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Active loudspeakers/ Active crossovers- the Next Big Thing
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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney_gold" data-source="post: 43788" data-attributes="member: 579"><p>I had a tact - they work in a manner - the corrected sound is actually doodoo unless you overlay a preference curve and even then sometimes the correct sound is not to taste in terms of expansiveness or "airyness" (it seems to make big speakers sound "small")</p><p>What works real well is my Z-sys RDP-1 - basically a very expensive digital parametric/pre .. I use it as a LF corrector and super tone control. But the disadvantage of allowing that level of control and sound shaping is "fiddelitus" , you tend to think "this sounds good , but maybe tweaking it can sound better" and you end up programming or tweaking on a cd by cd or even song by song basis. The other bugbear is that if moving a speaker etc , you have to start right from the beginning......</p><p>The major advantage to actives or digital actives is the fact that the sound is effortless - you can normally go quite loud quite cleanly.</p><p>I heard a system at that place off Roland street where a Behringer dsp xover was used in a similar way you want to use your digital xover - they too had "house curves" programmed , I must say , I was merely "whelmed" and thought their analog system using a proac speakers in their less than ideal space sounded better. Of course the other objection a lot of folk have to DSP actives is that their analog source has to go thru an AD/DA stage....</p><p>I see behringer has a new DSP xover on offer</p><p></p><p>http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/DCX2496.aspx</p><p></p><p>Cost R4700 in sa</p><p>http://www.soundz.co.za/pBEDCX2496/Behringer-DCX2496-Ultradrive-Speaker-Management-System-SPECIAL.aspx</p><p></p><p>Dunno if that's up your alley - I see it doesnt have rca based outputs....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney_gold, post: 43788, member: 579"] I had a tact - they work in a manner - the corrected sound is actually doodoo unless you overlay a preference curve and even then sometimes the correct sound is not to taste in terms of expansiveness or "airyness" (it seems to make big speakers sound "small") What works real well is my Z-sys RDP-1 - basically a very expensive digital parametric/pre .. I use it as a LF corrector and super tone control. But the disadvantage of allowing that level of control and sound shaping is "fiddelitus" , you tend to think "this sounds good , but maybe tweaking it can sound better" and you end up programming or tweaking on a cd by cd or even song by song basis. The other bugbear is that if moving a speaker etc , you have to start right from the beginning...... The major advantage to actives or digital actives is the fact that the sound is effortless - you can normally go quite loud quite cleanly. I heard a system at that place off Roland street where a Behringer dsp xover was used in a similar way you want to use your digital xover - they too had "house curves" programmed , I must say , I was merely "whelmed" and thought their analog system using a proac speakers in their less than ideal space sounded better. Of course the other objection a lot of folk have to DSP actives is that their analog source has to go thru an AD/DA stage.... I see behringer has a new DSP xover on offer http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/DCX2496.aspx Cost R4700 in sa http://www.soundz.co.za/pBEDCX2496/Behringer-DCX2496-Ultradrive-Speaker-Management-System-SPECIAL.aspx Dunno if that's up your alley - I see it doesnt have rca based outputs.... [/QUOTE]
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