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Running the RTA with pink noise at -20dB gave me settings that deliver about the same overall sound volume whether the EQ was bypassed or in the loop.

Turn on RTA pink noise generation at -20dB.Д®ven though the input gain is set for auto, it seemed as though running with pink noise at -48dB resulted in an EQ curve and master volume set much higher than bypass levels.

Put on ear protection and prepare for a physical assault (at least with my system).

The auto-EQ can generate EQ settings to make your room sound like any desired equalization curve but why target anything other than flat? (ThatвЂ™s a rhetorical question, and I can think of answers that pertain to situations other than my own.)

Connect the reference mike and select it as the real-time analysis (RTA) input source.

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This is important because the EQ is in the output path of the pink noise generator and the auto-EQ adaptively disables frequency bands in which it doesnвЂ™t вЂњhearвЂќ anything (if it canвЂ™t hear it, it must be outside your systemвЂ™s ability to reproduce) so a band that you (or a previous owner) set low might get inadvertently suppressed. Double-check that the EQ is set for flat response.Reset the entire EQ to (flat) factory defaults, including disabling the advanced functions like feedback suppression.

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The correct order of operations for running auto-equalization - which IвЂ™m listing from memory as it would take me literally ten minutes to find all of this scattered randomly throughout the manual even though IвЂ™ve read it clear through multiple times - is:

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I find the DSP8024 operating manual to be one of BehringerвЂ™s worst it took me quite a long time to figure out how to turn on the pink noise generator at the proper signal level and get the auto-EQ function started - which you would think would be pretty simple as itвЂ™s one of the core functions of the unit. So already I wondered whether I had a bad unit, and I hadnвЂ™t even started putting music through it yet. DO NOT power on or off the EQ with the downstream amplifier on. Oh, and my amplifiersвЂ™ pop-suppression relays do suppress power-on / power-off pops perfectly, but the Behringer EQ manualвЂ™s statement thatДЇail-safe relays have been incorporated into the design of the BEHRINGER ULTRA-CURVE PRO, which automatically and silently bypass the unit in the event of power supply disconnection or failure. When I put the EQ into digital bypass, the hiss is still there only when I power off the EQ to make it engage its physical bypass relays does the hiss disappear. Immediately upon putting the EQ inline between my preamp and amp, I noticed a significant hiss coming out of my speakers thatвЂ™s never been there before. Within a week or so I had picked one up on eBay with the ECM8000 reference microphone.ДЄfter flattening my room response, the sound coming through my DSP8024 is simultaneously absolutely awful and absolutely glorious. Connect a reference microphone and turn on auto-equalization and it plays pink noise through your speakers and adjusts the EQ to give you flat response.ДЄnd because itвЂ™s discontinued, I figured a used one would be a cheap way to get into real-time analysis and flat frequency response. It offers thirty-one 1/3-octave bands of graphic equalization from 20Hz to 20kHz - but more importantly, it offers real-time analysis of your audio system. While poking around on BehringerвЂ™s web site, I came across their discontinued DSP8024 digital equalizer. Because I can hear a distinct difference in the вЂњcolorвЂќ of the static when it goes from my main front speakers to my center channel, I already assumed that my different speakers are not providing the same reproduction of the signal going into them - which means that at least some of them (and probably all of them) are not delivering a flat playback. My Sony TA-E9000ES preamp / processor has a white noise generator for calibrating the volume of the surround speakers - it sends вЂњstaticвЂќ to each speaker one at a time going around the room. IвЂ™m interested in faithful audio reproduction on my home stereo, not just sheer loudness and even if I donвЂ™t end up choosing to stay there, IвЂ™ve always wanted to start with a flat frequency response - that is, every pitch thatвЂ™s played back coming out of the speakers (more to the point, reaching the listener) at the same volume.

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