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?

thomastrouble

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You could try something like this from DSpeaker on the cheap and if it doesn’t help just sell it…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115566748237

The smart money says treat the room first and then do room correction if still needed.  I’d recommend GIK for reasonably-priced room treatments and good advice as well.  As far as effectiveness of RC, read reviews of the DSpeaker Anti-Mode 8033 and/or the 2.0 Dual Core to get an idea of what’s possible. 

@kota1 Interesting that you don’t appear to have any panels behind the speakers.  Can I ask why?

I assumed that rear ports were for low frequency but just found in my room the high frequencies sounded flat when I had the an absorption panel right behind the speaker. 

@kota1 I know what you mean.  I was at a high-end dealer a while back and the room had absorptive panels all around and the music just sounded dead and over damped.  Very interesting about using diffusive panels behind speakers — learn something new every day.