I have ARC with my home theater system and also vastly more sophisticated and capable DEQX DSP with my two channel music system. I have never been impressed with ARC, but the DEQX is a totally different matter. To begin with performing speaker correction before performing room correction is quite important to the final result. I believe the total effect of the DEQX DSP is a big enough SQ improvement to outweigh any downside including an extra AD/DA for analog sources. Also it allows me to triamplify my my DIY fully horn loaded speakers for even more SQ improvement.
Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars
Just thought of something while perusing the chats, and finding yet another "help me, I bought a subwoofer and it sounds bad" threads.
You know what we rarely if ever see? "Help me, I used ARC to set up my subwoofer and it sounds bad."
I think this is a strong testament to how effective these systems are to integrating a sub into an existing system, and why I'm no longer trying to help others improve as much as pointing them towards ARC as better options.
While ARC does a lot more than subwoofer integration, I think we have to admit that for most it's pretty much been a panacea.
You know what we rarely if ever see? "Help me, I used ARC to set up my subwoofer and it sounds bad."
I think this is a strong testament to how effective these systems are to integrating a sub into an existing system, and why I'm no longer trying to help others improve as much as pointing them towards ARC as better options.
While ARC does a lot more than subwoofer integration, I think we have to admit that for most it's pretty much been a panacea.