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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 2516557" data-attributes="member: 550915">You&#039;re talking two different things.&nbsp; Fixed Q means exactly that, you can&#039;t change the Q.&nbsp; If it&#039;s 1 it&#039;s 1.&nbsp; If it&#039;s 4 it&#039;s 4.&nbsp; If whatever it&#039;s fixed at doen&#039;t suit your needs, then you&#039;re SOL.&nbsp; If, for example you need a broad freq boost at one point and a narrow cut at another, a fixed Q unit probably won&#039;t let you do that.&nbsp; That is where a true parametric EQ comes into play.&nbsp; It allows you to pick the center freq for the boost/cut and adjust the Q to make the adjustment have whatever width you need.I also think you are mistaken on the exact effect that the EQ in the h701 has.&nbsp; It works in the digital domain but the EQ still has a Q.&nbsp; It has an effect on the adjacent freqs as far as boost and cut goes.&nbsp; If has adjustable Q and you can vary the width of the effect but it still has width, even at the highest Q setting.&nbsp; If it didn&#039;t it would be basically worthless.&nbsp; If it didn&#039;t emulate the effect of an analog parametric, it wouldn&#039;t has a use.&nbsp; Where it really shines compared to an analog unit is in the time/phase domain.&nbsp; An analog EQ has an effect on the phase of the signal and can make a mess of driver integration if you don&#039;t account for the phase shift.&nbsp; Working in the digital domain allows the Alpine unit to have the frequency shaping effects of a normal EQ but without the negative phase shift effects.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 2516557, member: 550915"] You're talking two different things. Fixed Q means exactly that, you can't change the Q. If it's 1 it's 1. If it's 4 it's 4. If whatever it's fixed at doen't suit your needs, then you're SOL. If, for example you need a broad freq boost at one point and a narrow cut at another, a fixed Q unit probably won't let you do that. That is where a true parametric EQ comes into play. It allows you to pick the center freq for the boost/cut and adjust the Q to make the adjustment have whatever width you need. I also think you are mistaken on the exact effect that the EQ in the h701 has. It works in the digital domain but the EQ still has a Q. It has an effect on the adjacent freqs as far as boost and cut goes. If has adjustable Q and you can vary the width of the effect but it still has width, even at the highest Q setting. If it didn't it would be basically worthless. If it didn't emulate the effect of an analog parametric, it wouldn't has a use. Where it really shines compared to an analog unit is in the time/phase domain. An analog EQ has an effect on the phase of the signal and can make a mess of driver integration if you don't account for the phase shift. Working in the digital domain allows the Alpine unit to have the frequency shaping effects of a normal EQ but without the negative phase shift effects. [/QUOTE]

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