gearfreak Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I've been offered a dbx Driverack PA in trade. i.e. http://www.dbxpro.com/pa/pa.htm Generally I have avoided DSP, but am interested in the RTA ability. Perhaps this unit is a sleeper otherwise as well. My use would be for hi-fi, not PA per se. Can anyone comment on thier results? Thanks in advance..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Unless you are just dead set on a hardware device, why not trade for something to enhance your system and get a copy of True RTA software to run on a PC for this purpose? It's only 100.00 for 1/24 octave and has most of these functions... Otherwise, DBX builds super fine stuff. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearfreak Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks for the input Dave. Not set on anything per se, this just happens to be the offer at hand. I'll check out true RTA in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Might want to shoot an e-mail or pm to colterphoto1. He uses driverack in his pa gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 It's an interesting unit, you get active crossover, subsonic boost, and parametric eq (three bands per channel). It's a bit challenging to learn but the RTA feature might be fun to try out. You'd really want to take measurements over several spots in your listening area and average the some way because a single spot measurement in a room won't be much better than most receiver's built in systems. I'm with the computer route. Why put your music through another set of A/D D/A converters if you don't have to? However if you're just using it as a measuring device that's a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 My unit came from JWCullison, who has more experience with it. Doc is also well versed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 The DRPA is a solid unit that should be reliable, as are all DBX products. However, it is not known for sonic excellence within the pro sound community. If you are looking for a unit to use at home the Behringer DCX-2496 would work better for that purpose. It sounds better, is cheaper, and there are many tweaks available to further improve performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 www.trueaudio.com I am not pushing this at all, but as I understood the main interest was not the EQ or other hardware functions but mainly RTA it's worth a look. I think it is great and no longer miss my Crown RTA at all. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestonTom Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 The DRPA is a solid unit that should be reliable, as are all DBX products. However, it is not known for sonic excellence within the pro sound community. If you are looking for a unit to use at home the Behringer DCX-2496 would work better for that purpose. It sounds better, is cheaper, and there are many tweaks available to further improve performance. Since you are interested in the RTA capability, Don mentioned the DCX2496, but he probably meant the DEQ2496. -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 An RTA isn't exactly a good measurement tool. You're far better off with something like REW, which also happens to be free. As far as the driverack, I haven't been the biggest fan. You don't get much processing and the sound quality ain't the greatest either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thanks for that tip, Mike. While I like RTA as a tool to "see" my location recordings as well as confirm what my ears are hearing on other material, REW looks like a great tool for checking the coupling of a system to space. I like the price, too. Regards, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereohermit Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 The driverack pa used as a measurement tool is fine, i wouldn't use it as an xover or anything like that. the d/a converters sound horrible in those, your soundstage will be very two demensional. The only unitof that type I've heard sound anything near decent was the BSS omnidrive, altho its much more$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearfreak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thanks all for the input. The lukewarm opinions have swayed me to pass on the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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