Are there any good amps with built in graphic equalizers? I'm trying to power the Brower and Wilkins PM1s
drummerman said:Any particular reason why it has to be a 'graphic equalizer' rather than tone controls?
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:drummerman said:Any particular reason why it has to be a 'graphic equalizer' rather than tone controls?
I'd like more precison but tone controls are fine too. I'd prefer the amp to be between 100-200 watts and be the smallest one you know of that fits these criteria.
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:Does the Dspeaker have an amp? How many watts is it?
I don't have other components, I thought all I needed was an amp and a dac and an ipodmatt49 said:Following on from Dave's thorough post, I'd just add that, assuming it fits in with your system, doing EQ in the digital domain has two big advantages. One is that it'll be more accurate. The other is that with the DSPeaker Anti-Mode that Dave proposes you also have the possibility of automated correction of low frequencies. This is done very precisely and removes the element of guesswork.
As Dave says, it'd be really helpful if you could list your other components.
davedotco said:The real answer would have to be no, you might find some lifstyle type amps with 5 - 7 way graphics but nothing of the quality required to drive PM1s.
You may have to think a bit out of the box. A few suggestions.
A good modern A/V reciever can be bought with Audyssey eq and room correction on board, I have heard it do some horrible things to a system but can work well when set up carefully and with a degree of restraint.
Use a regular stereo amplifier but add a pro level 30 band equaliser, top models such as those by BSS or Klark Technik cost £300-600 with cheaper alternatives available from companies like Behringer.
Build your setup around the DSPeaker Antimode Dual Core Dac/pre-amp/equaliser, this gives you sophisticated multi band parametric EQ, 'house' eq curves for gentle 'tone' variations plus of course excellent 'antimode' room correction at low frequencies.
Given the potential of your speakers this requires some thought, do you have a budget and what are the rest of your system requirements?
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:My budget is 2500 shich means i can spend up to 500 on an amp
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:Why couldn't you drive it with a 200 watt amp? My goal is just to drive these speakers I want to get.
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:"Anyways, back to giving you the benefit of the doubt ... as has been said before, it is probably not the best distribution of budget to use a £500 amplifier with a £2000 speaker"
But I don't understand why, I would like to know so I don't make the wrong choice.
The concept of "system matching" is sorighn to me because before this i've only used active speakers.
hybridauth_Facebook_1404918602 said:Because I'm looking for a front ported speaker that system that's below 15.5 inches in height and ten inches in width for under 2500 that goes down into the 40hz range.