I'm going to sit on the fence on this and say "it depends". I've used a Behringer DEQ2496 in my system very successfully in my old flat, but that was partly to do with the fact that the room in question had a lot of issues. In my new house, the listening room is clearly a lot better and I actually found that the 2496 was detrimental to the sound, even with everything disabled.
So I'm going to suggest that in a troublesome room, can work wonders, otherwise it can be best without. For reference, I had played a lot with the DEQ and found that the auto-correction was particularly intrusive, and that a manual correction to dial out too much bass was the least intrusive. My setup was dedicated CD transport > DEQ2496 > External DAC > Stereo amp > speakers. So in theory, the DEQ was only taking in a digital signal and spewing one out of the other side. Quite how it damaged the sound quality just by being in sequence, I've never understood. I've also heard a full on TACT system, and prefered that with the DRC out of the loop. -- Mr_Sukebe SB+, Bel Canto Evo2i, Impulse Ta'us, Coherent system cables, Stillpoints ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr_Sukebe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
