Yes, the DEQX is a great great product, but not for me at tis time. I am too much of an analog junkie, especially SACD and the occassional HDAD or DVD-A. My analog stuff into the DEQX robbed the music of its warmth and life, but I mainly attribute that to the fact it was doing an extra a/d and d/a. That's true of any digital pre or processor. I notice that Overkill is going one step beyond by ripping out the DAC in the DEQX and using their own choices. They are keeping the DEQX's holy grail, though, it's DSP algorithms on the psb. The correction technology in the DEQX is quite remarkable.
I've invested heavily in my analog setup, including a wonderful-sounding tubed analog redbook output (Modwright) so the DEQX was not the right solution for me in the short-term.
The PARC is too darn expensive in my environment. It's value prop is to address the attenuation of bass peaks. I'm sure it's very good at it, but my problem is I'm sitting in a 40hz bass null, and my room requirements don't allow me much ability to move my sweetspot. Ethan has helped a lot with the Real Traps in the corners and on the back wall (I'm 80 in from backwall....a perfect 43hz quarter wavelength
), but I may need to do more. In the meantime I'm augmenting with some fine-tuning of corner subs (the rest of the seats in the room shake like an earthquake but I'm fine....
) and moving some things around.
Ted
