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DSP? Does it really do that much???

I have a av processor and did all the testing in various positions which then took all this information and did something and yes it did change the sound overall to the room.

And then I looked under the hood to find out how my system changed and Ohiosaw that it refined distances between speakers and the volume levels. And then it did adjustments to my curve, and isn’t the curve just a glorified way to adjust the various frequency levels that you’d see on an equalizer? The user friendly version.

I mean the curve really was very comparable to what it was before I did DSP and I guess I could make manual changes to it. The only way you can really adjust things like an equalizer within your home theatre system

And then when I use DSP it all goes through a filter and that’s OK (maybe)for home theatre but for stereo listening it’s not a good thing.

All the other crazy quirky things this DSP supposedly does are so difficult to understand and I’m not sure what it accomplishes. The interfaces are not the greatest to use and then you have lots of signal errors which are annoying.

I just wish I understood whether it’s all that good a thing to do. Maybe if I had 15 speakers it may have value but just front and back and a sub and a centre can be easily adjusted by me.

emergingsoul

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emergingsoul OP
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What actually happens to make it do what it does if it does much Beyond what tone controls do??

emergingsoul OP
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So why do these dsp manufacturers make it so difficult to use their product. I have to test everything and then I have to load it to my AV processor. And if I don’t like it I gotta go back and adjust the curve and then reload it and see what happens.

It’s not the easiest to use even for people with computer knowledge.

Has anyone designed an interface that can allow you to adjust things on the fly without going through all the annoying processes to upload adjustments??

 

emergingsoul OP
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The problem is working with these DSP interfaces when you want to tweak it. If it’s part of an AV processor god help you.

On roon, which I have, I see all the complicated and convoluted changes you can make and quite frankly I’m not sure it’s worth all that. And then it’s being filtered which clearly is not a good thing to do.

Seems dsp may be a value for a lower cost system that is trying to reach toward improved quality but to a higher quality fairly revealing system if you put a DSP filter on it it won't sound very good and it's very similar to throwing a blanket over your speakers.

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