Equalizers / measured

6020 Ultimate EQ

McDSP · VST3

9.5/10 Measured score · Measured fidelity · how scored

Flatness

8.2/10

±0.88 dB · scored

Transparency (THD)

10.0/10

0.000% · scored

Noise

10.0/10

< floor · scored

Linearity

10.0/10

-147 dB · scored

Latency

0 smp

factual · not scored

On the bench

48 kHz · 512-block · offline · same procedure for every plugin
Magnitude responsestepped sine, −12 dBFS
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Output level vs. frequency.

It only nudges your tone — the level holds within ±0.88 dB across the range, so any shift in brightness or weight is small.

Distortion vs level1 kHz, THD / THD+N
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THD   THD+N. THD is the trustworthy figure; THD+N is method-floor-limited at low levels.

It adds almost none of its own edge (at or below 0.000%), so it keeps the sound clean.

Latency, reported
0 smp
Latency, measured
0 smp (matches)
Onset
0 smp
Noise floor
below measurement floor
Linearity residual
-147.1 dB (1000 Hz, -12/-18 dBFS)
Processing cost
not measured

Its own background hiss is below what the bench can even measure, so it adds no noise you would hear.

It treats quiet and loud the same (within -147 dB), so it behaves identically however hard you push it.

It adds no delay to your audio.


What these measurements mean

read from the numbers above · transparent / clean design

On the bench it behaves like a clean tool, scoring 9.5/10 on staying flat, low distortion, low noise, and steady behavior at any level. It only nudges your tone — the level holds within ±0.88 dB across the range, so any shift in brightness or weight is small. It adds almost none of its own edge (at or below 0.000%), so it keeps the sound clean. Its own background hiss is below what the bench can even measure, so it adds no noise you would hear. It treats quiet and loud the same (within -147 dB), so it behaves identically however hard you push it. It adds no delay to your audio.

Measured score 9.5/10 — flatness, low THD, low noise and linearity, evenly weighted toward a clean pass-through. How scoring works.


What people report

sourced sentiment · separate from the measured score
N/A No review score yet · not enough independent review coverage to report

A review score is shown only when at least two independent sources — published reviews or genuine user discussion — return usable text. Launch or announcement coverage alone does not qualify, so some plugins read N/A here while still carrying a full measured score above.


How it sits in equalizers

measured score + bench figures, then the sourced review score (separate, N/A if unscored) · alphabetical · not ranked
PluginMeasured /10Mag devMax THDLatencyNoiseReview /10
4020 Retro EQ9.2±1.4 dB0.000%0 smp<floor8.0
6020 Ultimate EQ9.5±0.9 dB0.000%0 smp<floorN/A
AE400 Active EQ10.0±0.0 dB0.000%0 smp<floor7.8
Bettermaker EQ232D10.0±0.0 dB0.000%32 smp<floor8.6
Bettermaker Passive Equalizer8.4±0.2 dB0.757%32 smp<floor8.2
BM MEqualizer10.0±0.0 dB0.000%0 smp<floorN/A
CORE EQ10.0±0.0 dB0.000%0 smp<floor7.6
EQ SITRAL-2958.4±1.5 dB0.031%32 smp<floor7.5
EQ-7310.0±1.8 dB5.037%34 smp<floor8.0
EQ-8110.0±0.4 dB0.017%34 smp<floor8.4
EQP-1A10.0±1.7 dB0.378%34 smp<floor7.5
EQual10.0±0.0 dB0.000%19 smp<floor8.2
FilterBank E6068.3±3.0 dB0.000%0 smp<floor8.0
Master EQ-4329.6±0.0 dB0.013%19 smp<floor8.7
Sie-Q10.0±2.1 dB10.054%36 smp−166N/A
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