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brucek wrote:

Well, I guess I don't really know what you're trying to accomplish. Why the DEQ2496? Do you want to simply EQ your subwoofer? If so, the DEQ is not really the route to take...

Yes Brucek, I'm using it for sub EQ only...but I read it's the one to get as it has, I forget the exact term now, but can give boost to <20hz for a flatter fr vs. the BFD doesn't have this option. I think it is related to a demi-Linkwitz filter ?spelling

The splitting of the left and right channels of the soundcard is to break out one of the two channels (right and left) of the line-in and line-out. The jacks on a soundcards line-in and line-out are stereo. You want to get at one of those stereo channels since REW really only uses a single mono channel. The selection of the right or left for testing with REW is selectable in REW.

Oh, I see!

So, most people use the type of adapter shown below which has a stereo plug on one end and breaks to two mono plugs.

So each one of the stereo plugs on the one end are 1 for the right ch. and the other for the left ch?

You'll only use one of the two mono channels, fed from a microphone. You require line level signals, so if you use an ECM8000 mic, it needs a preamp to boost the signal to line level. Note that the output of the XENYX 802 preamp is balanced, so you need to use a 1/4" TS plug on its output to convert it to unbalanced to feed it to the soundcard (which is unbalanced)..

Humm, I thought the ECM8000 is also balanced, so it plugs directly into the 802 preamp, which is outputting a balanced signal. So I need a wire with two balanced connects at one end, and a 1/4" Ts plug at the other? And that plugs into the 1/4" input on the soundcard blaster live?

The line-out of the soundcard simply feeds your receivers AUX or CD input.

So I need another 1/4" TS to dual RCA's to feed into the reciever?

Thanks a ton for all the help Brucek!!!!


Chris