Roon endpoint or Dac with Room correction


Hi,

I will be streaming Tidal through Roon, going into a Bluesound Node 2i into a MiniDSP 2x4HD with Dirac for room correction. I’m looking to upgrade the dac/streamer but need room correction due to the lopsided layout of my room. 
I was considering swapping out the Node and 2x4HD for a MiniDSP SHD. Would like to get some opinions on other options available to me
bachemar

Showing 5 responses by djones51

Not many one box solutions. You could get a different streamer and still use your 2x4HD. I had a miniDSP SHD Studio into dac to amp. I got tired of a bunch of boxes and got an Anthem STR Integrated withARC and use a raspberry pi as an endpoint for Roon. If you're familiar with REW you can do the correction with that and upload the file into Roon. 
Same problem I had with Dirac. Minidsp or NAD are about the only products that work with it unless you want a home theater AV. 
I am confused why does Roon have to work with the desktop version of Dirac? I used the new desktop Dirac and loaded the file to the SHD Studio and used the Studio as an endpoint. 
I see didn't know you could do that with Dirac 1. So you can't load the filters to the 2x4HD ? I loaded the filters to the Studio and disconnected the computer, only used it creating them. 
I think the SHD not the Studio would be an upgrade how significant I can't say. I know what the manual says but I ran Dirac 2 on a Windows 8 laptop even though it says it only runs on Windows 10. The Studio so I assume the full SHD will as well works as a Roon endpoint though it isn't certified. I never had a problem with it. The SHD can be used as a preamp as well.