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JBL goes Dirac Live ready and Class-D

Replying to @Doctors11 from the other thread:
How would you rate the built in room correction?
I've now had a chance to set it up and... I'm not sure. I've tried doing to A/B testing with it on/off with various content and I'm not sure what, if anything, is different with the EZ Set EQ on. Sometimes I think maybe it's a bit more bass shy but a bit less muddy with it in, but then after some more listening I think maybe it's not different at all, actually. If there is any change, it's pretty subtle.

It doesn't help that the setup confuses me a bit. For one, it says to move around the room. But what exactly that means is unclear, as most of the setup is really. If they were going for making it easy for those totally new to anything beyond a bluetooth speaker to setup, they're really missing the mark. They need to revamp the setup to be much clearer, and enable it to automatically set distances and levels. I haven't really had to mess with any of this since I set up the Audyssey on my Denon X1300W who knows how long ago, but I'm not new to this bracket of audio. I still had some trouble with it. Here's my finished results according to the app:

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Is that how it should look? No idea honestly. I have a big issue with this screen right here:

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I'm assuming that "roll-off" is supposed to be for the subwoofer's low end if you have one, except for the front full-range measurement. Not really clear though, and they expect total newbies to figure out what to put there? Even worse is the lower part. How should one adjust that slider? It seems like you'd go to the right if you want more bass, since that's the positive dB side, but then is says you adjust it that way if there's too much bass? What? My assumption is that it should say "Want more bass?" for the right and "Want less bass?" for the left because what's there is totally contradictory. But even ignoring that, if you want to adjust it you have rerun the calibration each time which is a huge chore and makes it impossible to effectively compare different levels.

Ugh. Total mess IMO.

Hopefully Dirac goes on sale soon so I can not have to worry about it anymore.
 
Got it ;)
In my view, Dirac Live has always been sold short. In most cases, this leads to a significant step forward.
Other active and passive measures are not as effective and cost-efficient.
 
In my view, Dirac Live has always been sold short. In most cases, this leads to a significant step forward.
Other active and passive measures are not as effective and cost-efficient.
+1. Although I think what Dirac got right was the target curve and control. Audyssey XT32 with the iOS app or MultEQ-X were also compelling options but at this point, Audyssey lives in the unusual world where Audyssey is an independent company but the patents related to MultEQ XT32 are owned by Sound United so there aren’t multiple companies licensing the Audyssey tech.


Interestingly, there is 2024 activity on the old patents and in 6 years, the patents will expire allowing premium room correction to be implemented in more products.


2007-01-23

Application filed by Audyssey Laboratories Inc
2007-01-23

Priority to US11/656,674
2008-07-24

Publication of US20080175397A1
2011-08-09

Assigned to AUDYSSEY LABORATORIES
2011-09-13

Application granted
2011-09-13

Publication of US8019088B2
2012-01-04

Assigned to COMERICA BANK, A TEXAS BANKING ASSOCIATION
2018-01-09

Assigned to AUDYSSEY LABORATORIES, INC.
2018-01-18

Assigned to Sound United, LLC
2024-05-15

Assigned to Sound United, LLC
2024-05-15

Assigned to AUDYSSEY LABORATORIES, INC.

@PatentLawyer
I know you don’t like to involve your work expertise here, but is there a quick and easy way that is generic enough to explain why there might be a need to assign a patent back and forth? Or does any comment on why you have assignments like this require an understanding of individual contracts?
 
Replying to @Doctors11 from the other thread:

I've now had a chance to set it up and... I'm not sure. I've tried doing to A/B testing with it on/off with various content and I'm not sure what, if anything, is different with the EZ Set EQ on. Sometimes I think maybe it's a bit more bass shy but a bit less muddy with it in, but then after some more listening I think maybe it's not different at all, actually. If there is any change, it's pretty subtle.

It doesn't help that the setup confuses me a bit. For one, it says to move around the room. But what exactly that means is unclear, as most of the setup is really. If they were going for making it easy for those totally new to anything beyond a bluetooth speaker to setup, they're really missing the mark. They need to revamp the setup to be much clearer, and enable it to automatically set distances and levels. I haven't really had to mess with any of this since I set up the Audyssey on my Denon X1300W who knows how long ago, but I'm not new to this bracket of audio. I still had some trouble with it. Here's my finished results according to the app:

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Is that how it should look? No idea honestly. I have a big issue with this screen right here:

View attachment 396809

I'm assuming that "roll-off" is supposed to be for the subwoofer's low end if you have one, except for the front full-range measurement. Not really clear though, and they expect total newbies to figure out what to put there? Even worse is the lower part. How should one adjust that slider? It seems like you'd go to the right if you want more bass, since that's the positive dB side, but then is says you adjust it that way if there's too much bass? What? My assumption is that it should say "Want more bass?" for the right and "Want less bass?" for the left because what's there is totally contradictory. But even ignoring that, if you want to adjust it you have rerun the calibration each time which is a huge chore and makes it impossible to effectively compare different levels.

Ugh. Total mess IMO.

Hopefully Dirac goes on sale soon so I can not have to worry about it anymore.
Thanks for all your effort on this. I agree with your frustration of a product that aims for the plug and play customer...this is Far from that. That last screen shot is indeed confusing. I've read some of the complaints of the more expensive JBL line and many are frustrated at the lack of accurate instruction and timely firmware updates.

At this point, and wanting a slim model, I'll probably bite the bullet and get the Marantz Cinema 70s. It seems to check all the boxes except for not having the top room correction. I'll keep an eye open for sales.

Thanks again for all the info.
 
@GXAlan , the reason for an assignment that long after issuance is usually because of some larger agreement or corporate event, for example an acquisition, bankruptcy, spin off, etc. However, the assignments themselves are usually public and sometimes you can gather a bit more info by giving them a read. Here is the link to search: https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search
 
Just on the sidleine:
What may be interesting about the mentioned patents, they are based on a resistor in the negative = ground connection of a bass loudspeaker, which gives a correction signal to a construction of filters. This principle is indeed so old, there should never be a patent granted in 2007. There is nothing new in it, just a random combination of well known principles. Normaly Chinese fraudsters do these "nothing new patents" to blackmail producers. Because of time an judicial costs, it is cheaper to pay the fraudster than to wait until a judge has rejected the patent. It also shows how incompetent the patent office is, granting patents to even the oldest ideas, wrapped in tech blabla and impressive diagrams. Maybe a little corruption is involved, from time to time.
Large companys like JBL are able to protect the market from new developments of competitors, by stopping them in their tracks. This one is aimed at any subwoofer with motion correction. Even if in the end this patend would be thrown out, it makes it too risky to market a new product based on this old principle. JBL could instandly stop sales of a product based on it, until the legal process is finished. This would make a smaller competitors probaply collaps due to the costs involved and this is what JBL patents this junk for.
Funny fact: JBL marketed subs with this principle, decades ago, in consumer subs when these were not as popular as today. So they know best how old it is...
 
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