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Post by frenchyfranky on Dec 12, 2014 18:00:01 GMT -5
Anyone get shipping confirmation since early in the week? Gettin antsy I guess and going on vacation next Friday... Nope, and I was in the early receivers. I'm a little bit sad. |
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Post by HDSapper on Dec 12, 2014 18:01:17 GMT -5
Instead of waiting for the Dirac license code, does anyone know if we can use the 14-Day Trial from Dirac with the XMC-1 and Dirac kit? www.dirac.se/en/online-store.aspx I might give it a try this weekend. Not with the XMC. |
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Post by LuisV on Dec 12, 2014 18:47:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I got mine too. But don't see any link to the Mac version. If you just do the software download after registering, you get a PC version. Don't have any legacy PCs to use that on... Update: According to Emotiva tech support, there is no Mac version as of yet. Bummer. They did say the 30-day trial period would be postponed until the Mac version was out. No Mac version? ETA ? |
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Post by geebo on Dec 12, 2014 18:48:26 GMT -5
Instead of waiting for the Dirac license code, does anyone know if we can use the 14-Day Trial from Dirac with the XMC-1 and Dirac kit? www.dirac.se/en/online-store.aspx I might give it a try this weekend. The XMC uses different software than the trial so sorry, but no. |
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Post by SticknStones on Dec 12, 2014 19:02:33 GMT -5
I got it going fellas and it will be worth your wait. Very easy to setup and use. I was impressed with the process and am simply so happy with the results.  |
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Post by rswood on Dec 12, 2014 19:20:47 GMT -5
Anyone get shipping confirmation since early in the week? Gettin antsy I guess and going on vacation next Friday... I received my shipping notice on Dec 5th, for a Dec 11th arrival. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Dec 12, 2014 19:57:12 GMT -5
My first impression was that the clarity of all 7 channels are just plain stunning. I will admit I wasn't expecting this much of a difference (as I've been a critic of automated room correction softwares) between my REW/PEQ and DIRAC results, but it is more than readily apparent in my room. With a blu-ray movie, the center channel is where I immediately noticed a difference, but once I focused on the other channels they to were cleaned up(as in not muddy and I didn't think they were muddy to begin with). Music from my ERC-2 is where I'm completely astonished, CD's that were rather dull and flat are now like looking through a window pain that was just "windexed". This is exactly what I remember from what the DIRAC rep, Michael, at EmoFest 2013 had run on the two channel demo. Now that I've had plenty of time listening to the DIRAC results in my room, I've compared my previous REW results to DIRAC's by toggling back and forth in the speaker pre-sets and my preference by far is DIRAC. I must admit I was a bit skeptical that a "set-it-and-forget-it" software could sound this good, but as Flavio/flak said, not only does DIRAC correct for frequency response but also impulse response, and to this skeptics ears and subjective opinion, I am now and will be exclusively leaving my speaker pre-set on DIRAC. I've been told in the past that my opinions are biased when it comes to the XMC-1, well biased or not, my ears and subjective opinion are my own and I do hope that each of you experience the much improved room correction in your home theater as I have in mine. I do look forward to hearing everyone's subjective opinions on DIRAC.  |
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Post by villock on Dec 12, 2014 20:00:58 GMT -5
My first impression was that the clarity of all 7 channels are just plain stunning. I will admit I wasn't expecting this much of a difference (as I've been a critic of automated room correction softwares) between my REW/PEQ and DIRAC results, but it is more than readily apparent in my room. With a blu-ray movie, the center channel is where I immediately noticed a difference, but once I focused on the other channels they to were cleaned up(as in not muddy and I didn't think they were muddy to begin with). Music from my ERC-2 is where I'm completely astonished, CD's that were rather dull and flat are now like looking through a window pain that was just "windexed". This is exactly what I remember from what the DIRAC rep, Michael, at EmoFest 2013 had run on the two channel demo. Now that I've had plenty of time listening to the DIRAC results in my room, I've compared my previous REW results to DIRAC's by toggling back and forth in the speaker pre-sets and my preference by far is DIRAC. I must admit I was a bit skeptical that a "set-it-and-forget-it" software could sound this good, but as Flavio/flak said, not only does DIRAC correct for frequency response but also impulse response, and to this skeptics ears and subjective opinion, I am now and will be exclusively leaving my speaker pre-set on DIRAC. I've been told in the past that my opinions are biased when it comes to the XMC-1, well biased or not, my ears and subjective opinion are my own and I do hope that each of you experience the much improved room correction in your home theater as I have in mine. Ok now I'm excited Hope mine comes for Christmas |
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Post by Jim on Dec 12, 2014 20:04:12 GMT -5
So nice to finally read some posts from people happy with Dirac.
The mood about the XMC has felt like a funeral for a long time, even with the happy users. It was like somehow people were waiting for the other shoe to drop. The what if game seemed to be constant.
Nice to see that things are finally looking up!
I bet Dan is finally breathing a sigh of relief!! Happy Friday!
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Post by LCSeminole on Dec 12, 2014 20:08:33 GMT -5
My first impression was that the clarity of all 7 channels are just plain stunning. I will admit I wasn't expecting this much of a difference (as I've been a critic of automated room correction softwares) between my REW/PEQ and DIRAC results, but it is more than readily apparent in my room. With a blu-ray movie, the center channel is where I immediately noticed a difference, but once I focused on the other channels they to were cleaned up(as in not muddy and I didn't think they were muddy to begin with). Music from my ERC-2 is where I'm completely astonished, CD's that were rather dull and flat are now like looking through a window pain that was just "windexed". This is exactly what I remember from what the DIRAC rep, Michael, at EmoFest 2013 had run on the two channel demo. Now that I've had plenty of time listening to the DIRAC results in my room, I've compared my previous REW results to DIRAC's by toggling back and forth in the speaker pre-sets and my preference by far is DIRAC. I must admit I was a bit skeptical that a "set-it-and-forget-it" software could sound this good, but as Flavio/flak said, not only does DIRAC correct for frequency response but also impulse response, and to this skeptics ears and subjective opinion, I am now and will be exclusively leaving my speaker pre-set on DIRAC. I've been told in the past that my opinions are biased when it comes to the XMC-1, well biased or not, my ears and subjective opinion are my own and I do hope that each of you experience the much improved room correction in your home theater as I have in mine. Ok now I'm excited Hope mine comes for Christmas I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! |
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Post by LCSeminole on Dec 12, 2014 20:17:04 GMT -5
So nice to finally read some posts from people happy with Dirac. The mood about the XMC has felt like a funeral for a long time, even with the happy users. It was like somehow people were waiting for the other shoe to drop. The what if game seemed to be constant. Nice to see that things are finally looking up! I bet Dan is finally breathing a sigh of relief!! Happy Friday! Jim, sorry for waiting so long on giving my brief thoughts but I've had a rather long 70 hour work week, and every night this week after getting home, all I could muster was picking up the remote and playing the "Big Band" music that I've been into for the past few months. I will add that I do believe jazz/big band/classical music really shine with DIRAC. |
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Post by villock on Dec 12, 2014 20:18:34 GMT -5
Ok now I'm excited Hope mine comes for Christmas I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Thanks LC I have been sceptical of RC software also and didn't use any, can't wait to see what it does in my room |
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Post by Jim on Dec 12, 2014 20:28:28 GMT -5
So nice to finally read some posts from people happy with Dirac. The mood about the XMC has felt like a funeral for a long time, even with the happy users. It was like somehow people were waiting for the other shoe to drop. The what if game seemed to be constant. Nice to see that things are finally looking up! I bet Dan is finally breathing a sigh of relief!! Happy Friday! Jim, sorry for waiting so long on giving my brief thoughts but I've had a rather long 70 hour work week, and every night this week after getting home, all I could muster was picking up the remote and playing the "Big Band" music that I've been into for the past few months. I will add that I do believe jazz/big band/classical music really shine with DIRAC. Don't apologize. Just glad to hear your results! 70 hours? Ouch! |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 12, 2014 21:04:01 GMT -5
My first impression was that the clarity of all 7 channels are just plain stunning. I will admit I wasn't expecting this much of a difference (as I've been a critic of automated room correction softwares) between my REW/PEQ and DIRAC results, but it is more than readily apparent in my room. With a blu-ray movie, the center channel is where I immediately noticed a difference, but once I focused on the other channels they to were cleaned up(as in not muddy and I didn't think they were muddy to begin with). Music from my ERC-2 is where I'm completely astonished, CD's that were rather dull and flat are now like looking through a window pain that was just "windexed". This is exactly what I remember from what the DIRAC rep, Michael, at EmoFest 2013 had run on the two channel demo. Now that I've had plenty of time listening to the DIRAC results in my room, I've compared my previous REW results to DIRAC's by toggling back and forth in the speaker pre-sets and my preference by far is DIRAC. I must admit I was a bit skeptical that a "set-it-and-forget-it" software could sound this good, but as Flavio/flak said, not only does DIRAC correct for frequency response but also impulse response, and to this skeptics ears and subjective opinion, I am now and will be exclusively leaving my speaker pre-set on DIRAC. I've been told in the past that my opinions are biased when it comes to the XMC-1, well biased or not, my ears and subjective opinion are my own and I do hope that each of you experience the much improved room correction in your home theater as I have in mine. I do look forward to hearing everyone's subjective opinions on DIRAC. I agree 100%, sound is so much cleaner with all channel the sound is just everywhere in the room. I got the Christmas tree up with all the other interfering objects that go with Christmas moving the furniture and all that and it still sounds great. some times it sounds like I have a speaker in the tree. set up was so easy plugged the XMC into the wireless router used a wireless laptop Dirac found the XMC and connected on its own. from there setup was a walk in the park, never had to open the manual |
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Post by LCSeminole on Dec 12, 2014 21:15:54 GMT -5
My first impression was that the clarity of all 7 channels are just plain stunning. I will admit I wasn't expecting this much of a difference (as I've been a critic of automated room correction softwares) between my REW/PEQ and DIRAC results, but it is more than readily apparent in my room. With a blu-ray movie, the center channel is where I immediately noticed a difference, but once I focused on the other channels they to were cleaned up(as in not muddy and I didn't think they were muddy to begin with). Music from my ERC-2 is where I'm completely astonished, CD's that were rather dull and flat are now like looking through a window pain that was just "windexed". This is exactly what I remember from what the DIRAC rep, Michael, at EmoFest 2013 had run on the two channel demo. Now that I've had plenty of time listening to the DIRAC results in my room, I've compared my previous REW results to DIRAC's by toggling back and forth in the speaker pre-sets and my preference by far is DIRAC. I must admit I was a bit skeptical that a "set-it-and-forget-it" software could sound this good, but as Flavio/flak said, not only does DIRAC correct for frequency response but also impulse response, and to this skeptics ears and subjective opinion, I am now and will be exclusively leaving my speaker pre-set on DIRAC. I've been told in the past that my opinions are biased when it comes to the XMC-1, well biased or not, my ears and subjective opinion are my own and I do hope that each of you experience the much improved room correction in your home theater as I have in mine. I do look forward to hearing everyone's subjective opinions on DIRAC. I agree 100%, sound is so much cleaner with all channel the sound is just everywhere in the room. I got the Christmas tree up with all the other interfering objects that go with Christmas moving the furniture and all that and it still sounds great. some times it sounds like I have a speaker in the tree. set up was so easy plugged the XMC into the wireless router used a wireless laptop Dirac found the XMC and connected on its own. from there setup was a walk in the park, never had to open the manual Your set up sounds exactly as mine went the first time I ran DIRAC. I did read the manual just to be thorough before running DIRAC, but everything for me was a breeze from signing in, to my laptop/DIRAC software immediately recognizing my XMC-1 on my network and its 7.2 setup, to setting the microphone sensitivity/channel outputs, to the nine microphone measurements and finally the downloading of the DIRAC filters to the XMC-1. Great to hear of your success and now it's time to enjoy the fruit's of your labor(if you can call it labor)! |
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Post by ÈlTwo on Dec 12, 2014 21:29:09 GMT -5
I just want my key.
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Post by unclegit on Dec 12, 2014 21:33:19 GMT -5
Hell I want a key and a mic I placed my order July 30th for my XMC-1 - I wonder where we are in loop 2 through "The list" |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 12, 2014 21:35:07 GMT -5
I agree 100%, sound is so much cleaner with all channel the sound is just everywhere in the room. I got the Christmas tree up with all the other interfering objects that go with Christmas moving the furniture and all that and it still sounds great. some times it sounds like I have a speaker in the tree. set up was so easy plugged the XMC into the wireless router used a wireless laptop Dirac found the XMC and connected on its own. from there setup was a walk in the park, never had to open the manual Your set up sounds exactly as mine went the first time I ran DIRAC. I did read the manual just to be thorough before running DIRAC, but everything for me was a breeze from signing in, to my laptop/DIRAC software immediately recognizing my XMC-1 on my network and its 7.2 setup, to setting the microphone sensitivity/channel outputs, to the nine microphone measurements and finally the downloading of the DIRAC filters to the XMC-1. Great to hear of your success and now it's time to enjoy the fruit's of your labor(if you can call it labor)! I would have to say it falls more under pleasure the labor |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 12, 2014 21:37:09 GMT -5
A long five or so years well waited. IMO
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Post by geebo on Dec 12, 2014 21:45:37 GMT -5
I agree 100%, sound is so much cleaner with all channel the sound is just everywhere in the room. I got the Christmas tree up with all the other interfering objects that go with Christmas moving the furniture and all that and it still sounds great. some times it sounds like I have a speaker in the tree. set up was so easy plugged the XMC into the wireless router used a wireless laptop Dirac found the XMC and connected on its own. from there setup was a walk in the park, never had to open the manual Your set up sounds exactly as mine went the first time I ran DIRAC. I did read the manual just to be thorough before running DIRAC, but everything for me was a breeze from signing in, to my laptop/DIRAC software immediately recognizing my XMC-1 on my network and its 7.2 setup, to setting the microphone sensitivity/channel outputs, to the nine microphone measurements and finally the downloading of the DIRAC filters to the XMC-1. Great to hear of your success and now it's time to enjoy the fruit's of your labor(if you can call it labor)! LC, are you running subs in stereo, mono, or dual mono mode? |
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