You probably got a bad unit...my LOKI Mini @ $149 is silent and does a great job cleaning up bad recordings...BUT I'm picking up the MQ112 today...I LOVE EQ.
Equalizer in a Hi Fi system
Just curious to hear everyone’s opinions on using an equalizer in a high end hi fi system. Was at work tonight and killing time and came across a Schitt Loki max $1500 Equalizer with some very good reviews. What are some of the pros / Benefits and cons in using one. Just curious. BTW. I’m talking about a top of the line. Hi end equalizer. Mostly to calm some high frequencies and some bad recordings.
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“…the excellently designed Max...a great item that's I've used for far more than 20 minutes (a few months actually)” To this other snide comment from @wolf_garcia , I’ve got ONE DECADE of familiarity with the CO PEQ-1, and nothing I’ve heard sounds better. |
@mbmi I too have the MQ112 for about 2.5 weeks now and absolutely love it. I would love to know your impression with it when the time comes. 👍 |
@mijostyn this may interest you regarding deliberate distortion. While looking at the Charter Oaks and Skyline units a brand called Golden Age Project EQ81.It's designed to distort and ad noise to simulate older recordings played through older tubed equipment. I'm guessing it might emulate the warm sound that I hear from the old Telefunken radio that I inherited.Everything sounds warm and comfortable. |
Relentless fragile egos around here...note to self: I really have to try to be more gentle. The Max I have is utterly quiet, but Schiit warns about locating these things near gear with transformers (I worried about that as I have a Bryston Bit-15 with its huge Piltron transformer, but all is well with the Max) ...I also haven't heard any hiss from it when testing higher frequencies so maybe I'm just lucky. I have a couple of Lokis also and they're very quiet. Results may vary I suppose but the Max is superb in my rig. |
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