Minidsp DDRC-24 vs SHD

[kevin1969]

Besides only having RCA in/outs and no streaming option does the minidsp DDRC-24 have the exact same room correction functionality as the SHD?

 

[EB1000]

No. DDRC-24 is based on 2X4HD hardware, but when using Dirac firmware, DSP defaults to 48kHz instead of 96kHz. The SHD does Dirac at 96kHz.

I wish they offered a SHD w/o the streaming features...

 

[kevin1969]

No. DDRC-24 is based on 2X4HD hardware, but when using Dirac firmware, DSP defaults to 48kHz instead of 96kHz. The SHD does Dirac at 96kHz.

I wish they offered a SHD w/o the streaming features...

Are you referring to it's conversion from analog to digital meaning the SHD samples to 24/96 to do the correction versus the DDRC-24 only doing 24/48?

 

[EB1000]

Are you referring to it's conversion from analog to digital meaning the SHD samples to 24/96 to do the correction versus the DDRC-24 only doing 24/48?

Both ADC and processing are carried out at 48kHz (24bits) when you load the Dirac FW into the 2X4HD. It's a hardware limitation.

 

[mdsimon2]

Other than the sampling rate difference I have not personally experienced much of a difference in room correction capability between the DDRC-24D and SHD. The resulting corrections are very similar between the two (as measured by using the bi-directional USB audio capability).

The biggest differences are that the SHD has a much better measuring ADC/DAC and more input/output flexibility than the DDRC-24. Of course the DDRC-24 also lacks a display which is a bit annoying. That being said the DDRC-24 is a really good value for a Dirac based processor.

Michael