I have an Audiolab 6000A integrated amp which i'm using for 2 purposes; 1 as a power amplifier for my front channel speakers - the 6000A is connected via the pre-out of my Denon X3700H AVR - this function is working flawlessly. I also use the 6000A as an integrated amp for stereo music via the WiiM mini streamer. The speakers in question are the Klipsch RP-6000F.
The stereo music part of the equation sounds reasonably good but is definitely driving too much speaker bass while also not leveraging the connected subs well at all (SVS PB-1000 Pro x2 which are connected to the pre-outs on the 6000A). Given that the PEQ in the WiiM app that i use as the source isn't great I want a better option to integrate the subs (e.g. by having the ability to apply crossovers) as well as the ability to apply a properly calibrated EQ curve.
Can someone give me any recommendations on what miniDSP product would work best - it would need to have optical input (to allow me to connect the WiiM streamer), ideally with the ability to control via Logitech Harmony but not a dealbreaker - i've seen that the 2x4 HD and the more expensive flex digital / analogue could be good options (not sure if the digital flex would be better in order to continue leveraging the 6000A DAC or if the flex DAC would be better)
I'd also like to understand a bit more about how to approach setup as it's a bit complex for my tiny brain, presumably i'd have the WIiM connected to the miniDSP via optical cable so that the WiiM's DAC is bypassed, if i look at something like the miniDSP 2x4 HD i see it has 4x analogue outputs so unsure how to connect everything, would i need to use 1x output from the miniDSP to each subwoofer and the remaining 2x outputs to connect to one of the analogue input options of the 6000A (e.g. AUX1, 2 or 3), also, how would I then go about connecting it all to my PC in order to measure FR with REW & UMIK-1 in order to know what PEQ to apply - would I connect the PC to the USB socket on the miniDSP or to one of the digital inputs on the 6000A? guessing the latter....
Feedback much appreciated
The stereo music part of the equation sounds reasonably good but is definitely driving too much speaker bass while also not leveraging the connected subs well at all (SVS PB-1000 Pro x2 which are connected to the pre-outs on the 6000A). Given that the PEQ in the WiiM app that i use as the source isn't great I want a better option to integrate the subs (e.g. by having the ability to apply crossovers) as well as the ability to apply a properly calibrated EQ curve.
Can someone give me any recommendations on what miniDSP product would work best - it would need to have optical input (to allow me to connect the WiiM streamer), ideally with the ability to control via Logitech Harmony but not a dealbreaker - i've seen that the 2x4 HD and the more expensive flex digital / analogue could be good options (not sure if the digital flex would be better in order to continue leveraging the 6000A DAC or if the flex DAC would be better)
I'd also like to understand a bit more about how to approach setup as it's a bit complex for my tiny brain, presumably i'd have the WIiM connected to the miniDSP via optical cable so that the WiiM's DAC is bypassed, if i look at something like the miniDSP 2x4 HD i see it has 4x analogue outputs so unsure how to connect everything, would i need to use 1x output from the miniDSP to each subwoofer and the remaining 2x outputs to connect to one of the analogue input options of the 6000A (e.g. AUX1, 2 or 3), also, how would I then go about connecting it all to my PC in order to measure FR with REW & UMIK-1 in order to know what PEQ to apply - would I connect the PC to the USB socket on the miniDSP or to one of the digital inputs on the 6000A? guessing the latter....
Feedback much appreciated