Nabble - Q Series

Re: Soffit Mount

2009-07-08T06:34:56Z

First of all I like your design! Nice movie.

I think it is a good idea to soffit mount the Equators. The imaging will be even more stable.

Grtz,

Matthias
iDeal Audio
http://www.idealaudio.be

Matthias - iDeal Audio

Soffit Mount

2009-07-04T15:35:38Z

Firstly let me say as an original UREI 813 owner I'm very impressed to see that finally the next generation has arrived.

As a studio designer I was wondering your thoughts on soffit mounting these speakers.

We are currently looking at installing them in a new studio in Melbourne Australia.

http://johnlsayers.com/video/james.wmv

cheers
john

So far so good.

2009-04-26T16:36:14Z

Just picked up a pair of these yesterday. Was using Tanoy Golds w/Mastering Labs Crossovers, paired with the amp by Doug Sax so we shall see what the team says.

Re: just got my Q8

2008-11-25T09:24:08Z

Hi AndreD...

Great. We are glad to hear you like your new Q8s. Be sure to register them on our website so that we can send you any/all new software updates as they become available.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Marty Bradley
Equator Audio

just got my Q8

2008-11-24T16:14:24Z

Hi,
just got my Q8 a few weeks ago and I still can´t belief what I´m hearing!

It brings mixing to a new experience, just found this kind of sound in a few high-end studios,
now it´s mine :-)

Thank you! :-)

Re: What´s the system latency?

2008-09-15T19:18:43Z

The latency through our DSP engine is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1ms. So if you have your audio output device, i.e. a Digi playback output device connected to the analog inputs of our monitors, sound travels from your audio application to your audio hardware to our analog inputs and once it reaches our DSP board, 1ms later you hear it.

Each Equator monitor comes with Equator Control. An application that allows you access to muting, soloing, EQ, phase control, among other features. This communication is handled through USB. Our monitors show up as a USB composite device and the faster your USB ports, the less latency for COM communication. So if you have a USB 1.0 post on your computer and an 800mHz processor, latency would be higher than a USB 2.0 port and dual 1 Gig processors. This only affects communication at the control level of the features within our application. Again, muting, soloing, selecting speakers, etc...

Playback from your audio application and through your audio output hardware has its own latency values that our monitors are not affected by. When audio hits our monitors via our analog inputs, 1ms later you hear it. The latency for COM communication to our monitors from your computers USB port via our Equator Control app is dependent on the host computers speed. i.e. USB 1 or 2, processor speed, the amount of RAM, etc...

You will not need to adjust synch when working to picture any differently when using our monitors than with any other monitoring system.

Let us know if you have other questions.

Re: why no aes in?

2008-09-15T10:30:05Z

During the course of developing the monitors we asked a number of engineers and producers in multiple fields including film and audio and AES inputs were not a feature request. Since their release into the market, we have had them in some of the world's top studios and it has not been an issue. You are actually the first to ask about this.

The CPU inside each monitor handles a host of tasks, including matching the transducers at the factory level as well as allowing us to incorporate our “no-slope” crossover approach. There is a proprietary process taking place inside each monitors and in order to achieve maximum efficiency, we convert to digital.

One such task is our crossover approach. We reduce mid-range distortion commonly associated with coax designs. To accomplish this, we need serious DSP power allowing the CPU inside each monitor to calculate and make a series of adjustments throughout the crossover plain that starts around 900Hz and ends slightly above 2k. This reduces the frequency area in which both the HF and LF drivers are fighting to reproduce the same frequencies. In a traditional crossover, there are a large number of mid-range frequencies being reproduced by both the HF and LF drivers. The bigger the slope, the worse the condition. Traditional coaxial speaker designs have used a 2nd order cross-over (12dB/octave). Here at Equator, we recognized the problem of both drivers reproducing the same frequency as a major cause of mid-range distortion. From the onset, we intended to address this by applying our "no-slope" approach (applying a series of adjustments throughout the cross-over plain) through the use of DSP.

Also, the DSP helps the engineer make sure their room is optimized for accurate monitoring. We include a software application called Equator Control with every monitor. It enables you to manually compensate for acoustic anomalies such as issues created by speaker placement and boundary conditions. Along with the environmental compensation, it also provides great control over the monitors — including equalization, mute, solo, and phase, speaker-group select, and the ability to create “custom voicings,” all of which can be saved to your computer or flashed directly into each monitor.

What´s the system latency?

2008-09-13T03:11:37Z

Since the Qs are DSP-based what´s the speakers latency? Will I need to adjust syc when working to picture?
How many samples or ms does the signal travel through the DSP till it plays back?

thanks.

why no aes in?

2008-09-12T14:19:23Z

Hi,

why is there no AES-in on the speakers. Why convert to digital inside the speaker again?

thanks!

Re: Equator Q10

2008-07-08T20:25:04Z

did u ever get the softwarew? what version does it say?

Re: software update

2008-07-08T19:40:21Z

I should be more clear. Software update for the mic kit software.

software update

2008-07-08T19:38:28Z

I just got a pair of Q12s and the mic kit. My friend bought Q10s. He says there is a software update. Where do I get it. Mike

Equator Audio Ships the Q8 and Q18

2008-05-29T19:43:49Z

We here at Equator Audio are pleased to announced that we have begun shipping the Q8 and Q18. For more information, please visit our press release section of our website.

Re: Welcome...

2008-04-16T20:04:42Z

We are now shipping all of the Q Series Monitors. Q8, Q10, Q12, Q15, & the Q18 subwoofer. Please contact a dealer in your area for further information.

Equator Audio Research

Re: Equator Q10

2008-02-06T20:15:44Z

Did you demo the 10's vs. the 12's? I think I want the 12's but want to A/B them. Also, are you using the software on a Mac or PC>?

Equator Q10

2008-02-01T20:37:35Z

Holy S&$^,

These things sound great. I got a pair and have been using them for a week. They sound great. I want to buy the optional software but have been told it won't be available for a month or two but so far, Ive been tracking and mixing on them out of the box and they sound f'ing awesome. I cant believe they would sound better with the optional software. But...

Stephan

Welcome...

2008-01-02T23:31:08Z

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