erik & willemj: Thanks for the input. I'll explore those suggestions.
mike
mike
Speaker/ Room Measurement and DSP
If speakers and room are the two most important elements in your sound system, how many of you have gone beyond “checking by ear” to optimize speaker placement? A couple months ago, I downloaded the free REW software and bought a calibrated microphone to run some experiments. It was a fun exercise although in the end, I only moved my SF Auditor M speakers by 3-4 inches. The fact that I could objectively validate that there was nothing more to be gained by speaker placement was reassuring.
REW generates a wealth of data, most of which I don’t understand. I have a room reinforced bass bump in the 58Hz range and then another at 100Hz. See the graph I uploaded to my virtual system. However, there is no way the interior design committee (wife) approves the use of base traps or multiple subwoofers. I was considering a miniDSP Dirac Live but I’m not sure trimming those bass modes would significantly improve the sound. I’m also concerned about the amount of power required (10dB attenuation?) from my 150W amp. The cost is not trivial for me, especially if I don’t like it. To those that have DSP units, what have you found for sound improvement? What baseline did you start from?
REW generates a wealth of data, most of which I don’t understand. I have a room reinforced bass bump in the 58Hz range and then another at 100Hz. See the graph I uploaded to my virtual system. However, there is no way the interior design committee (wife) approves the use of base traps or multiple subwoofers. I was considering a miniDSP Dirac Live but I’m not sure trimming those bass modes would significantly improve the sound. I’m also concerned about the amount of power required (10dB attenuation?) from my 150W amp. The cost is not trivial for me, especially if I don’t like it. To those that have DSP units, what have you found for sound improvement? What baseline did you start from?