Updated my Original Post with a more comprehensive list. Thanks for the ideas. Took some for a trial. The switch between stepped and continuous dials on P422 and SLP 538 is a workflow winner.
I give Pulsar Modular credit for a very well-designed equalizer in the P422 Fairuz. UI is very well thought out and pleasant to interface with, but feels almost too cluttered with so many little bells & whistles. Are they all necessary? Also don't like the way the Q-control is implemented. Overall I found it a bit overkill. Too many subtle options. Not my best sounding results, but I appreciate the craft of it.
The Purafied SLP 538 EQ was hoping would be my favorite. It hit a lot of positive notes. Adds harmonics. I could not hear any aliasing, offers up to 16x oversample, but I could see harmonics bouncing back from nyquist when I ran a sine wave through. Also can see a small bit of cramping when working below 96kHz. Can't say I heard aliasing or cramping, or will ever hear it. But even with THD dialed all the way down as far as it will go, added harmonics are quite prominent. Those can be heard, and I assume impart most of the flavor. The Q control switch is binary, so not much nuance to it, but good enough.
Sonimus StonEQ 4K was my favorite. Simple, dare I say intuitive equalizer. Lacks a resizable UI but casts a small footprint and clearly visible even at one-size-fits-all. Too bad the knobs are not stepped. Those are my complaints. I could consistently dial in better sound (A:B:C wise) out of this than the other two. Q-control dial on the middle bands is special. Now I want to find more Eqs, horizontal or vertical, that offer that same type of Q knob. Also when the drive knob is set to 0, there are no harmonics, which I prefer. On my buy list.
I give Pulsar Modular credit for a very well-designed equalizer in the P422 Fairuz. UI is very well thought out and pleasant to interface with, but feels almost too cluttered with so many little bells & whistles. Are they all necessary? Also don't like the way the Q-control is implemented. Overall I found it a bit overkill. Too many subtle options. Not my best sounding results, but I appreciate the craft of it.
The Purafied SLP 538 EQ was hoping would be my favorite. It hit a lot of positive notes. Adds harmonics. I could not hear any aliasing, offers up to 16x oversample, but I could see harmonics bouncing back from nyquist when I ran a sine wave through. Also can see a small bit of cramping when working below 96kHz. Can't say I heard aliasing or cramping, or will ever hear it. But even with THD dialed all the way down as far as it will go, added harmonics are quite prominent. Those can be heard, and I assume impart most of the flavor. The Q control switch is binary, so not much nuance to it, but good enough.
Sonimus StonEQ 4K was my favorite. Simple, dare I say intuitive equalizer. Lacks a resizable UI but casts a small footprint and clearly visible even at one-size-fits-all. Too bad the knobs are not stepped. Those are my complaints. I could consistently dial in better sound (A:B:C wise) out of this than the other two. Q-control dial on the middle bands is special. Now I want to find more Eqs, horizontal or vertical, that offer that same type of Q knob. Also when the drive knob is set to 0, there are no harmonics, which I prefer. On my buy list.
Statistics: Posted by kidslow — Sun Sep 15, 2024 10:18 pm