrong kind of way.
As i bad example.

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Like Polygonhell said, you shouldn’t put a miniDSP between a DAC and an amp. The miniDSP is a DAC itself and should be used as the DAC. It’s unwise to put it after a DAC as it’ll just resample/degrade the original analog signal.

It has a USB imput for controlling profiles. For technical questions please read the miniDSP user manual. It is very complete. Or watch Zeos’ review.

https://www.minidsp.com/products/minidsp-in-a-box/minidsp-2x4-hd