{"id":138758,"date":"2021-12-03T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=138758"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:23:56","slug":"schiit-loki-max-six-band-equalizer-with-ladder-controls-on-lc-filters-and-a-remote-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-loki-max-six-band-equalizer-with-ladder-controls-on-lc-filters-and-a-remote-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiit Loki Max: Six band equalizer with ladder controls on LC filters and a remote control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Audio\u00a0has released the Schiit Loki Max equalizer. The equalizer inherits the already well-known, simpler Schiit models like Loki Mini\u00a0and Lokius: no graphic slide potentiometers, only rotary dials, which in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiit.com\/products\/loki-max\">Loki Max<\/a> are complemented by a nice remote control in an aluminum case.<\/p>\n<p>But the main thing is inside.\u00a0Loki Max adjusts frequency response in six bands: 20 Hz, 120 Hz, 400 Hz, 2 kHz, 6 kHz and 16 kHz.\u00a0Moreover, the depth of adjustment smoothly changes from \u00b1 12 dB at the edges of the range to \u00b1 6 dB in the middle.\u00a0At the same time, SOI is promised in the entire frequency range not worse than 0.001%.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/38_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1635\" height=\"587\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For this, only LC filters (capacitor-inductance) were used in the circuit, and custom coils with a nickel core were used for certain ranges.\u00a0It all works in a fully discrete bipolar topology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cherry on the cake can be considered adjustments specially created for Loki Max branded 31-step relay potentiometers on thin-film resistors with a tolerance of 0.5% and 60 relays under custom firmware.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/39_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1739\" height=\"471\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result is an exact match of the parameters of both channels in any position.\u00a0A C-Core 48 VA transformer was used to power the system.\u00a0The module based on it provides \u00b1 16 V and \u00b1 32 V with double stabilization, plus a separate high-current 5 V power supply for the microprocessor and relay.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the Schiit Loki Max will cost $ 1,500.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Audio\u00a0has released the Schiit Loki Max equalizer. The equalizer inherits the already well-known, simpler Schiit models like Loki Mini\u00a0and Lokius: no graphic slide potentiometers, only rotary dials, which in Loki Max are complemented by a nice remote control in an aluminum case. But the main thing is inside.\u00a0Loki Max adjusts frequency response in six [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-loki-max-six-band-equalizer-with-ladder-controls-on-lc-filters-and-a-remote-control\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":138759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-138758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}