RaymondFromThePyrénéés
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Looking for a Streamer, DSP, DAC
with a Dirac license (or capacities for a Dirac licence)
and at least a 2 subs capacity, if possible stereo
for around 2000€ ?
I was not aware of what Dirac really is and can do so
now that I have learned about this software and
after all this research to get started in digital HiFi,
I'm probably going to abandon the WiiM Ultra
because it's incompatible with Dirac Live and several subs.
This is contrary to all the help and many recommendations here
but this help was based on my budget of 500. I hope that my
questions will help others.
So now I increased my budget to 2000€ which is not a whole lot of
money if one compares with the past when the digital did not exist.
The Dirac is important to me because although I intend to learn REW,
I might not have the capacity of learning REW for corrections,
more than sharing measurements with you all.
Also, I am saving up some money by keeping my 2 old stereo class D amps
for now, I will upgrade them later.
and invest now in a €2000 in a
Streamer, DSP, and DAC
that either includes a Dirac license
or is at least compatible with Dirac
and that handles at least 2 subwoofers, ideally in stereo.
No, I am not into heavy rock, but more about classical music
that has lots of tones in the lower register
and I am now inspired and honored by the views of Jim Smith.
Buying separate components for
the streamer, DSP, and DAC separately
isn't out of the question either,
because things evolve quickly,
and one can this way change just one component at a time.
The most important is the sound, and although Jim Smith says that
all the corrections we search to do here with the sound-out-put
is only treating symptoms and the real issue is the room and
placements of speakers and listening position and indeed, many
of you here keep repeating this to me and I agree,
but still, I would like to begin this adventure with a system
that is more "open" than the WiiM 2.1.
Thank you for any suggestions.
with a Dirac license (or capacities for a Dirac licence)
and at least a 2 subs capacity, if possible stereo
for around 2000€ ?
I was not aware of what Dirac really is and can do so
now that I have learned about this software and
after all this research to get started in digital HiFi,
I'm probably going to abandon the WiiM Ultra
because it's incompatible with Dirac Live and several subs.
This is contrary to all the help and many recommendations here
but this help was based on my budget of 500. I hope that my
questions will help others.
So now I increased my budget to 2000€ which is not a whole lot of
money if one compares with the past when the digital did not exist.
The Dirac is important to me because although I intend to learn REW,
I might not have the capacity of learning REW for corrections,
more than sharing measurements with you all.
Also, I am saving up some money by keeping my 2 old stereo class D amps
for now, I will upgrade them later.
and invest now in a €2000 in a
Streamer, DSP, and DAC
that either includes a Dirac license
or is at least compatible with Dirac
and that handles at least 2 subwoofers, ideally in stereo.
No, I am not into heavy rock, but more about classical music
that has lots of tones in the lower register
and I am now inspired and honored by the views of Jim Smith.
Buying separate components for
the streamer, DSP, and DAC separately
isn't out of the question either,
because things evolve quickly,
and one can this way change just one component at a time.
The most important is the sound, and although Jim Smith says that
all the corrections we search to do here with the sound-out-put
is only treating symptoms and the real issue is the room and
placements of speakers and listening position and indeed, many
of you here keep repeating this to me and I agree,
but still, I would like to begin this adventure with a system
that is more "open" than the WiiM 2.1.
Thank you for any suggestions.
