room correction

Now that I have achieved a quiver of 3 sets of DRC filters that satisfies me both emotionally and intellectually#, I listen to music but plugged mu Umik in REW, checking for SPL and eventual anomalies. I think interesting to share the RTA measurements obtained with "Average forever" settings...

Hey all, longtime reader and first time poster. The objective nature of this forum is refreshing, to say the least. It's also turned me on to the idea of EQ'ing my nearfield monitors and headphones. For now, I haven't attempted to measure or correct room gain or reflections at all. Using...

Hey guys, was advised by a friend to post on here. My setup comprises of: 2x KEF R900 1x KEF R600c 2x KEF CI160QR 2x KEF CI4100QL 1x Denon AVR-X6300H A year ago I moved into a new house and I just can't get the system to sound as good as it used to, particularly when listening to music. Due to...

Hello everybody! Whilst not new to the pursuit of fine audio reproduction I have had a hiatus and things have moved on. Current system: RME ADI-2 dac fs Denon avr (soon to be replaced with March P451 monoblocks) Theophany Psuche speakers (please don’t look at their website. It may make your...

Moved studio monitors from corners to ~30% the length of the side walls closer. They are near the sidewalls, per Genelec recommending keeping them closer, or if there is space making sure they are more than 1.1 meters from the wall. this follows the first rule for the side walls, and the second...

Hi! A diy project to upgrade the NAD MDC BluOS module was recently completed. The upgrade was to integrate the DSP into the sound received from the BluOS module. The project was successfully completed, and now I can safely share with you the result. The BluOS module now has an ADAU1467 DSP...

Hi, I need your kind advise on using bass management. My listening room is an L shaped space with a volume of approx. 125 m3 (4400 cubic ft). My main speakers are KEF R11s which I am very happy with. I use Dirac Live 3.0 on my MiniDSP Studio. It handles nearly all the room mode peeks under the...

I love this setup but no longer need it after upgrading my preamp to an NAD C658 that has it built in. Selling for $400 including shipping in the US. I will transfer my MiniDSP account over to the new owner so you will continue to receive updates. Payment via Venmo or Paypal. Please reach...

I thought it could be interesting to see how people have dialed in the balance of their system. Both to share our individual preference but also get a bit of anecdotal evidence of what people prefer. If sharing a graph, quite a lot of smoothing (1/3 or 1/6) is probably good so we can easier see...

Puzzled by the Harman Curve presented here : http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?39134-Harman-Target-Curve and attached in a smoothed version here, I have aligned the Time Windowed Vector Average of a bunch of measurements one can make in REW to this 16 dB wide sinuous Harman...

@mitchco Mitch Barnett recently launched his Accurate Sound Calibration Service. Mitch has been a great teacher to many. Mitch is a DSP, low frequency optimization and active loudspeaker enthusiast and evangelist. Mitch has written extensively on this topic which includes a complete guide in...

I enjoy films and music in Stereo (PC -> DAC -> Rotel Amp -> ATC SCM20). I am aware that in my current setup where surround is downmixed, I'm losing the LFE channel. Furthermore, I am not currently running any sort of room correction. Finally, my partner is tired of fiddling with the PC to watch...

I struggle to understand this. I've seen some discussions of this on other hifi forums, but they quickly become very heated, and attract people who have vested interests in the issue. And they quickly become so technical that I end up being more confused than I was. Here on the forum there are...