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  • bgavin
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jan 2007
    • 1355

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    Behringer DEQ or DCX Noise

    These are digital EQ and digital crossover boxes. Both have a very frequent noise problem described as "frying eggs". There is a vigorous and active after-market that replaces the clock modules and almost the entire output path in these boxes. It seems kinda silly to invest $1400 into a $300 box.

    Q: has anybody serviced one of these for the above symptom?

    They have a lot of electrolytic craps on the various boards, and are reputed to have ribbon cable problems. I'm curious if a quality recap will directly affect "frying eggs" or if replacing the multitude of 25-cent opamps is actually beneficial.

    Thoughts?
  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30951
    • Albion

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    Re: Behringer DEQ or DCX Noise

    sounds like a job for a scope.

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    • bgavin
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      • Jan 2007
      • 1355

      #3
      Re: Behringer DEQ or DCX Noise

      Evidently the "frying eggs" problem was corrected some time ago by Behringer. They are now installing an insulation pad between the metal chassis panel and the affected board.

      I've seen a few photos of the DCX-2496 guts, and it looks like a candidate for a quality recap job.

      Very surprising though, the DCX uses high quality ADC, DAC, DSP, same as found in the better DBX boxes. I'm not a component tech, but it appears even the opamps are of good quality.

      Considerin the next step up is a Sabine or Xilica (sabine oem) at 4x the price, perhaps the DCX is worth the gamble.

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      • Scenic
        o.O
        • Sep 2007
        • 2642
        • Germany

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        Re: Behringer DEQ or DCX Noise

        Originally posted by bgavin
        I've seen a few photos of the DCX-2496 guts, and it looks like a candidate for a quality recap job.
        a bit off topic, but the behringer mixers i've seen so far (the DX-1000 seems to be a pretty common one) had Jamicon. EVERYWHERE.

        edit: and not just a couple ones here and there.. hundreds of those little b*stards..
        Last edited by Scenic; 05-17-2010, 10:03 AM.

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        • bgavin
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          • Jan 2007
          • 1355

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          Re: Behringer DEQ or DCX Noise

          I have a new DCX2496 on order. The price is about a quarter of what I would pay for a Sabine or Xilica equivalent. When the warranty runs out, I 'll recap it.

          Evidently they decided to use mainstream quality ADC, DAC, DSP and opamps. Same stuff as found in the DBX boxes at a much higher price.

          The factory 'cured' the frying bacon sound some time ago. They installed an insulation pad between the chassis panel and the board to eliminate any contact.

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