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Room Correction without loosing MQA and DSD

I have a terrible room, even with a lot of acoustic treatment.
I have been thinking about room correction as it seems to get better and better.Dirac Live looks very easy to use and have got a lot of great reviews. So I would like to use that.
If I buy the SHD Studio from miniDSP then I have to say goodbye to DSP and MQA.Are there a way to have room correction and MQA/DSD?
Another product or alternative to Dirac?
martin-andersen

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martin-andersen OP
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The NAD C658 just don't have a very good sounding DAC. I had it for a week and my Orchid DAC is much better
martin-andersen OP
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the miniDSP can only do 24bit/96khz when the signal passes though then the MQA signal has been removed/broken 
martin-andersen OP
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@yyzsantabarbara thanks for the link. VERY interesting article. And I am using roon
martin-andersen OP
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So DSD is out of the picture. And Roon can do the first unfold to 96khz that's the minDSP's max resolution.

I guess that I have to accept it and hope that the SQ improvement from Dirac Live are greater than DSD and MQA.

Thanks for the inputs. And happy new year🌟
martin-andersen OP
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@kalali I know but if I invest in the miniDSP the I will be unable to use a day that have MQA / DSD.

And I hope that PS Audio soon will make a new Direct Stream Junior.
I was so lucky that I could audit the PS Audio DirectStream with the bridge for one week. And it was the best DAC I have ever heard. But to expensive for me.

martin-andersen OP
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I now have the MiniDSP SHD Studio and it was the right decision. Much tighter and more precise bass and better stereo image. The tonality is also better because I am using the Dirac default house curve 
martin-andersen OP
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I am using Roon to unfold then the signal goes to the miniDSP. I have been using MANY hours playing with filters in REW export to Roon. But one set of measurements with Dirac and I smoked every filter I had made.Dirac really works wonders

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