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Behringer DEQ 2496 help

Does anybody know where in the menu I'd find an input gain/attenuation control? I've run optical out of my DVD player into the DEQ then analog out to my Harmon Kardon AVR7200 which I am using as a pre. I am trying to utilize the DACs in the DEQ, the way it is hooked up now I am getting a fairly high signal with the clip lights flashing on the DEQ once in a while. It does sound much better and I don't hear anything out of the ordinary when the signal clips. Is it OK to run like this or am I missing something? Any suggestions would be great, thanks in advance!
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eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Cwlondon...There is usually a way to restore factory settings, but I can't find one for the DEQ2496.
ecruz
402 posts
 
There is a way to reset to factory settings, I've used it before. But I'm at work right now & can't remember it. I think I found it by emailing Behringer support.
cwlondon
1,210 posts
 
I may finally get a new DAC for my desktop system, either a Bel Canto, Lavry or Benchmark.

If I go from the DAC into the balanced inputs (instead of the optical I have been using) will this therefore bypass the internal DAC of the Behringer?

Thank you
eldartford
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Cwlondon...NO!!! If you use a DAC to feed an analog signal into the DEQ2496, it will immediately do an analog to digital conversion. If you want to avoid the A/D and D/A converters of the DEQ2496 (completely unnecessary IMHO) you should feed digital into the DEQ2496, and take digital out of it and then run it through your outboard DAC.
cwlondon
1,210 posts
 
Thanks Eldartford.

As usual, I defer to you on the complexity of this device.

Re your humble opinion, if I am trying to stream bits out of a PC using WAV files and USB, you think the D/A converter inside the Behringer will hold its own against a Bel Canto/Benchmark/Lavry?

Now that might stir up some controversy around here.

Another interesting effect of this permutation - I therefore dont need to worry about paying up for the USB interface on the outboard DAC?

In the end, I would like the purest, least jittery, least "digital" signal coming from PC based WAV files, exported through USB (?) converted (I thought) through an audiophile DAC, and then have the option of tinkering and/or room correction with the Behringer.

From there, I would continue to use the pair of A500's as monoblocks for the time being, but consider an upgrade of the amps at some point in the future.

Thanks for your expert advice.
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