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Post by Cogito on Sept 9, 2015 17:35:09 GMT -5
I've recently had an interest in Digital Room Correction, but I'm completely confused as to what's important feature wise. DIRAC Stereo Version seems to be very feature rich and popular, but at $435.00, way more than I want to spend.
Are there comparable applications that are more affordable while still being effective? Any and all insight would be welcome!
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Post by jlafrenz on Sept 9, 2015 17:51:41 GMT -5
I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction.
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Post by Cogito on Sept 9, 2015 20:20:40 GMT -5
I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction. Well, it's more of a curiosity than a need. Room treatments consist of rugs, curtains and leather furniture and the system is sounding sweet.  I'd like see what MY perception of flat and balanced compares to what's measured and if any "correction" will improve the sound. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 20:53:21 GMT -5
I would focus on speaker placement and room treatments before turning to any software for room correction. Well, it's more of a curiosity than a need. Room treatments consist of rugs, curtains and leather furniture and the system is sounding sweet. I'd like see what MY perception of flat and balanced compares to what's measured and if any "correction" will improve the sound. Why not start with a calibrated usb Mic and Rew. You'll see exactly what is going on in your room, and you can make changes to the placement and room and remeasure to see if response has changed. |
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Post by millst on Sept 10, 2015 12:15:30 GMT -5
Dirac is considered to be the best DRC by many these days, but has the cost to match. It has a free trial so you might want to check that out since you are just getting started. If it's not for you, then nothing lost. It would also give you a comparison point versus other systems.
J-River's media player would give you a very flexible parametric EQ. This would be a mostly manual process that you would perform through REW, but the cost is cheap. They also have a free trial.
Audiolense and acourate are the other two I've heard about, but haven't used. I think they will fall in between the other two as far as cost and capability.
-tm
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Post by qdtjni on Sept 10, 2015 16:26:35 GMT -5
I used Audiolense with Logitech Media Server for Squeezeboxes and while Audiolense was fairly easy to setup and use itself, the integration into LMS was not as simple.
Dirac is much easier to setup and use and others have suggested, there's a free trial.
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Post by Cogito on Sept 10, 2015 19:39:25 GMT -5
Thanks all. Gonna order a mic from Parts Express and going to try out REW for the hell of it.
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Post by millst on Sept 10, 2015 20:51:16 GMT -5
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