a signal conversion box shootout!!!!

Alright, so within the next week I will have a third contender. I wanted to put this feeler out for anyone else who may have some suggestions or boxes to add to the mix should you want to ship it to me and get in on the shootout.

So far I will be testing:

Cleanbox pro - known issues below 20hz with the standard cleanbox, nothing concrete on the PRO model that I can find.


Henry Engineering Matchbox HD touting DC-20khz +/- .25db!!!!

AT Matchmaker MM100 - expensive new but many at a good value to be had used. pretty respectable response here too.


Let me know any others that you may want me to test and ill split the shipping with you. I will be using REW loopback with each in line on the Behringer UCA 202 external soundcard which ive already tested as about as flat as you can get.

If this is already been done elsewhere then ill just test what I got and call it a day

Dont have one, if you want to send it id be happy to test and send it back on my dollar


Yes, and they do test better than the cleanbox, but they are pretty hard to come by these days as they arent being produced anymore IIRC


No, fan modding is the extent to which my "modding" skills go, oh and putting in new ram in a PC, no soldering or board modding for me. I just want people to get a good idea of what each unit is capable of out of the box.

ok so also have a samson s-convert coming. should be a pretty good little shootout once this is all done.

Absolutely, assuming it doesnt measure leaps and bounds better than all the rest In which case, I will be using it over the others. To that end however, with the exception of one, maybe two of the units tested, all will be for sale once the shootout is done.

looks like nice unit, with good quoted response, for a price though. having the optional rackmounts will show value for some as well. At that price I wont be able to order one in just to test and resell as the resale prices on ebay are well below the retail. Ill gladly add it to the shootout if anyone does have one they want to send to me

I know I know, Ive been too busy building speakers and such to really get the shootout going. A little premature on my part to post about it and not follow through. I still have all the boxes to test, just havent gotten around to it. Sorry to keep you all hanging, but my bass issues have been on the front burner while this has moved to the back for a bit.

And what do ya think? Like it?

I never did this shootout as I ran into problems with my internal souncard just getting in the way, and external soundcard not picking up anymore. I should be getting a new PC here in the next few weeks and I will still gladly do the shootout. I am much more capable of doing it correctly now too, so hopefully the results will be much more definitive. Glad there is still interest out there in this! Sorry it has taken me close to a year and a half to get this shootout going, haha....


Don't know about the mod, sorry dude...