I can not live without "Room Correction"

I can't live WITH a "digital nanny" as they strip the soul from music and hurl it on the floor like a broken dream. Otherwise, they're great.

shkong78
I feed the digital signal to Accuphase Digital Equalizer and then to EMM Dac2.

Without AD conversion, the loss is minimized.

Room correction is a necessity in a small room unless you treat the hell out of the room, and even then it has benefits.

Hi I too tried digital room correction but found that the " price " by gaining a better tonal balance was too high. The perspective was partwise comprimised and regarding analog playback, i Got a digital print in the soundstage.
my soulution was passive roomcorrection, a part from optimal speaker and lisining position, i build passive loudspeaker absorbends to minimize the stranding waves isue. Adding 2 pairs of Shakti hallograps, one set behind the speakers and one set in the sides where the first reflection occured also made a significant improvement. It was also a good improvement to remove the system from between the speakers to the sidewall as well as hanging it on the brickwall and place a lot of decoupling under it.
its my beleafe that putting in another DAC in the system easily males a lot of mess. The passive way isent much cheaper but certaintly a heavy task to build and it tales a lot of time too.
happy lisining

MathAudioRoomEQ and Room EQ Wizard are both free.  I use the former and couldn't live w/o it.  My living situation requires the stereo to be in a small bedroom and the difference between raw and treated is dramatic.

There may be other trade-offs, but the big ones are overwhelming positive.