Looking for an equalizer to adjust Hampden speakers.

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Orange
Orange Posts: 14
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I have not been able to find anything that will allow me to adjust these speakers through usb. Looking for a program that will let me.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,314
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    not sure what your rig is but, jriver does have and eq, and full on dsp if you wish.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    Ill check it out, thanks.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    I like the idea of jriver but, I don't think its going to allow me to adjust music from sites like pandora. I listen to reggae from time to time and the bass is a little heavy at higher volume settings on these speakers. I want to adjust the low end, so as to not hear the woofers buzzing. Thanks again for your time.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
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    I wonder if there is some equalizer software that would help you out, I will do some checking.

    also if you like reggae check out the thread in movies & music.. for Reggae fans..I bumped it up to the top for you.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    ok, Thanks
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    Orange wrote: »
    I like the idea of jriver but, I don't think its going to allow me to adjust music from sites like pandora. I listen to reggae from time to time and the bass is a little heavy at higher volume settings on these speakers. I want to adjust the low end, so as to not hear the woofers buzzing. Thanks again for your time.

    The Hampdens are a desktop solution speaker, they are not meant to be played all that loud anyway. Could be your asking for too much volume from too small a speaker which no equalizer will overcome that shortcoming.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    Its very true that turning them down a little solves the problem. The only time I have this problem though, is when songs have any type of heavy bass. I do not listen to rap. I also dont think they should peak at 6 on the settings. They play other types of music crystal clear. Wish I could find a program that would allow me to adjust the sound through usb. Thanks for your thoughts Tony.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    Whats the rest of the gear look like ? If your playing Pandora, your playing MP3 quality audio which isn't all that great anyway. If your only using the computer's sound card, then that's also a step backwards in sound quality.

    We have many threads on getting good sound out of a computer, it takes a tad more than simply speakers to achieve that though.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    From my understanding, since the speakers plug in through usb, they are bypassing my computers sound card. "we designed the Hampden's USB input to bypass the lower quality digital-to-analog converter built into most computers. A higher quality converter in the Polk Hampden optimizes this critical function for the best audio possible."

    I realize that im not getting anything close to high quality sound from pandora. Its just very convenient and I would like to adjust the sound coming from it.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    From my understanding, the speakers bypass the computers sound card by using usb.
    So polk must have built in a converter. I realize that pandora is no where near high quality audio. Its just convenient and I would like to have software based equalizer on my computer if thats possible.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    From my understanding, since the speakers plug in through usb, they are bypassing my computers sound card. "we designed the Hampden's USB input to bypass the lower quality digital-to-analog converter built into most computers. A higher quality converter in the Polk Hampden optimizes this critical function for the best audio possible."

    I realize that im not getting anything close to high quality sound from pandora. Its just very convenient and I would like to adjust the sound coming from it.
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  • Orange
    Orange Posts: 14
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    From my understanding, the speakers bypass the computers sound card by using usb.
    So polk must have built in a converter. I realize that pandora is no where near high quality audio. Its just convenient and I would like to have software based equalizer on my computer if thats possible.
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  • Orange
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    didnt mean to post twice, thought the first post didnt go through.
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  • Orange
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    Thank you to anyone that posted. Looks like there is not an easy solution to my problem right now.
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