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Room Correction

I have been having a tough time choosing speakers, a lot to do with a somewhat difficult room. Good size, but tight speaker placement within an area not allowing for a lot of space off back and side walls. Plus a lot of windows and hard surfaces (flooring, etc.)

I listen on a much more casual listening and not one specific sitting area within the room.

I listen to a lot of vinyl and streaming.

The idea of running analog through a digital room correction seems very strange to me, and does not sound appealing. Although I can be easily convinced otherwise if this is just a misconceived idea in my head. 

The speakers are in my main living room so a lot of significant treatments are really out of the question. 

What would you do to get the most out of your speakers in this setting?

What are some of the best room correction devices? treatments? items?

If budget gets limited after system purchase, what items will give me the most bang for my buck in the room?

Thanks so much!
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I don't what constitutes huge, but the GR/Rythmik dipole, when built as an H-frame (see below) and positioned standing up, is only 16" wide, 14" deep, and about 28" tall. The cool thing is the sub, being dipole, can be laid on it's side and used as a stand for the Quads---just like the sub Gradient made for the Quad 63. So positioned, the dimensions are now 16" tall (a good height for Quads) and about 28" wide, good for the old ("57"s) or new Quads.

The OB/Dipole sub is available as a kit only, consisting of two 12" woofers and the Rythmik plate amp, with a special dipole-cancellation compensation network/shelving circuit installed. The kit is installed in one of two OB "frames"---the "W" or the "H", both pictured on the GR Research website (in the pages detailing each version of the GR 12" free-air woofer). You can print out the diagram of either or both frames, and have a cabinet maker build you a pair. GR Research has a woodworker in Canada making them as a flat pack, but shipping to the UK might be prohibitive.

For a look at the finished product, see the beautiful virtual system of Audiogon member kennythekey. He has a pair of the subs in H-frames the Canadian builder veneered in wood to match Kenny's speakers. He is very happy with the subs.

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bdp24
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Now Willem, take that dipole room mode behavior and extend it into the bass region, with an OB/dipole sub. NOW yer talkin'! The GR Research/Rythmik OB sub provides dipole benefits where they matter most, at low frequencies.
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A person who uses subs for bass can feel free to use digital room correction (like the DSPeaker Anti-Mode) without paying a penalty to higher frequencies. Send only the sub signal through the DSP, and the main signal straight to the speakers' amp.
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