I'm planning on adding this EQ to my rack setup. The reviews so far have been mixed. Do you recommend using this product? Is it reliable? Thank you
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It's a great piece pf equipment once you figure out how to use it. It's not something you'll master in an hour or a few days, it's extremely complicated with all it's features and requires hands-on work to master. I have no complaints with mine but the learning curve is steep. In all it's an amazing value for the money.
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I have had it running signal from our mixer to our streaming set up for a year. IT IS A PERMANENT INSTALL. It has been working flawlessly. it does what it needs to, and does it well. I cannot talk about a mobile set up, but for a permanent install it is perfect.
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For what it does you can't beat the price. The reliability makes it a no go for me. It's still too much money to have to throw it away after a couple years. I've been burned by several behringer products but this was the most expensive for me.
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I use it for my home studio, so it's in a fairly protected environment. I like it and it provides a lot of flexibility for EQ and time delay which is sometimes important for me. I had some reliability problems with it initially, but I took the chance, opened it up, reseated the socketed PROM. Since then (a year), everything has been working fine.
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I have had two of these fail catastrophically in during live gigs. One of them failed with a massive bang that had people jumping out of their seats - thankfully it did not appear that the speakers were damaged. It is better functionally than anything that DBX puts out, but I will not trust one again unless a total redesign is put out. I use a lot of Behringer gear, and this is the only piece I have ever had a problem with.
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Hi Paige, We are also using this for a church group but are not experiencing distortion. We occasionally experience some hissing and popping, which is related to batteries beginning to go bad; usually they last about a month with 2-3 hours per week of use. Also, line of sight helps between the mics and the receiver antennas. On stage is preferrable, if the receiver is in the back of the house try to get it up high; human bodies are mostly water and absorb radio signals better than allowing them to pass through. This would be more of a hiss/pop issue, as well, not really distortion. As for the distortion, are you using the "mix" output (XLR) or the four individual 1/4" connectors for output? Both are at line level (+4dB), not mic level (-10dB). If you're using the XLR mix output, make sure the input on your sound board is set to line level, if you can make that adjustment; if not, a quick trip to a live sound store (music or stage) can get you a 20dB XLR pad to reduce the level. In a pinch, you can try turning the knobs on the front of the unit to about half-way and see if that reduces the distortion. If you're using the four separate 1/4" outputs, same applies-they're line level outputs, your sound board should have a switch to select +4/-10, set it to +4; if not, four 20dB 1/4" pads should do the trick. Hope something in this post helps. :-)
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I think all the surround systems should come already with equalizer on the amp.You don't need an eq.You not going to buy 5 eqs. For the 5 channels.We use these eqs.for stage equipment's only.
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Of course it also depends on the source material and your speakers, but assuming your source music and downstream speakers are good, the receiver is powerful enough to produce pretty stong bass from a pair of decent speakers. The onboard EQ is also quite responsive. Also, since it has a subwoofer out connector, you can pretty much add any powered subwoofer you like. Overall I personally am very pleased with this receiver.
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This would be perfect...for a little boost and more if needed. I use this device for my cellphone, tablet, laptop, and any other media that will take the plug for this. The equalizer I don't use...as the presets are all bass or all at max, which can be overwhelming. I would definitely give it a try if I were you...can't go wrong.
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I would say yes, it has a very usable clean sound if you don't run the gain to high. Also, it works great with a 10 band eq pedal between your instrument. Great rhythm tracks to use as a metradom.
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There are issues with Macs and EQ software. I think they've been working on it. Check out the EQ site for details, customer support is helpful.
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I am not sure I can really answer your question. I think you can since this product has a built in EQ with different wave settings. I would call their tech support and find out. I stopped using it a while back because I never had enough time to get to gigs early and set up everything (the whole process takes about 30 minutes). I miss it, but for what I do i don't really miss it as much.
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Jason I like your approach and believe it will work very well as you describe. I agree the last thing one wants is to mess up the other music or instruments signals. Remember to first do what you can avoid microphone feedback. This unit can mess up you voice signal as well. We like our FBQ1000 and use it on every gig.
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i use this mixer for a live setup, its tiny and really simple. there is no master volume, and no eq, just individual volume knobs for each input. if you just need a simple mixer without bells and whistles this should do the trick. a friend of mine uses it in her studio as a monitoring mixer. hope that helps a bit!
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I don't really use the effects. I have tried them and that is the weakest part of the mixer. Even turned up all the way, it is hard to tell what the effect is. The manual does not help either, doesn't really tell much about wiring the effects loop either. I just use it for DJ work, playing music and with one microphone for talking. It has plenty of power and the eq works well.
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As it was Marantz's flagship receiver (7009 has a few additional features), I'd say that is the last step before going separate... The equalizer is accessed through the GUI and is straight forward to use. The EQ, I believe, only has 9 or 10 ranges of frequency response where the Audyssey XT-32 has like 10,000 points of equalization that it can adjust for room correction. I'm running my 7008 with 9.2 speakers. I used 8 positions for setup but then adjusted the gain a bit to suit my taste...I like the rears to sound a little more active so brought those up a few DB. I also prefer a little more gain from my subs so I bring those up a little when watching something with a rockin' LF track. As it was Marantz's flagship receiver (7009 has a few additional features), I'd say that is the last step before going separate... The equalizer is accessed through the GUI and is straight forward to use. The EQ, I believe, only has 9 or 10 ranges of frequency response where the Audyssey XT-32 has like 10,000 points of equalization that it can adjust for room correction. I'm running my 7008 with 9.2 speakers. I used 8 positions for setup but then adjusted the gain a bit to suit my taste...I like the rears to sound a little more active so brought those up a few DB. I also prefer a little... » Read More As it was Marantz's flagship receiver (7009 has a few additional features), I'd say that is the last step before going separate... The equalizer is accessed through the GUI and is straight forward to use. The EQ, I believe, only has 9 or 10 ranges of frequency response where the Audyssey XT-32 has like 10,000 points of equalization that it can adjust for room correction. I'm running my 7008 with 9.2 speakers. I used 8 positions for setup but then adjusted the gain a bit to suit my taste...I like the rears to sound a little more active so brought those up a few DB. I also prefer a little more gain from my subs so I bring those up a little when watching something with a rockin' LF track. « Show Less
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I'm not familiar with your system, but I doubt that the 901 equalizer would work with it. Without proper EQ, the 901's sound broke. A tape monitor loop (not merely a tape input) or an external processor loop is needed.
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Dear Tracy, This will be a good addition to your system. I have been and audiophile for 30 years, and started back in vinyl, and this little amp is great for the price. Be sure to hook the RCA cable input to you AUX, not Phono input. Hope this has been helpful. Good listening. Bill
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I use my cans without any EQ or enhancement, soany change in tone or depth is instantly apparent. The brake in was quick & noticeable, (about 2 days) but the smoothing factor is still ongoing after a month & a half. If mellow is your target be happy, 'cause mine continue to have subtle changes one day & then back to previous the next. It drives me crazy so I plan to mod the pads again for peace of mind.
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Learn how to use a eq. I bought this for a club install. Great if you like bad sound it cut out all the frequencies you don't want to lose.
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it sounds true to whatever your original sound is, which of course, depends on your amp or your sound man. It works great for single loops...I've never used multiple loops. hope this helps.