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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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tsacremento
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+1 @mapman 

DSP is incredibly beneficial to music reproduction when done right. Done wrong, it can destroy the experience entirely, and most users unfortunately don't learn its nuances well enough to do it right. Also, while DSP is a wonderfully powerful tuning tool, its computed adjustments are not necessarily the final word. Some manual final tweaking may be required.

Besides adjusting channel balance, frequency balance, speaker phase, and the virtual acoustic listening space, a DSP system with the Flux Capacitor circuit can transport you through time. 😉

tsacremento
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@emergingsoul  DSP computations are complex and extensive. Still, the automated corrections are overall much simpler and quicker to perform than a manual approach, as well as more accurate (assuming you’ve done it right).

Sounds to me like you’re approaching it wrong by expecting DSP to produce an overall sonic experience that sounds best TO YOUR EAR on its own. But you are not alone. Almost everyone initially makes the same mistake of expecting DSP to automatically transform his/her system into "The Oracle of High Fidelity."

I suggest you just let the DSP circuitry do its thing, and then make whatever additional manual adjustments put the biggest smile on YOUR face downstream of those corrections.

tsacremento
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@emergingsoul There isn’t a system on earth that couldn't benefit from prudent use of DSP, because there’s no perfect room, and there are no perfect transducers. Not at any price. With that frame of mind, why did you buy the thing in the first place? Did you not look into what would be required to get the best results beforehand?

If you wanted honest, experienced user feedback on DSP, you got it, at least from a couple of us. However, it’s beginning to sound as if all you want to do is play devil’s advocate. I’m out. Have a nice day.

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