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Any one else using DIRAC or silimalr for 2 channel set uo?

I finally got around to running some cat6e to my Arcam SR250 which enabled me to run Dirac room correction. I used a umik-1 and my laptop for measurements and I am very impressed. After about 3 weeks of listening I am very happy. I had some bass bloat in the lower end that Dirac cleaned up nicely. Just curious if anyone else is running any room correction on a stereo set up.
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erik_squires
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I was pretty happy prior to running DIRAC but I have a tendency to favor a little extra bass in the low end. After running DIRAC the sub integrated much better and my wife stopped complaining about things being "so boomy".

This is the best case scenario, but important to remember a lot of systems with automatic room EQ/correction still allow you to do manual adjustments.

I too favor adding more bass than "perfect."

Also important to note that these systems are not identical, and stuck in time. Dirac today is different than it was 5 years ago. In the end, the choices made by these systems are tuned by humans, not oscilloscopes. You should listen to them in the store before buying. Right now though, JL Audio, Dirac and Anthem make systems I can recommend in general for doing things well.

And... EQ of all kinds is always improved by good room treatment. If you can treat the room, do that first. If you cannot, EQ is often much better than doing nothing.

Best,

E


erik_squires
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Congrats!!

Yep, trimming the bass exaggerations is something a lot of folks can benefit from.

I'm not surnning Dirac, but I am using Roon to clean up similar issues.  You can read the details here:

https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-snr-1-room-response-and-roon.html

Works quite nicely.  I'm particularly happy about keeping the EQ in the digital domain before my fancy DAC. :)
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