Can you hook up an equalizer to Onkyo TX-SR353?
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Unless your EQ can take an HDMI signal, it looks like you are SOL.
Is this what I need? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1M5FSK...&pd_rd_r=2947fbd4-fe32-4fe0-9abb-8c84aec12bed ?
no that is to convert hdmi to 3 rca jacks in the out direction.
I'd say you cant easily hook up an equalizer.
No, you can't.
And why would you even want to? That receiver has built-in room correction (AccuEQ) - just use that. It'll do a better job automatically than you trying to manually muck with an external equalizer.
You want an "HDMI audio extractor", which will give you analog audio output from an HDMI source.
I guess we should take a step back and ask OP what his source signal is. If it is a device that has HDMI output, such a TV or DVD player or some media streamer, then yes, an HDMI audio extractor can convert audio to analog, but then he'll lose the whole 5.1 DD/DD+ aspect of it. And what about the video part of it? How will it all come back into the AVR?
Now, if his source signal is just 2-channel analog audio (RCA), then sure, he can just run that source into his equalizer and then send it to the AVR using the AVR's analog audio inputs.
EQ? What is this 1977? 
Sorry.
Sorry.
Sounds like a lot of work for little gain unless you enjoy tinkering with this stuff, which I used to, my first surround sound was all separate components.
My Yamaha uses YPAO similar to the OP's AccuEQ, here is some verbiage from my manual which explains how it works in case one is interested. You need to place the mic near your seating position or in the center if you have multiple seating positions.
Yamaha's YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room.
My Yamaha uses YPAO similar to the OP's AccuEQ, here is some verbiage from my manual which explains how it works in case one is interested. You need to place the mic near your seating position or in the center if you have multiple seating positions.
Yamaha's YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room.
The main thing that I want it for, is to listen to music from my phone, from Pandora. Did this stereo also come with that microfone adjuster?
Get a bluetooth receiver and connect it to the CD input on the box? Assuming your phone doesn't have a headphone socket, in which case you could use a 3.5" to RCA cable....
Like brian703 stated, if your phone has a headphone jack, then just run a 3.5mm to 2xRCA cable from the phone to your equalizer and then another 2xRCA cable from equalizer to the CD input on your AVR.
Alternatively, since your AVR has Bluetooth built-in, you can wirelessly stream content from your phone to your AVR. You will not be using your equalizer in this case.
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This is what I use to connect my phone to my vintage receiver from 1968. On mine there is no such thing as CD input but that's the input you can use on yours.
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Ad...ocphy=9022706&hvtargid=pla-523770557921&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Ad...ocphy=9022706&hvtargid=pla-523770557921&psc=1
Back in the day, an EQ was inserted through the “tape loop.” It was fed via “tape out” and the “tape mon (monitor) button was always left engaged. If you actually wanted to listen to tapes, you chained the tape deck off the EQ and it had a tape selector to switch over to. A smaller group of units had EQ send/return connections.
of course, nobody knew how to actually do with an EQ what they’re supposed to do, which is notch out troublesome frequencies. Most folks make them look like a smile. For room tuning, it’s got to be a 1/3 octave unit before becoming truly helpful. Also, graphic EQs tend to be noisy…. A parametric EQ with about 3 channels is generally a solid way to go.
of course, nobody knew how to actually do with an EQ what they’re supposed to do, which is notch out troublesome frequencies. Most folks make them look like a smile. For room tuning, it’s got to be a 1/3 octave unit before becoming truly helpful. Also, graphic EQs tend to be noisy…. A parametric EQ with about 3 channels is generally a solid way to go.
Also back in the day, graphic EQs were available as a factory option on some vehicles, and I recall seeing at least one Walkman-type unit with a 2 or 3 band EQ!
They really were a fad in the 80s...
They really were a fad in the 80s...
Not every recording is the same probably why they still build them today and yes I have a smaller version on my 10k rig I listen on.
https://www.schiit.com/products/loki-max
https://www.schiit.com/products/lokius
In majority of cases it's the room acoustics that throws frequency response out of whack, even with the best equipment. Proper EQ can help with this, assuming you have a way to measure the response. This usually means using digital EQ (DSP) instead of old school analog one which is just not granular enough to be useful.
I want to hear the material as it was naturally recorded, not doctored up.
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