Go get out your pitchforks, I’ve done a sacrilegious thing. . .
. . . I’ve added an EQ!
A Loki Max to be exact - and so far, I love it!
I believe in the purist approach for the most part, and I have a main system that that’s all about, but this system, this is my fun house system, but my room acoustics are not great in my living room. But that doesn’t mean I want crap sound in it either. The wife won’t let me treat the room, but frankly, that isn’t even the main reason I did it.
The system is basically Klipsch Forte III’s, Balanced Audio VX 3ix pre-amp, ARC balanced V35 tube amp, Bifrost 2 DAC getting sound from a Marantz ND8006 streamer. I put the EQ between the DAC and the preamp.
It’s dead quiet, and I can’t discern the difference in bypass mode either.
I figured it’s was a lot easier, and cheaper, to add this one component and get the exact sound I want versus going through a bunch of cables or changing out other equipment.
Soundstage is great, and there doesn’t paper to be any aberrations, but keep in mind this isn’t the most reveling system, another reason I wasn’t too worried about adding an EQ.
All in all, a good investment and make my music more enjoyable!
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@ Waytoomuchstuff
thanks for the info and vid. I already did the midrange dampened soon after I bought them but I am curious on the soldering required, is it simply soldering to speaker connection wires directly to the crossover?
im pretty handy with a soldering iron, I’ve built my own tube amps and such . |
Thanks @last_lemming for clarifying. Very helpful! |
Wow, sorry to hear your story. I needed to buy a house quickly… in a few days… corporate move. We whizzed through homes… the one we chose was big, and had an office, big open area and library / fireplace area on the ground floor (under ground on three sides). The big area I identified as the a great location for my system. This area turns out to be an incredible audio area. It is asymmetrical in every respect… and sounds simply spectacular. My audio guy has installed $200K+ systems for 20 years and said it is the best space he has ever heard.
It is better to be lucky than good. (You can see the space under my USerID. Everything is asymmetrical about it… even the ceiling. |
Just because some seemed to inquire, whereas some scoff 'n cough... Room eq to nominal flat in a sh*tty space as a baseline. Since I wear aids, I experiment with matching the eq of the aids to approximating what I hear with them without having to wear them...for a break, or when the recharge is due... Since I'm the primary listener 99% of the time, it's not a bother to anyone. |
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