Minidsp - Bass response opinions on measurements

[My adventures in stereo]

Hi

I have been using a minidsp shd for nearly 6 months, recently picked up a pair of Revel 126 Be bookshelf speakers
Did a few calibration, the most pleasing result I got, was this curve " cal 2 dirac on "

" Cal 2 with dirac off "

Another calibration " Preset 3 with dirac on", *mislabelled as preset 2
This had the worst audible bass response

"Preset 3 with dirac off"

Audibly, I find myself preferring preset 2 with dirac off most
Preset 2 with dirac on sounds a bit bass boosted, Harman 6 db curve applied

The surprise was preset 3 with a 6 db Harman curve applied through dirac,, bass sounds very weak and overall the least pleasing

I dialled in parametric eq through SVS and got the final result with preset 3 with dirac off

 

[terryforsythe]

I have been playing with different curves on mine as well. Overall I think I like the Harmon curve best, but for some recordings I actually prefer it flat, and some recordings a bit of a bass boost (2-3 dB) but flat above 120 Hz. Having 4 presets is nice to quickly change the response for different recordings.

I have also played with adding additional equalization on top of Dirac Live, using REW to measure the frequency response and the SHD's parametric E.Q. to smooth out bumps and dips that remained after Dirac Live is enabled. To me, it didn't sound any better than just using Dirac Live's adjustments.

 

[My adventures in stereo]

I have been playing with different curves on mine as well. Overall I think I like the Harmon curve best, but for some recordings I actually prefer it flat, and some recordings a bit of a bass boost (2-3 dB) but flat above 120 Hz. Having 4 presets is nice to quickly change the response for different recordings.

Thanks for sharing your feedback & your process
I run a bookshelf speakers with dual sub setup
The SVS parametric eq is pretty useful for flattening the sub curve post the REW/dirac process

Running it just flat does indeed suit certain recordings better