anyway now I've bought DMG equilibrium, which is overkill for my noob amateur needs, but at least it does all I can ever ask of an EQ so I'm done wondering if it me or the EQ. when it sounds bad, it 100% on me now
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Wow, you went straight for the top eh? lol
What made you go with DMG EQuilibrium over EQuality or EQuick? Possibly even FabFilter Pro-Q 2 (which compares more with EQuick I think)? About to dive into the world of VST EQ's myself.
yeah it was a little excessive, no doubt about it. I'm not sure I remember right, but I think EQuick didn't offer left and right EQ(that I really don't use much outside of making some dedicated µSD for a given IEM that has a big imbalance(so I do that maybe 3 times a year, but I'm glad I have it).
and I didn't try equality but it seemed as if there was a limit in the number of points we can use???(would need to check I might be wrong about that). same thing, for day to day EQ I do not need 20 points, but sometimes when I go crazy and do some of the stuff Joe Bloggs shows in his EQ tutos, I'm glad to have big supply of points.
and the DMG guy is clever, there are little settings and UI tricks you only have on the more expensive stuff. you can do the same with all, but it's a little faster/friendlier on equilibrium once you have customized the UI(very customizable).
also some have the linear filter option, other don't I think. it ends up with a lot of little things in settings or interface that most would never care about. but I guess actual pros might have a rational need for those stuff. but a pro I'm not ^_^.
didn't try proQ, and I can't imagine why it wouldn't be an amazing EQ(as like DMG, so many pros use it). I sure value the proQ tutos on youtube, they're a treasure of information and very well made even for a noob like me. so I guess learning from them while using proQ could also be a nice bonus to get up to speed in the EQ world. but even with another EQ those videos are very clear.
for day to day EQ without fancy left/right channel tweaks, I believe EQuick to be great. I paid extra for some stuff most people don't care about and there would be no point in paying for something we don't use. in fact I believe most free EQs to be great for day to day EQ. I just happened to test the trial version of equilibrium and cried when I had to go back to using easyQ. but it's really ease of use more than sound difference that decided me to pay. I'm not trained or young enough to tell if an EQ actually sounds better than another(unless it's a really crappy non parametric EQ).