SV Sound PC-Ultra - Manual (Page 9)

SV Subwoofers Page 9
Parametric Equalizer
. Important enough and challenging enough, this
feature gets its own section! “PEQ” allows you to tame a “peak” in your room’s
response. Peaks are quite common, especially in large rooms or ones where your sub
is far from your listening position. NOTE: A Sound Pressure Level meter is a must
for proper use of the PEQ, so get one before you tackle this control. TO DISABLE
THIS CONTROL: Set the “LEVEL” control in the Parametric EQ feature group-
ing until it stops on “MIN” — thus ensuring you do not inadvertently cause poor
frequency response until such time as you properly configure the PEQ.
First
you might ask yourself, “why use a PEQ?” The reason is quite simple. Your
room. See, most times even a superlative subwoofer which measures very evenly
(we say “flat”) in an open domain (no reflective boundaries) will not measure the
same in your home theater or music room. Instead, colliding bass waves can build up
and cause a “peak”. This is where a parametric equalizer helps out. A PEQ is an