DEQ2496

What a real good peice of gear to have in your PA rack forthe price. I paid more for ack in 2017. For the most part guitarist, bassist, drummers, keys and vocalist have a sound we like. Getting that sound to sound good in every room is the goal. IMO it takes more than the a GOOD ear, standard EQ tweaks, a PA and the right overheads subs. Bands/musicians tend to over EQ there sound unintentionally and frequencies xlash and cancel each other out. The sound guy compensates with his mix, its like multiplying and dividing instead of adding and subtracting. Some rooms are bigger, some smaller, some have a stage, higher ceilings, some with sheet rock or acoustic tiling, theres wood panel walls or standard sheet rock. Though experience sound guys can get a decent sound not every band has a sound guy handy. Most bands these days manage there own sound. This is were the Ultracurve comes in. Dont be fooled by the low price. I thought I was pretty good at mixing my bands sound until I installed the DEQ2496 in my PA to help speed things up as well. When I mixed my first few rooms with it, I got that smile you get when you know it sounds real good. Thats all I expect now at every gig and so does everyone else. Get a good measuring mic! The Ultracurves Auto Eq analyzer use white noise frequencys to eq the room flat which is what you want to start with. The band brings there sound up and you tweak it from there if need be. The auto eq analyzer is one part, there's the compressor, expander limiter, parametric EQ, feedback destroyer, stereo imaging, dynamic compressor, time correction solutions everything you need to master your end sound. There is a learning curve but nothing that good is ever that simple at first. There's YouTube demo videos to help you, so watch, read and follow instructions and be patient. Practice a few setups in your home or studio. Once you learn how to use your DEQ2496 save those gig settings for the next time or use the settings for similar rooms. It's all worth it IMO if your serious about your bands sound. The DEQ2496 will give you an edge and get club owners to notice that you sound better than the other bands. Good Luck...

Behringer is working overtime to earn the title of the "overpriced-garbage-flea-market-brand” of “pro audio” by ensuring these units fail before they’re even used. I should have paid attention to the frustration in all those terrible reviews. Based on the countless online complaints, this unit is a cancer—an absolute slap in the face to Behringer’s customers. How lazy and arrogant does a company have to be not to secure internal components so their products can at least survive standard shipping? Just ask Behringer—picture them them mocking you and laughing all the way to the bank with your money. Right out of the box, my unit had an intermittent LCD and would randomly power off and reboot at the slightest vibration. Clearly, it can’t even withstand normal shipping conditions, so I don’t plan to reorder it. I considered fixing it myself, but that would void the warranty, and I don’t want to end up with a $300 brick that has a multitude of other issues. If Behringer can’t even make a unit that survives shipping without parts coming loose or breaking, it’s not worth the time or money to repair. There will only be more hidden issues down the road. Yes, it does have good sound quality—when it works, which is rare. But it’s got an inexcusable, cheap, tiny LCD that might have been “cool” in the ’90s, and the interface is poorly designed, with a small knob for selecting EQ bands seemingly made for tiny hands. Adjusting it band-by-band is pure torture, especially knowing they could have put a larger screen but chose the $5 LCD option for a +$300 unit. I’m just going to use SigmaDSP’s 1701 platform instead. It might take more effort to set up the board and programmer, but it’s far more reliable and much easier to adjust through SigmaStudio on Windows.

Had this for a while now, testing and using mostly in an audiophile stereo setup. Was a bit skeptical from other reviews of this unit (heat issues and such). But Behringer hasn't upgraded it with a new version for nearly a decade now. For me, it seems to work amazingly well. I am using it in a full digital configuration from a computer to DAC to digital input on DEQ. Also input/interconnected with an ART DPS II valve mic preamp and other various components including Roland mulitrack recorder/mixer. Has a very small rack size which doesnt take up much space. Personally, i've had no issues with heat on mine, and it is even in a partially enclosed rack stacked with other components. Wonder if a hardware or firmware issue has been made with this unit since its introduction, or if there are manufacturing issues between units, as i dont wont to oppose anyone else's experience. I do not however use it in a heavy use for extended periods, but only for home use in a small "listening" room for music enjoyment and occasional recording (its not on the road in a heavy live gig function or such). My sound is output into a high-end t-amplifier to custom build tower speakers. The DEQ works well for analyzing/adjusting room acoustics. A measurement mic is a great addition to this unit. With all the built-in processors including 31 bands EQ per channel (graphic EQ) as well as parametric eq, compressor, expander, etc. you really cant beat the price! I also hear no distortion or noise floor introduced in the path (am using digital input, but have tried analog inputs with no noticable noise either). Layout use is a bit confusing at first, but you get used to it. Could use an upgrade on that as well as the display info graphics, but for the price i cant really find much to dispute with it.

Solo conecte el equipo mediante fibra óptica tanto entrada como salida a un receptor AV y el resultado genial, pero el plan es meterlo a un rack con mixer, crossover y los amplificadores, he visto más comentarios ya con esta aplicación, espero el resultado debe ser grandioso, Amazon en tiempo y forma todo bien

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Purchased for use in small demo studio. A few years ago Behringer used to be AKA for cheap and nasty but lots of "nice" flashing lights. Times have changed. Behringer's keen pricing has obviously let them achieve some volume and economies of scale despite the tough economy, which they've clearly ploughed back into R&D. This unit is extremely easy to understand and configure. Feature packed, yet easy to navigate menus. I place the unit between desk and monitors using the digital s/p DIF. It is low noise and input/output levels are fully controlable and accurate. The RTA is great for analysing / autocorrecting the listening space and for tweaking different monitor sets, although budget about another 40GBP for the linear measurement mic (sold separately). (The mic is also amazingly linear considering it is around a tenth the price of competing products.) Only minor complaint would be no soft(i.e. muted) shutdown/ startup, which leads to pops and cracks on power-up/down, so a little care is needed to protect amps/ speakers. You can't complain at this price level. A really useful piece of equipment in a semi-pro set-up. Well done B!

Non sono, per mia fortuna, un audiofilo in senso stretto, e mi considero più un melomane. Un audiofilo puro usa la musica per raggiungere l'alta fedeltà, nei casi più gravi definita Hi-End. Un musicofilo ( o melomane ) come me usa l'alta fedeltà ( l'Hi-End personalmente non rientra nei miei obiettivi ) per raggiungere la musica. Per questa mia fortuna non ho mai avuto problemi, di alcuna natura, a considerare l'idea di avere nel mio impianto un equalizzatore, ancora meno se questo equalizzatore è digitale e di buon livello. Per farla breve, ora ho nel mio impianto ben due di questi oggetti, e non tornerei mai indietro, anzi, mi chiedo come si possa farne a meno.

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