Sub Fun with the Behringer FBQ3102 Equalizer

Bogie · 30th June 2006, 07:59 PM

Yeah, this is about subwoofers...

Okay... I impulse purchased the EQ a little while back when I was at Guitar Center buying some cables... I've now got a Crown XLS-602 and an XLS-402 in The Bunker.

When I actually looked at the manual (doh...), I figured out that the thing also has some other kewl stuff built in...

Like an adjustable highpass, and a subwoofer out with an 18db adjustable slope. Sooooo......

Last weekend, I finally bolted together a pair of mid-high Q sealed Quatro 15s that are now under my mains. They're about 1.75 cubes (about a 0.9 Q), and unstuffed at the moment. A little peaky, but they work very nicely with rock, explosions, gunshots, and were even passable with Norah Jones... I don't know if I'd go smaller, but if you're looking to throw together a "bulletproof" sub system, you may be able to melt one of these, but you're not going to overexcurse it.

The subwoofer out works as advertised, and the XLS-402's gain controls worked fine for matching levels (did it just by ear to my taste). Turned it down about 1/6 of the dial on both sides.

Only gnarsty part was dealing with XLR connections, but that's already been beat to death, and I just used Hosea's RCA to XLR cables anyway, because they're priced right at Guitar Center.

The XLS-602 is driving a pair of ported Quatro 15s, and is devoted pretty much just to LFE-type stuff. It's fed via a Behringer feedback destroyer.

The EQing _did_ make a difference with my mains too... I'm probably going to pick up another one or two of the EQs for the rest of the speaks...

jonz · 1st July 2006, 03:50 AM

Hey ,bogie..I got one of those too....but I kind of got lazy hen I had to do fine adjustments to it....

Do you have any pointers...or a setting I could use ? I mainly use it for a pair of tempests subs that are hooked up to the LFE channel for watcing movies.

Bogie · 1st July 2006, 01:19 PM

What I finally ended up doing - flatted everythng out at the bottom, then boosted frequencies that seemed important according to the sheet, while neglecting the ones that were said to cause "tinniness" etc. - Then I slowly brought those up in groups of 2-3...

30th June 2006, 07:59 PM	#1
Bogie diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St. Louis	Sub Fun with the Behringer FBQ3102 Equalizer Yeah, this is about subwoofers... Okay... I impulse purchased the EQ a little while back when I was at Guitar Center buying some cables... I've now got a Crown XLS-602 and an XLS-402 in The Bunker. When I actually looked at the manual (doh...), I figured out that the thing also has some other kewl stuff built in... Like an adjustable highpass, and a subwoofer out with an 18db adjustable slope. Sooooo...... Last weekend, I finally bolted together a pair of mid-high Q sealed Quatro 15s that are now under my mains. They're about 1.75 cubes (about a 0.9 Q), and unstuffed at the moment. A little peaky, but they work very nicely with rock, explosions, gunshots, and were even passable with Norah Jones... I don't know if I'd go smaller, but if you're looking to throw together a "bulletproof" sub system, you may be able to melt one of these, but you're not going to overexcurse it. The subwoofer out works as advertised, and the XLS-402's gain controls worked fine for matching levels (did it just by ear to my taste). Turned it down about 1/6 of the dial on both sides. Only gnarsty part was dealing with XLR connections, but that's already been beat to death, and I just used Hosea's RCA to XLR cables anyway, because they're priced right at Guitar Center. The XLS-602 is driving a pair of ported Quatro 15s, and is devoted pretty much just to LFE-type stuff. It's fed via a Behringer feedback destroyer. The EQing _did_ make a difference with my mains too... I'm probably going to pick up another one or two of the EQs for the rest of the speaks...

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1st July 2006, 03:50 AM	#2
jonz diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Montreal	Hey ,bogie..I got one of those too....but I kind of got lazy hen I had to do fine adjustments to it.... Do you have any pointers...or a setting I could use ? I mainly use it for a pair of tempests subs that are hooked up to the LFE channel for watcing movies.

1st July 2006, 01:19 PM	#3
Bogie diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St. Louis	What I finally ended up doing - flatted everythng out at the bottom, then boosted frequencies that seemed important according to the sheet, while neglecting the ones that were said to cause "tinniness" etc. - Then I slowly brought those up in groups of 2-3...

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