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previous: keith Can anyone give their opinions on e... -- 10/20/1999 11:39 AM

Re: EQ pedals: advice?

10/20/1999 3:40 PM
Mark Hammer	Re: EQ pedals: advice? In many instances, you can improve the noise specs of whatever you happen to purchase by replacing the op-amps with a lower-noise version (e.g., replacing 4558's 5532's, or TL062's with TL072's). If you don't have excessive high-frequency requirements from your EQ, you can always tack a capacitor on the output and trim back some of the hiss. IN general, though, whenever you have a stage that is supposed to run clean, it's good to feed it with the hottest signal that the device's headroom/design will permit, in order to get the best S/N ratio.

10/20/1999 3:40 PM

Mark Hammer

Re: EQ pedals: advice?

In many instances, you can improve the noise specs of whatever you happen to purchase by replacing the op-amps with a lower-noise version (e.g., replacing 4558's 5532's, or TL062's with TL072's).

If you don't have excessive high-frequency requirements from your EQ, you can always tack a capacitor on the output and trim back some of the hiss.

IN general, though, whenever you have a stage that is supposed to run clean, it's good to feed it with the hottest signal that the device's headroom/design will permit, in order to get the best S/N ratio.