Have been fooling around with my MiniDSP (www.minidsp.com) device and the 4 way advanced plug in I purchased. It's quite the incredible EQ device. I spliced an old DC cell phone charger (4.8volts or so) and connected the leads (ensuring which one was positive and which was negative) into the Phoenix power block option you can get it with (the power block option is free). I can now have the MiniDSP plugged in at all times and when needed plug a USB cable from my computer into the DSP to make changes on the fly and run REW to check the changes.
REW also supports the MiniDSP and you can import EQ filters from REW into the MiniDSP.
Here are some screen shots of the software to give you an idea of what it can do ...
Apply low pass, high pass xovers to all 4 outputs (LR, BW, Bessel, 12/24/48db slopes) or bypass. Weakness? 20hz is the lowest you can apply.
Apply up to 6 PEQs to each of the 4 outputs (you can also apply them globally to all outputs at once if desired). You can choose from Peak, High Shelf and Low Shelf EQs with up to 16db or boost or cut, and a Q from 0.5 to 50 (note, you can even apply a Q to the low shelf EQ which you can't do IIRC in the DCX 2496?).
Weakness? Again, only down to 20hz (similar to the DCX).
The above is the Gain/Delay/Polarity screen, and is the weakest part of the MiniDSP. You only have polarity option (can invert it or not), which doesn't seem to do anything, no phase options available. Further, the max delay is only 7.5ms (8.5 feet), so not overly useful.
Thankfully with my subs both equidistance from the LP, I was able to use the distance setting in the Processor (AV7005 in my case) to correctly adjust for distance and this is the response I got after applying a low shelf filter at 29hz and a boost of 6db with a Q of 1.8, and a cut of 10db at 39hz and a Q of 5 ...
Pretty good no?
Here's what I'm asking of you guys! Can you register over at the MiniDSP forum site, and respond in this thread that you would also like to see the changes made to the software and that would make you "consider" purchasing the device? They seem to wait for enough people to ask for the same thing before making changes, and I think this would be a killer device with these changes applied!
http://www.minidsp.com/support/forum...-phase-control
At about $160 including shipping and software, and a willing manufacturer who changes the product constantly to meet the demands of it's consumers, the kit is a steal given what you can do EQ wise for up to 4 subs.
REW also supports the MiniDSP and you can import EQ filters from REW into the MiniDSP.
Here are some screen shots of the software to give you an idea of what it can do ...
Apply low pass, high pass xovers to all 4 outputs (LR, BW, Bessel, 12/24/48db slopes) or bypass. Weakness? 20hz is the lowest you can apply.
Apply up to 6 PEQs to each of the 4 outputs (you can also apply them globally to all outputs at once if desired). You can choose from Peak, High Shelf and Low Shelf EQs with up to 16db or boost or cut, and a Q from 0.5 to 50 (note, you can even apply a Q to the low shelf EQ which you can't do IIRC in the DCX 2496?).
Weakness? Again, only down to 20hz (similar to the DCX).
The above is the Gain/Delay/Polarity screen, and is the weakest part of the MiniDSP. You only have polarity option (can invert it or not), which doesn't seem to do anything, no phase options available. Further, the max delay is only 7.5ms (8.5 feet), so not overly useful.
Thankfully with my subs both equidistance from the LP, I was able to use the distance setting in the Processor (AV7005 in my case) to correctly adjust for distance and this is the response I got after applying a low shelf filter at 29hz and a boost of 6db with a Q of 1.8, and a cut of 10db at 39hz and a Q of 5 ...
Pretty good no?
Here's what I'm asking of you guys! Can you register over at the MiniDSP forum site, and respond in this thread that you would also like to see the changes made to the software and that would make you "consider" purchasing the device? They seem to wait for enough people to ask for the same thing before making changes, and I think this would be a killer device with these changes applied!
http://www.minidsp.com/support/forum...-phase-control
At about $160 including shipping and software, and a willing manufacturer who changes the product constantly to meet the demands of it's consumers, the kit is a steal given what you can do EQ wise for up to 4 subs.
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