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Post by trevordj on Dec 25, 2009 11:18:47 GMT -5
It is perfectly fine to go from unbalanced to balanced. Simply connect the shield on the balanced end and do not connect it on the RCA end. Here is a great website on making pretty much any cable combination you could ever think of diy-central.com/HowToCreateYourOwnDIYCablesXLRTRSStudioCables.aspx. I currently have a USP-1 hooked into a Behringer 31-band graphic EQ. I am feeding this into a upa-2 and then a set of orb audio mod-2s and a cheap energy 10" sub for my computer setup. I am able to get my frequency response laser flat from 27hz to 17khz (a true two way system!). My only complaint is the Behringer EQ introduces some noise into the system (not volume dependent, so my solution is to just crank up the volume  ). That pretty cool to hear at least there are members who is doing this and using Behring. The down is, the noise level. Honestly, how apparent is the noise? By the way, behringer eq actually is quiet cheap, so is hard to argue about the quality of it. thanks for the site u recomended for the cables. The noise is unfortunately very apparent. It was actually the first thing I noticed when I hooked the EQ into the signal chain. It is at a constant level however (it does not get louder with the volume going up). When music is playing I don't notice it. Further, I sit approximately 1.5 feet away from the speakers which is probably much closer than most sit when listening to 2 channel. I haven't taken a decibel reading on the noise level yet, but I can get out my RTA mic tomorrow and give you some objective measurements. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Feb 6, 2010 10:59:57 GMT -5
Just to revive this thread for an update. I've successfully added an Onkyo Integra EQ-35 between my USP-1 and NAD power amplifier. I have over the years become more of a purist, but in this situation I just had to have some tonal control. I must say, the UPS-1 has an almost non-existent noise floor and adding the EQ-35 only raised the noise to a point where I have to be a foot or two front my speakers to hear it, very nominal at most. I am quite pleased with the results and my ERC-1 has definitely been getting an average of a 5 hour workout during the week and twice that on the weekends. |
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Post by flamingeye on Feb 6, 2010 11:53:27 GMT -5
That pretty cool to hear at least there are members who is doing this and using Behring. The down is, the noise level. Honestly, how apparent is the noise? By the way, behringer eq actually is quiet cheap, so is hard to argue about the quality of it. thanks for the site u recomended for the cables. The noise is unfortunately very apparent. It was actually the first thing I noticed when I hooked the EQ into the signal chain. It is at a constant level however (it does not get louder with the volume going up). When music is playing I don't notice it. Further, I sit approximately 1.5 feet away from the speakers which is probably much closer than most sit when listening to 2 channel. I haven't taken a decibel reading on the noise level yet, but I can get out my RTA mic tomorrow and give you some objective measurements. Ha my peavy 31 band Eqs where dead quite they never introduced noise what so ever even with my ears up against the speakers , any noise no matter how close you have to be to the speaker drives me crazy |
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