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? 

willywonka

@yyzsantabarbara I actually talked to Danny a few days ago at AXPONA. I'm not really listening to my headphones at all. I sold my VM-1a but still have my headphones. I also used convolution filters with my RAAL headphones. They were also custom made for the headphones by Accurate Sound. The purposed of my question was really just to determine what people were thinking about DSP's. I have pretty good room acoustics and do have room treatment. Really not sure what direction I will go with speakers. I'm all over the place now but really like my Planers. I'm thinking OB, Planers or electrostatics would be best for me. These types of speakers also have less interaction with side walls than boxed speakers. Love huge soundstages, transparency, and crystal-clear sound. I rarely listen to anything above 90db. Thanks for the input. 

If you have a good room without too much furniture in the way of the sound then going without DPS is what I would do. I do this in my Livingroom which has 25 foor ceiling and the first reflection is far away on both sides. I also have 0 furniture in the Livingroom, just the speakers. 

With regards, to Danny. I am referring to his new floor standing speakers, Not headphones.

Magnepans also are not that difficult with respect to first reflections.

I will use subs or a sub crossover that uses DSP but not on the speakers.   Don't feel there is a need to in my rooms. 

There's a lot more that goes into the use of DSP than room and bass correction.   They also serve to give designers better and more powerful tools for crossover design and phase correction. 

If you ask, do I use DSP for bass correction?  Yes, absolutely. Even better if you can do it before your DAC such as with Roon.