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Room correction room system vs ears….

So, I splashed out and spent more than I wanted to on a nice little Benchmark amp and preamp etc and since I’ve gone that far I got curious about a room correction system for this and it’s going to cost me over a grand apparently. As far as I can gather these dial in the music before it comes out of the speakers…?

 

im wondering if I simply messed around and found the sweet spot without a room correction system how much of a difference this would make. I’m far from savvy with audio and try to keep things simple for my simple brain, so, on a scale of 1-10 how much difference would I percieve by splashing out on a room correction system?

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avanti1960
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Room correction may make the sound better to your ears or it may not.  

One issue is the target frequency response curve it is trying to achieve may not be to your preferences.  

Another issue is that it will most likely try to fill in the valleys in bass response by boosting the frequencies.  Boosting bass frequencies can quickly rob an amplifier of dynamic power and cause early strain and clipping.  

I personally do not use it and if I did I would use it to eliminate peaks.  However proper speaker and sub positioning can do that quite well.  

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