two Channel equalizer recommendations


Hi Gon’ers

i am considering adding a two channel EQ to one of my systems. Not as a notch filter but to bring up the mids just a tad bit. I’m Looking at the API 5500 

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/API5500--api-5500?mrkgadid=3341928534&mrkgcl=28&mrkg...

anyone have any experience with this particular brand or any other suggestions would be appreciated. 
Thanks 
barnettk
I purchased the Klark Teknik 360N and it sounds great. Not so sure why people throw shade on using an EQ. I guess they are easy for some people to use them in an extreme manor. I’m adjusting freqs from 500Hz to 1Kh and I’m only moving them oh so slightly to give me the desired effect. I guess if I did the ole V or smiley face maybe I could see degradation in SQ but that’s not the case here. I hear no distortion or loss of SQ actually quite the opposite. 

The gear it’s connected to:It’s inline with a custom made tube amp. This amp has only one input and a volume control. It’s being fed line level inputs by a passive line level switching component from the two sources I have connected to it. 

Without going into a full out review etc I will just say it sounds fantastic! 
Personally I don’t see a problem with using one as long as you don’t go nuts with it. I’m definitely enjoying this little system much better that’s for sure. I guess mileage may vary depending on what gear your using it with but I think as long as the electronics in the EQ is as good or better than in your pre-amp there should be no loss of SQ. 
The KT EQ has excellent build quality. It’s 32 band so you can get quite granular with the adjustments. A little goes  along way so I did not have to move the sliders very much at all. If you just glanced at it you may not even know the little hump was there in the middle. So for me in this application it made the difference. 
@rauliruegas 

Much thanks again. This is exactly what I needed. Great suggestion on the piece.  
-Keith