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Using and equalizer with an Audio Research Ref 3
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Between the Ref3 and the power amp?
Kal
Please don't use an equalizer on anything. Even a new TEAC sounds better without an equalizer. I find them so obsolete. It was a fad once. People got wise. The demand hit bottom a long time ago. Just ask the folks that can remember at Radio Shack.
Kal: I was going to do that but it's got a built in pink noise generator that needs to go through the preamp.
Lamont: I'm not going to use the equalizer, I just want to use the RTA and calibrated microphone to help set up my room so I don't need an equalizer.
There must be some way to do this without a tape loop.
Then feed it into one of the inputs of the Ref3 since you don't need any music source for that function.
If you use an RTA, pink noise, and average power, how do you control the direct vs. diffused power you're EQ'ing?
I was wondering when someone was going to open that can of worms.
Kal
Johnston, James D and Smirnov, Serge;
I'm sorry, I don't know what that means. I can hear peaks and dips in the sound but am not a sophisticated enough listener to tell exactly where they are. I have a Radio Shack meter but it's pretty crude whereas the Behringer is not and would give me the response all in one shot. I'm not looking for scientific perfection, just thought that it might be of some assistance in determining the best listening and speaker positions. My thought was to take a reading and move the listening chair forward & back and see what happens. Move the speakers forward and back and see what happens. I'm just learning here. Kal's suggested hookup seems like a good possibility and I'm going to give that a try. Thanks everyone for your help.
I have a thread with good input on what you can use and what to do about measurements. As for the room? Well, you don't have much choices unless the room is completely empty except for the system. I don't understand how you can't know where your sound is fluctuating if your using test tracks or tracks sent from the PC directly to the amp. Your SPL will get in the ballpark.