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Dangerous Music BAX EQ

Item ID: BAXEQ

Stereo Mastering and Mix Bus Shelving Equalizer with Stepped Controls

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Expressive EQ with Vintage Smoothness

The magic behind the BAX EQ is decades in the making. Inspired by the classic Baxandall shelving curves — renowned by mastering engineers in the 60s and 70s for smooth, musical sloping and a unique sonic signature — the Dangerous Music team went to work creating the modern BAX EQ. This unique stereo equalizer features stepped controls for repeatability and identical stereo operation. When what you want is an expressive equalizer — backed up with audiophile accuracy — you've found it. Treat your mixes to the Dangerous Music BAX EQ.



Dangerous Music BAX EQ Stereo Mastering and Mix Bus Shelving Equalizer Features:
  • Hear your music neater, richer, and sweeter.
  • Classic Baxandall shelving curves from the '60s, with modern mastering components.
  • Stepped controls throughout for repeatability and identical stereo operation.
  • 7-position highpass and lowpass filters - 2-pole Butterworth configuration (12dB/oct).
  • 8-position high and low.
  • Low Cut filters will eliminate infrasonic rumble: allowing higher maximum levels on any playback device.
  • High Cut filters will elminate ultrasonic energy for greater A/D converter efficiency.
  • Wide, phase coherent shelving means the BAX EQ will also improve your existing collection of gear.
  • Broad Q Shelving
  • +/- 5dB Cut and Boost controls in 1/2dB steps

The Dangerous Music BAX EQ is an expressive equalizer with a nod to smooth, vintage musicality!
Specification Detail
Number of Channels 2
Number of Bands 2
Tube No
Frequency Response 10Hz-20kHz (+/- 0.1dB); 1Hz to 80kHz (+/- 0.2dB)
Freq Range High 1.6-18kHz
Freq Range Hi-Mid No hi-mid
Freq Range Mid No mid
Freq Range Lo-Mid No lo-mid
Freq Range Low 74-361Hz
Boost/Cut Range ±5
Q Type Fixed broad-Q shelving
High Pass Filter Yes
Low Pass Filter Yes
Bypass Yes
Inputs 2 x XLR
Outputs 2 x XLR
Rack Spaces 1U
Height 1.75"
Depth 12"
Width 19"
Weight 12 lbs
Manufacturer Part Number BAX EQ

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based on 7 reviews

Mission Accomplished... in Spades!

by John D from CT
February 20, 2013
Music Background:
First, there's a previous reviewer here that I think missed the point completely (the only one that didn't give this 5 starts to date). The reviewer called this 'limited', 'disappointing', and that it... read more [+] souldn't be your 'main EQ'. In my opinion, I think his issue is with the Baxandall EQ DESIGN IN GENERAL, not the build of this unit. This is a design intended for wide shelving adjustments, NOT surgical boosts and cuts - if that's not the doctor ordered for your application, so be it, but in my opinion that's like giving a corvette a poor rating because it can't tow a trailer - it just means if you needed ot pull a trailer, you should have bought a truck.

That being said, this unit does exactly what it is supposed to do, and in an incredibly sweet manner. Gentle, subtle, clean, and very sweet-sounding. This is now, in my view, an invaluable part of my mastering chain - you miss it when it's not there! Also surprisingly useful for tracking, love it on bass, acoustic, and overheads especially.

If you're going back and forth between this and, say, an API1500, take a BIG step back! First decide if a broad-spectrum shelving/sweetening EQ or a surgical/more shapeable EQ is what you need. If shelving is your answer, I would confidently say you'll have a tough time finding a better-built or better-sounding unit. close [-]

The Magic Red Button

by Simon Picazo from Fort Wayne, IN
February 7, 2013
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Live Sound Engineer, Composer, Session Musician, Professional Studio Designer
I already own a Dangerous Dbox for my D/A and Adam A7's with Auralex Propads in a very good room so I initially wondered how much the BAX would help me.
When I pushed in the red "engage" butto... read more [+]n on my recently purchased BaxEQ, it so improved my sound that I never wanted to disengage it again.
After having it for a few months, someone accidentally disengaged it and my wife thought that our system had broken, we checked everything until finally we pushed the magic red button back in again. Happiness restored. close [-]

A Must Have

by Will Gilbert from Memphis, TN
October 16, 2011
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Drummer, DJ
Dangerous Music does it again! The Bax EQ is amazing for single tracks and for master tracks. The filters cuts un-wanted frequencies out with ease and still preserves the quality of your sound. You... read more [+] can cut and boost frequencies that give your bass that low you want more of or your snare sound more crisp. Used as an overall EQ on a master track is also un-believable. I use it also along with my 2-Bus Lt and get amazing results all day long. You can't go wrong with Dangerous. close [-]

AWESOME!

by Doug Jenkins from Wadsworth, oh
July 9, 2011
Music Background: Music engineer, artist, producer, proinstrumentals.com
Well, as you become a little more in tune with compression and EQ. You start to realize, that some pieces of equipment just do this job, in a way that you first weren't intending it too!. When I bo... read more [+]ught the Bax I was happy with my mixes, but sometimes acheiving a high end a little cleaner, or a lo end sitting a little better, would make me overwork a mix and lose focus of where I was going with it. The BAX filled that void, have a little too much weight on the bottom, dial in the shelf that solves it!, highs a little harsh, dial in a shelf that smooths it out! overall. It is that grammy winning sound, that is so hard to explain. Inside the box.. NOTE I HAVE APOGEE CONVERTORS. I LOVE THEM, WITH A BIG BEN CLOCK,, Anything that improves on these, or allows the convertors to do the job correct, is a winner in my book. I own a Manley Mu that does compression like this does EQ, When something is making a change, and the normal ears can't hear it, I think that is a recipe for the WOW factor.... OH and last, watch how it makes your music sound better, without even touching a knob, VERY HIGH BUILD. THIS THING CRUSHES MY PREVIOUS SHELVING SOLUTIONS.. close [-]

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