Rockville REQ42-B Black 19" Rack Mount 2 x 21 Band Graphic Equalizer EQ

Of course, this is not the best of the home equalizer I have owned. This is the cheapest of them as I paid a lot more for the other ones. Simply, it does its job and I like it. Too many bands to adjust compare to my old ones (I still have one of them in use), therefore it is just a matter of practice to get used to that many controls to adjust. The spectrum analyzer is just an indicator of the input level not by frequencies but the overall sound, that is why it moves all the bars the same way always but it really responds to the overall sound input level. Another thing, most of the superior equalizers for sale, are more suitable for PA systems not necessarily for your home system but this one is. Even some people criticized the instruction manual, I don't need any kind of instructions to set up an equalizer to my home system, it is so basic. Recommended product for those who don't want to spend a lot of money and have some kind of experience in setting home stereo equipment instinctively, no instructions.

I was a little disappointed in reading reviews and finding out there was no spectrum analyzer, but no biggie, my main reason for getting this was to be able to adjust the sound profile more discretely, and this Rockville unit allows me to do just that. I have this hooked up to an old Yamaha AV receiver (before HDMI was a thing) and I have an old Kenwood dual tape deck, a turn table, and a 5-CD Harmon Kardon CD carousel. The tape deck is a new addition rescued from neighbor's trash so I was just glad it played. It sounded OK but a little muddy. Passing it through the EQ made it much crisper and brighter. My wife remarked that she was hearing things in the music that she hadn't noticed before. CD playback was better than it's ever been out of this receiver and speakers. Turntable is having an issue but that's not anything to do with the EQ. And FedEx delivered this a full week earlier than expected! If you're looking to set up an old-school 80's/90's component system, this EQ is a great addition. And the "spectrum analyzer" is pretty.

Following the precise directions in the user manual for this Rockville equalizer, it did NOT allow any configuration that allowed either my brand new phonograph, or my dual cassette Tape deck to work with this equalizer. I was able, I think, to get my CD player to work when connected But due to the MORONIC and useless constant EQUALIZER screen digital flashing that occurs as soon As you turn this unit on and which persists regardless of whether you have any music playing – which is UNBELIEVABLY FREAKING STUPID – I have no way of knowing if the equalizer is actually being applied to the CD being played. Furthermore, when I connected a external mp3 player to the mp3/aux port on the Front of the Rockville unit – that did also NOT WORK. Zero sound. This product is piece of pure garbage and I strongly advise against ANYONE purchasing it.

Title: Good EQ — RCA connections were my only headache The EQ itself works well and gives me the control I wanted over the sound. My only real frustration has been with the RCA connections. I was using gold RCA connectors that fit pretty tight, and sometimes unplugging them would pull harder on the EQ’s RCA connections than I liked. I’m not completely blaming the EQ for that because the connectors themselves may have been part of the problem, but it became enough of a pain that it’s worth mentioning. As far as actually adjusting and shaping the sound, I’ve been happy with it. Does its job well. I’m taking off one star mainly for the connection headache. 4 stars.

I bought a pair of bookshelf speakers to use with my computer, and the bass and treble control didn't give me any range, (the base all the way up or down sounded the same). This was easy to hook up and does the job probably too well, meaning that 21 bands is a little overwhelming, but in my case I only had to set it up once. I'm happy with this purchase, the only downside to me is it has to be on to get any sound, (the display not the equalizer, the equalizer can be turned off or on), however my speakers have two sets of speaker jacks, so I hooked up line one to the computer and line two to the equalizer, hope this helps.

A liitle bit of extra noise added to the signal path. Not a high end product. Short throw on the EQ sliders make it hard to adjust. Overall it works well, and happy with it so far.

My prior EQ has been on onr stereo unit of mine or another for 40 years! A few years ago, it started giving me problems and I bought another EQ which really let me down to the point where even though the old one was flaky, I connected it back to my stereo. But it was time to say goodbye. I purchased this one and got it the other day. I like having all the bands to shape the sound as you desire and also the fact that you can control each speaker separately with two separate bound waves. The blue lights are cool looking but I would admit that would be nice to be able to dim them or shut them off, as they are staring back at me and are very, very bright! But it sounds good. I didn't think an EQ made that much difference on the sound as far as the unit itself, but after buying the other one that I pulled back out of the system, I found out that it does! I've only had it a couple days - but so far, so good. Hopefully, I will get many years of use out of it. I would love to purchase a fully remote control unit one day if they have them. But other than that, it seems like a really good unit at a very fair price!

Great product, work great

decent enough eq , short slide distances make fine adjustments a little tough but pretty good over-all ,19 inch width not a more standard 16.9 so be aware if ur rack mounting

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Chegou muito bem embalado dos EUA. Ótima qualidade e equalização eficiente. Analisador de espectro só mede o volume de áudio, não por faixa de equalização. Bonito equipamento.

be careful when ordering to a country where 240v is valid, because this device is 110v, it exposed me to an unplanned purchase of a 240v to 110v converter. Of course, the description does not say anywhere what voltage the device is designed for. Regards

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