Behringer DEQ 2496 help

Got it figured, thanks anyway.

You should be able to play a (any) CD from beginning to end, and, using the METER display which logs the peak level, see a peak level for the whole CD at about -6dB, or less. (That's dB down from CLIP). Most of the time the -20 dB green LEDs should be lit. Don't make the mistake of reducing the signal level so much that the 24 bit A/D and D/A are underutilized.

Nuguy and Eldartford

You guys are smarter than I am because this is exactly my problem and despite reading the manual at least twice, I still cant figure it out.

I am using a cheapo Creative Labs USB interface which then goes optical out into the Behringer.

For a bit of fun and experimentation, I am using the same cheapo box to go simultaneously RCA out into a Musical Fidelity tube buffer, which then goes into the analogue inputs of the Behringer.

I don't yet understand how to fix the following:

1) I can switch the inputs from the optical to the RCA using the I/O switch, but their levels are very different with the optical input being at least a few DB louder

2) In both cases, I am pegging the clipping lights on the meters

Any suggestions on how to adjust the input (or output?) levels for

a) best sound and to
b) avoid maxing out the meters

would be a big help. Don't know if optical in is a bad idea, but for now, I dont have another DAC to use my Hagerman USB to coaxial SPDIF device, so I am hoping to get some decent sound out of the Behringer.

Thanks for this or any other tips with this fun toy.

Best

cwlondon