Is DEQX a game changer?

Roscoe, an A'gon audio pal is thinking about picking up a DEQX. I'm sure he'll be quite interested in reading your comments.

I bought the PreMATE in September and am satisfied with the results.

Btw, as I am sure you know, the DEQX does BOTH room correction and time coherence alignment.

Are you planning on using the DEXPert service. I recommend that you do ... unless you are very, very technical.

A'gon audio pal here :-)

Roscoe, congratulations on the purchase! As Bruce (Bif) indicated, I'm looking forward to reading of your experiences.

My plan is to purchase the recently released HDP-5 in March or thereabouts, although the HDP-4 would no doubt serve my purposes just as well. But I find myself unable to resist the added coolness of the touchscreen display on the -5.

Enjoy! Best regards,
-- Al

Ha, I wondered if Al was who you were referring to, Bruce! I've been following this thread for a while and re-read a lot of it to pass the time before my unit arrives. And I recalled Al's interest. In fact, I'd recalled that Al was interested in grabbing one of these, so I figured I'd give him first dibs on this HDP-4 if it didn't work in my system. Least I could do for all the great contributions from the great Almarg!

Yeah Al, the HDP-5's touchscreen looks mighty cool. I was a little surprised that they didn't go with the linear power supply on the HDP-5 though. Just looked at the comparison grid re: the HDP-5, are there any other substantive differences other than touch screen, internet connectivity and power supply that you've been able to find out about?

Thanks very much, Roscoe. Yes, I noticed that the HDP-5 has the "low noise" switching power supply, presumably similar if not identical to the one used in the PreMate, rather than the linear supply used in the -4. Just speculating, but perhaps the reason is simply related to internal real estate, with the touch screen and its associated circuitry taking up too much space to allow the presumably larger linear supply to fit.

As far as I've been able to tell from the website the only difference between the -4 and -5 besides the ones you cited is that the -5 includes the USB interface module as standard, within its $1K higher price, rather than as a $500 option.

Enjoy! Best regards,
-- Al

To Al & Roscoe - when you get your DEQXs' I am happy to help with any aspect of explanation or setup if you need it...