No matter how good your system is it still has to operate in your room. It's not surprising that the room's dimensions and surfaces can dramatically affect how a speaker sounds. Most people do not have the luxury or money to build an acoustically perfect room from scratch, and others often cannot even install all the room treatments needed to maximize sound quality. The latter is especially true if the room is used for multiple purposes. In those situations, DSP can be an invaluable aid for fixing room nodes. I know in my situation DSP room correction made a great improvement in my listening experience. But, as with any other decision regarding audio equipment, each user need to try and experiment for themselves and then go with what works for them.
What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers
This seems to be a popular trend with many speaker brands. Some have internal amplification with DSP's and some have external implementations of it like Legacy. I have heard some good results with it being used but don't necessarily like the idea of everything being digitized for the sake of room/bass correction. Do you own or plan on buying a speaker like this, or have you heard any using it?
Showing 3 responses by mlsstl
@markley -- "What is DSP?" I don't see anyone has answered your question. DSP is the acronym for Digital Signal Processing. It is often implemented these days using parametic EQ which can fine tune the equalization much more specifically than traditional EQ or tone controls. It is usually setup with a measurement microphone using frequency sweeps to find peaks and valleys for the in-room response. |
@steve59 -- true the OP didn't ask the question, but another member did ask that very specific question about halfway down the page. My post was directed to him. |