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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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thyname
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@lemonhaze : great post! And spot on.

 

Those who think they can fix their room with some Roon EQ and able to get "perfectly flat frequency response" are just fooling themselves. 

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thyname
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I tried using absorption on the front wall in my prior home and current listening room and did not like the dulling, lifeless effect.

On the front wall (behind speakers), diffusors tend to work much better than absorbers. I have about 65% of my front wall surface coverage using GIK Alpha 4a (1d). diffusers (even thicker, the Alpha 6a 2d) work very well on the back wall (behind the listening position). I have a combination of absorbers and diffusors on my side walls, and absorbers only on ceiling.

 

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