I wish you wouldn’t repeat a number you pulled out of thin air and ask someone like me to counter it. I could easily suggest some discounted “full bundle” pricing way below what you said and it also wouldn’t be worth arguing about. Let’s just wait until we see the cost.
Taking a step away from pricing, I believe it’s encouraging to hear it may be in beta. That’s all I was saying. Competition among AVR manufacturers to support ART or another version of Dirac is a good thing, no?
It's not pulled from the air... it is quoted on Dirac's website.
The price for the ART licence as an add on to an existing DLBC licence is US$299
Active Room Treatment for StormAudio calibrates your speakers as a unified system and uses each speaker's strengths leading to unmatched clarity.
www.dirac.com
Bundle price for Dirac Full Frequency + DLBC multisub is US$649
www.dirac.com
So in "bundled" reduced pricing terms we have US$950
In full fat standard pricing:
Dirac Live Full US$350
DLBC Multi US$500
ART US$250
Total "unbundled" Pricing = US$1100
www.dirac.com
Dirac have been consistent in their pricing across platforms, so I see no reason to conclude that this will change now.
However, yes they have periodically had sales, with discounts of up to 30% (a 30% discount from the bundled pricing would be around US$650... one can hope!)