Pat Farrell;205844 Wrote: > Well, you should not go completely crazy. With EQ (not that Inquz is > likely to do this) you can pump up either end past what the amp or > speakers can handle, and with speakers that can't do it, say go loud > way > up high, you can keep adding gain until you see smoke coming out. > > As much as the overdriven part worries, with analog EQ boxes, unless > they cost megabucks (Neve, etc) doing more than 6dB or so can cause all > > sorts of phase weirdness. And phase wierdness can hurt fidelity more > than mismatched levels. > > Even in the digital space, doing a lot of EQ tends to mess up the phase > > unless the algorithms are very careful. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
That's part of the reason why some of the curves I've selected for test are not as tightly controlled as the others. I wasn't sure if those really well controlled curves might have a hidden cost associated with them. -- tonyptony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tonyptony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35615 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
