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Room correction in high-end system???

OK,lots of praise has been heaped on the Tact and Sigtech RCS systems, including in this months TAS. However, I believe my system is pretty high-end (at least by the "How much does your system retail for?" thread) and do not want to harm the already fine sonic charactersitics. I am generally of the mind that "less is more".

Things that concern me are:
- Putting an A/D and then D/A into my vinyl playback chain.
- Putting a lower quality D/A in place or in addition to my SF Processor 3.
- Replacing my beloved BAT VK-50SE pre with a one box DAC/ADC/RCS/PRE.

If my system were in the sub $40k retail range, I would be running to a room correction system, but am a little sceptical given my current investment. It might even be a little snobbishness. However, if I do like it better with RCS, I'd end up saving a bucket of dough.

Has anyone with a well set-up room and system tried one of these? I'd be expecially curious if Mr. Porter or some of the other vinyl fans have had one of these in their system.

Thanks,
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jdwek
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My system is similarly high end...spectral/theta/eidolon.
I would not mind trying a tact or a sigtech. I can tell you that I listened to a high end (wilson/krell) system both with and without the sigtech. The difference was not at all minor and this was in a room with some room correction (tube traps) already installed. My own conclusion was that if the sigtech did despoil the true sonics...it also had very significant advantages and it was definitely in the strongly positive column.
Still, I am not using it....Why? This seems a bit strange but it just seems to be "cheating". I enjoy my music very much and I enjoy my hobby very much. Maybe it is a matter of fickleness or gear obsessiveness but I like the tinkering and having a sigtech might end all that for me....Hey, I like the music but I like the tinkering.
After all the good reviews of these items I wonder if there is any oteh rnuts out there that feel the same way.
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