The astounding new AS-EQ1 SubEQ goes on sale!

[Roadkill]

Ed,

At the risk of being perceived a pest, I will ask my question again. Perhaps you overlooked my earlier post.

Will you be adding balanced input/outputs at a later date?

Thanks,

[drdoan]

Based on my love of the Audyssey in my Denon, this should be a no brainer. It is on my to do list. You will see some equipment I am selling the sales thread soon! this Audyssey stuff is just amazing! Dennis

[kingair]

Does this mean that after purchasing the AS-EQ1 SubEQ, I still need a laptop to get this to work right?

[Sonnie]

You will need some kind of computer... a laptop would most likely be preferable.

[oakboy37]

Why only windoze??

I run a mac....

[kingair]

I have a great deal of respect for SVS. I own A PC13-Ultra and I am interested in EQ. I have been looking at the "Anti-Mode 8033" which sells for less then half of the AS-EQ SubEQ and is fully automatic, and I don't need a computer to use. I have read some pretty good reviews for the Anti-Mode 8033. What makes the SVS unit better?

[drdoan]

It is designed by Audyssey. Tomlinson Holman (THX) and his team have built some very sophisticated algorithms into this unit. But, as always, compare. Dennis

[Ed Mullen]

Roadkill wrote:

Ed,

At the risk of being perceived a pest, I will ask my question again. Perhaps you overlooked my earlier post.

Will you be adding balanced input/outputs at a later date?

Thanks,

The current build version of the AS-EQ1 does not have balanced I/O, nor does the Audyssey version of this device (we are co-releasing it, and the Audy version will only be sold through licensed Audy installers).

The addition of balanced I/O will require new internal hardware/PCBs, and is not being contemplated at this time. The overwhelming majority of enthusiasts use RCA connections for the subwoofer and the balanced I/O crowd, however vocal, remains a distinct minority. We did ask about balanced I/O when the product was in the very early planning stages and Audy said no because this unit is based off the Audy MultEQ XT Pro architecture, which at the time only offered RCA I/O.

If this product sells well and we (SVS/Audy) can recoup the significant investment bringing it to market, and the requests for balanced I/O remains high, we'll revisit the subject on V2 (if there is one), but there is certainly nothing like that in the works right now.

[Scott_R_K]

Ed Mullen wrote:

The AS-EQ1 will work fine with your MCACC system. When the Pio pings the subwoofer, the AS-EQ1 will route that signal back to the Pio mic input jack. So the Pio sees a perfect subwoofer signal and won't build a correction file.

By "route the signal" you mean simply via Audio not some connection to the Pio mic input jack?

After you run MCACC, level match the subwoofer to one of your front stage speakers using the level matching feature. This sends a broad band pink noise signal to the speaker (select an analog input on the Pio) and a rumble tone to the subwoofer. Adjust the gain on the subwoofer until it matches the speaker and then run the AS-EQ1 routine.

You can skip the level matching step if you have already set the subwoofer level to match the mains via other means (like manual test tones and an SPL meter). But don't allow the MCACC to set the subwoofer level because it will also build a correction file at the same time.
On my Pio , the MCACC System will not EQ the Sub and only as low as the applied crossover . Do you think that SV Sound might be able to Post , on your Web site , Instructions for interfacing the AS-EQ1 with various AVR Systems ?

Thanks ,

Scott........................

[Roadkill]

Ed Mullen wrote:

The current build version of the AS-EQ1 does not have balanced I/O, nor does the Audyssey version of this device (we are co-releasing it, and the Audy version will only be sold through licensed Audy installers).

The addition of balanced I/O will require new internal hardware/PCBs, and is not being contemplated at this time. The overwhelming majority of enthusiasts use RCA connections for the subwoofer and the balanced I/O crowd, however vocal, remains a distinct minority. We did ask about balanced I/O when the product was in the very early planning stages and Audy said no because this unit is based off the Audy MultEQ XT Pro architecture, which at the time only offered RCA I/O.

If this product sells well and we (SVS/Audy) can recoup the significant investment bringing it to market, and the requests for balanced I/O remains high, we'll revisit the subject on V2 (if there is one), but there is certainly nothing like that in the works right now.

That's disappointing but thank you for the reply.