Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments


I finally got a mic and used REW to analyze my room.  Attached is the freq response for 3 different speakers (Monitor Audio Gold Reference 20, Sonus Faber Electa Amator II, and Sonus Faber Concerto Domus).

They all show similar characteristics - at least the most prominent ones.  I did play around with the Amators trying them closer together and more forward in the room, but the major characteristics you see were mostly unchanged.

With this magnitude and number of deviations from a more ideal frequency response curve, am I better off biting the bullet and just doing digital room correction, or can these issues be addressed with room treatments without going crazy and having the room look like Frankenstein’s lab.

Cost is a consideration, but doing it right/better is the most important factor.

If digital room correction is a viable way to address this, what are the best solutions today?  My system is largely analog (80’s/90’s Mcintosh preamp/amp, tube phono stage), and streaming isn’t a priority (though I’m not against it).

 If the better digital correction solutions come in the form of a streaming HW solution, that’s fine, I’d do that.  

Just looking for guidance on the best way to deal with the room, as both serious room treatments and digital EQ room correction are both areas I haven’t delved into before.


Thanks all.  If more info is needed, let me know.  My room is 11.5’ wide and 15.5’ long with the speakers on the short wall.  Backs of speakers are 3-3.5’ off the front wall and they’re at least 2ft from either side wall.  Some placement flexibility is there, but not a huge amount.

captouch

@captouch the reason for asking is that have my audio room is on a second story suspended wood floor and was experiencing a bump in the 80 to 100 hz range that was a problem.  The room has modest accoustic treatments (bass traps, first reflection and diffusion).  I tried all kinds speaker changes including spiking, no spikes, limestone platforms with and without spikes and gliders.  The key was to de-couple the speakers from the floor rather than coupling.  It improved everything in the system via Townshend podiums.  you might want to try some of the cheaper "spring" options out there to see if this may help your issues as a test. 

@goose That’s very interesting, thanks for bringing it up.

So many possible tweaks to try!

@goose Do the Isoacoustics solutions (ISO-155 or Aperta) fit within the realm of decoupling that you suggested, or are those not really what you meant?

@captouch In keeping along the spring concept like Townshend, amazon has the nobsound or other spring puck like products for around $20 for four pucks.  It's an inexpensive purchase to experiment.  The Isoacoustics products are reported to be good and they have recently updated their isolation products.  I prefer the Townshend products for speakers but they are more expensive.  There are also other companies that provide de-coupling or isolation products but I don't have any experience with them.