Equalizers: Boost/cut?

[neonblack 10+ year member]

What does Boost/cut mean for equalizers (parametric)? Most of them are +\- 15 to 18 dB. The more expensive equalizers are higher. Does this mean how much the equalizer can lower or raise the signal in each frequency range?

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[MrSector9 10+ year member]

indeed it does.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

That's what it means. More is just more not necessarily better. You shouldn't need more than about 5dB of adjustment and whenever possible you want to cut rather than boost.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

You shouldn't need more than 5 dB of adjustment ... some speakers really ****, though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Yep, and no amount of EQ will fix that either. You can't fix a shitty install with EQ either.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

So was I //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

The most I had to cut was 4db, and even so, i wasn't too happy about that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Someone who knows what they're doing with a 5-band EQ can make a system sound better than someone who owns a dual 31band EQ, but not know a thing about tuning.