Arny Krueger wrote:


There ain't no such thing as "Swiss Alps" potentiometers. Alps is
headquartered in Japan.

http://www.alps.com/network/japan.html

Alps has a number of credible competitors. When the Behringer publicity
machine starts ranting about Alps potentiomenters, lots of people roll their
eyes. Not that there isn't anything necessarily wrong with Alps, its just
that they make cost-effective and high end product lines like lots of other
people.

Penny and Giles is the name to look for.


Unfortunately I have no idea about the quality, or sound, of the op amps
used in this Behringer equalizer.


We aren't talking Jensen 990s at this price point!

I do not intend to use this equalizer in a professional recording setup,
but
rather for a home stereo system in order to hopefully adjust the system's
response in order to cope with certain room anomalies.

Using audio production type signal processors in home audio applications has
some exposures, no matter who makes it. There are two more-or-less standards
for input and output voltages. One is called consumer and the other is
called professional. There's about 11 dB difference between them, which
means that a piece of consumer gear used for audio production could end up
clipping, and a piece of professional gear used for home audio could end up
being noisy.

Matching transformers. They're a wonderful thing.