Behringer DCX2496 Ultradrive Pro

[Panomaniac]

With the link to the Le Cleac'h filter, you've hit on the heart of why the DCX is so useful. I've used this filter off and on for a few years and it does work well. And so do other tweaks.

Being a true crossover geek, there is no way I'd use an active crossover with fixed slopes and linked filters. The DCX allows anything from a 1st order to 4th order and you can set the curves anywhere you want, overlapped, underlapped, linked - and any order on any section. Plus delay, polarity, phase and EQ. The choices are vast.

However: This all comes at a price. And the price is Time. With a normal active crossover you set the crossover point and the levels and that's it - nothing more you can do. Find what you like and leave it. You can do that with the DCX, too, but you won't. With all the possibilities for tweaking you will be temped to tweak and tweak and tweak. The end results -IMO - can be much, much better than the simple active crossover. But it will take time to get there.

[mah]

I have ordered a dcx2495. Will pick it up on Friday.

The purchase is a little bit premature as my speakers are still under construction. It will, however, give me time to learn how to use it on other gear I have and provide added incentive to finalise the project.

:thankU::thankU::thankU: :2thumbsup:

[Panomaniac]

Well congratulation! Learn how to use this thing and you will have learned a lot about crossovers.

If you have a computer with an RS-232 port then I suggest getting a cable to run to the DCX. Most folks find it far easier to drive the DCX from the software interface than the front panel. Plus you can sit in your easy chair and make changes while you listen. :2thumbsup:

(I do it the hard way, from the front panel)

[mah]

RANE Note on connecting S/PDIF:

Interfacing AES3 & S/PDIF

[mah]

Audio to pro and pro to audio level matching. Any comments on this item?

BEHRINGER: MX882 It appears to have a master volume for the 6 outputs. Could be good between a DCX2496 and audio amps.

Cheers, Marshall.

[Panomaniac]

That will not work if you need a 6 channel volume control - as far as I can tell looking at the manual. What's your signal flow? How will you be using the DCX?

You might have a quick look at this article I wrote:
What is Gain Structure? - diyAudio

[Earl K]

I've used 882s since they came out . Before that , I had used the Rane SM26 ? ( which the Behringer used as "inspiration" for their product ) .
IME, THE 882 is an eminently useful product .

Plugging into ( say channel #5 ) input , breaks the normal ( from the Main L,R input ) , & puts that signal through a portion of one dedicated 4880? chip ( which has a volume control on it ) and sends it back out to the #5 output ( after being buffered ) .

So, one can use the 882 as a 6-in / 6-out line-driver with individual level matching capacity ( as stated in the manual ).

Mind you, when setup like this one still does not get a single stereo ( ganged master ) knob that effects all these 6 output levels at the same time ( which I think is what Pano was pointing out before I opened up my yap ) .

<. EarlK

[Panomaniac]

Right Earl, that's exactly it. Too bad it does not have an overall master volume, it would be very handy if it did.

[mah]

Too bad, indeed. Thanks guys.