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[Toml]

Hey all,

I was looking at purchasing an EQ to try and even out some harshness etc in my setup at the moment.
Browsing through the CAA For sale forum I found an Alpine ERA-G320 EQ and an Alpine 3342 EQ, along with an Alpine PXA-H510 processor.

What I'm wondering is would it be worth going for the PXA-H510 over the ERA-G320?
It seems that the H510 has more functionality, time alignment, dolby digital, etc whilst the G320 seems to have a better/more full featured control panel.

Also I was curious as to whether the Ai-Net connection between two Alpine units is better (sound quality wise) than an RCA connection across the same distance?


Thanks for any help,

Tom

[Cyberpunky]

The 320 and 3342 are both great EQs but the added features of the 510 makes it the better purchase IMO. I have played with and owned some of these and think they all do a great job but the 510 is later technology and so has the benefits, that technical evolution bring.

The Ai-net connection is superior from a technical point of veiw, but wether its an audible improvement is another matter. Id suggest that using RCA level is fine and the real jump is not going to Ai-net but going digital via fibre optic, as this seems to be an audible improvement IMO. If you have an Ai-net HU then obviously you would use that method but if you dont I wouldnt loose sleep over using RCAs instead.
peace
Cyberpunky

[Toml]

Excellent, thanks for your help Cyberpunky.
Much appreciated.

[gooki]

my 2 cents - totallge agree with Cyberpunky.

I've owned a ERAG320 and it was a nice EQ and time alignment processor, but I ended up selling it when I came to the realisation that I could fix all the problem the ERAG320 was doing by simply playing with the speaker locations/install.

[Toml]

Thank you.