Room correction in high-end system???

I know exactly what you are saying. Room correction is such a radical departure from the way I have approached building my system that I'm not sure I can handle the change. It feels like my options will be somehow more limited, I'll have fewer places to tweak and fewer areas to "blame" for the source of my dissatisfaction.

Hi,
Interesting post. Because I went through the SAME dilemna not long ago.
First of all, my system consists of
Sony SCD-1
Linn CD-12
ML 360s
CJ ART II
ML 33H
SF Amati
(www.lam.ws)
A 'high end' system by most standards I assume.
But was I happy? no... my room/speakers combination was a huge problem, no matter where I put the Amati. So I tried the TACT RCS 2.0. No harm. and honestly, not that expensive a toy to try if it does what it says on paper.
MAGIC. You should not underestimate how much your room is harming the sound quality/balance of your system. The TACT is a DD device. This is how my front ends are connected for the time being (work in progress as usual)
CD12 to ART II directly (analog)
CD12 Digital Out to TACT to ML 360s to ART II
There is little doubt that the CD12 DAC is far superior then that of the 360s, but I CONSISTENTLY prefer the sound using the TACT then the CD12 direct to CJ ART.
The effect/correction is STUNNING.
Even if you have doubt about this 'non purist' approach, at least have your room measured before you decide.
To address your question regarding LP or SACD, consider the upcoming dCS Greig ADC/Upsampler. the TACT cannot deal with 192Khz yet, but they can handle 96kHz just fine.
So before you get so stubborn and reject this approach, just go measure your room professionally and then you will find out whether these room correction devices are useful for you. my guess is, 95% of us will benefit. The improvements outweighs the sonic degradion by far.

The only answer is to try it. The room is the
most important/expensive component in yr system and unless
you are very lucky it needs dealing with. Every day I hit
the bypass button to remind myself what I used to
listen to and congratulate myself about!! The Tact
RCS does offer sampling at 96/24 in their ADC, by the
way. There is no record that is not hugely better in my
system.

There are no simple ways to use the Tact as in 'plug and
play'. You just got to mostly be able to extrapolate from
your initial messing about. I took it on faith. In
Indonesia that was the only option. Its taken me
6 months now and every week I learn a way to use it
better. My opinion how did/does anyone ever live
without it?

Rest of my set up Sota/SME V/Pass aleph 3/AvantGarde
Uno's

Rgds

I have SigTechs and a Tact and I listen to analog and CD. I bought an external A to D going to the SigTech or Tact for converting my analog. I also upsample to 192 coming out of the SigTech (dCS) and use the dCS D to A (Purcell and Delius). While it (A to D conversion) may have some negative sonic footprint, I would sure hate to try to hear it in a blind test.

And whatever the negative consequences of that conversion, I can assure you that it pales in comparison to the huge improvement brought about by the SigTech.

And for using the SigTech in the digital mode (digital in and out), I would challenge anyone to hear it when it is in the circuit in what SigTech calls "AllPass".

Best improvement I have ever invested in. And while the SigTech is not inexpensive, the benefits it provides are worth twice the price.

The Tact is better than not having any room correction (and a lot less expensive than the SigTech) but also nowhere near as good/accurate---and that is easily demonstratable.

Audioguy123,What external ADC are you using? I had a Wadia 160 for a while, but sold it along with my Wadia 27ix.