Integrating the Behringer DEQ2496

[AstralFurious]

I'd like to start using the DEQ in the digital half of my system, and I'm wondering how exactly to go about it. I'm thinking the path should be:

Transport --> DEQ --> DAC

Right? That way eq is performed in the digital realm, I avoid having to use the DEQ's analog ins and outs, and I avoid potential voltage mismatches. (In the end, those may be three different ways of saying roughly the same thing.)

The one thing I don't get -- I don't think??? -- is signal processing at 24/96. (In other words, I don't think the DEQ upsamples its digital input.) Even though my DAC upsamples, should I think about adding the Behringer SRC2496 upsampler as the first stop after my transport in order to upsample first? That is:

Transport --> SRC --> DEQ --> DAC

I retain all of the advantages I listed above, plus eq is performed at a much higher sample rate. Does that sound right ... or am I just making this up 'cause it sounds good?

If it's not completely obviously by now, digital is not my forte(!) Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

~Jim

[DorinD]

I'm using for about a year a SRC in front of DEQ and think it was the best and natural aproach in terms of performance and features. And it's like having a dedicated pre-amplifier and analog/digital source selector; it makes A/D conversion from the MC/MM pre-amp, and has an useful headphone amp.

But to answer your question: yes, with SRC the sound is now more relaxed and without transient artifacts, like transition from 44.1k to 96k or from a source to another.