Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
Just the word, "equalizer," brings back bad memories of those el cheapo 20-30 band parametric equalizers w/dozens of sliders & the cheapest possible parts. Just put one in your audio chain and hear the sound quality go down (even w/it bypassed)...worse w/it engaged. phase shift from hell.
Loki couldn't be more different. It's like no audio box I ever encountered. Heard it on good headphones (AFO) at CanJam NYC & this is what I found:
I fully intended to buy one to help tame an upper midrange anomaly in my desktop passive studio monitors--but then I rewired, added an electronic crossover, and everything got so much better that I don't "need" equalization now. I still may get one, just to play around with.
Loki couldn't be more different. It's like no audio box I ever encountered. Heard it on good headphones (AFO) at CanJam NYC & this is what I found:
- it's tiny. really tiny for an EQ box. that means very little desktop space get used up
- it's as transparent as anything I've ever heard. Take it out of bypass w/the 4 pots centered (no change). Set one pot slightly up or down, then take it out of bypass--now there's a change, but it's really subtle; centered right in the advertised frequency; and nothing BUT frequency changed.
I fully intended to buy one to help tame an upper midrange anomaly in my desktop passive studio monitors--but then I rewired, added an electronic crossover, and everything got so much better that I don't "need" equalization now. I still may get one, just to play around with.