Dirac and tonal matching speakers..

[hytram]

One of the most annoying thing for me waiting on Dirac for the XMC-2 is putting on hold on what I am going to do with my speakers which I have 2 sets of mains to choose from. I really want to hear which ones play better with the room and correction..

Anywho, probably a question to XMC-1 owners who are running Dirac.

How well does Dirac tonally match speakers especially the centre to the fronts. I have pair of Quad S5 and run an older Quadral Centre which I like but is totally different to the S5s

My old Yamaha AVR did an OK job of balancing them but the XMC-2 without Dirac the difference is apparent. Especially with white noise.

I have the option to get a matched Quad centre 'cheapish' but don't want spend the money if Dirac does wonders..

So does Dirac tonally match unmatched speakers?

(second set of mains are Ambience Ribbons if anyone is curious)

[fbczar]

May 8, 2020 4:28:24 GMT -5 hytram said:

One of the most annoying thing for me waiting on Dirac for the XMC-2 is putting on hold on what I am going to do with my speakers which I have 2 sets of mains to choose from. I really want to hear which ones play better with the room and correction..

Anywho, probably a question to XMC-1 owners who are running Dirac.

How well does Dirac tonally match speakers especially the centre to the fronts. I have pair of Quad S5 and run an older Quadral Centre which I like but is totally different to the S5s

My old Yamaha AVR did an OK job of balancing them but the XMC-2 without Dirac the difference is apparent. Especially with white noise.

I have the option to get a matched Quad centre 'cheapish' but don't want spend the money if Dirac does wonders..

So does Dirac tonally match unmatched speakers?

(second set of mains are Ambience Ribbons if anyone is curious)

In my experience, Dirac Live on the XMC-1 did improve tonal matching. Of course, you would likely need to use a curve that corrected across all frequencies to achieve a good result.