keiron99
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Thanks. Yikes. I see this thing is not for the faint hearted. May as well be written in Chinese as far as I'm concerned! Think I'll just stick to plonking a few cushions round the room and tweaking the tone controls to taste!
Feeling the same. You would need to get a scientist friend.Thanks. Yikes. I see this thing is not for the faint hearted. May as well be written in Chinese as far as I'm concerned! Think I'll just stick to plonking a few cushions round the room and tweaking the tone controls to taste!
It's a bit daunting when you first look at it, but once you set up the input and output of the flex, making the Dirac calibration measurements is pretty easy, as is selecting and applying the default dirac target curve. It's only a bit more effort to adjust the target curve to your liking. But yeah, it's not just connect a microphone and push a button easy.Feeling the same. You would need to get a scientist friend.
Some other time just try some Yamaha with YPAO, works with the push of a button.
It's not too much worse than doing the room mic setup on an AVR, where you put the mic in a couple positions. It is worse (more steps and UI), just not too much. There are decent youtubes on it.It's a bit daunting when you first look at it, but once you set up the input and output of the flex, making the Dirac calibration measurements is pretty easy, as is selecting and applying the default dirac target curve. It's only a bit more effort to adjust the target curve to your liking. But yeah, it's not just connect a microphone and push a button easy.
Totally agree.It's not too much worse than doing the room mic setup on an AVR, where you put the mic in a couple positions. It is worse (more steps and UI), just not too much. There are decent youtubes on it.
I have both the standard Flex and the Eight model. When I only had the normal Flex I did some speaker comparisons - though needed to hang the subwoofer off the amps I was using - as of course there weren't enough outputs for a separate sub. So I found some more cash and got the Eight, which is ideal for lots of things.Hi all,
However, for just 55 USD extra a Flex Eight can be had. Which is surplus to my current needs, but why not? Definitely giving more flexibility for example to connect a different amp to outputs 5,6 or a set of active speakers and can use Flex Profiles to compare different gear. I mean, why not?
Yeah I am looking forward get into this stage when I get a Flex / UMIK, for now I am on the learing curve thanks for explanations!It takes a bit of practice to make good use of the REW EQ system, or at least it did for me. Though these days I quite often only use the REW compensation, preferring the sound I get.
I will likely skip Dirac for now. If I not wrong, I understand that Dirac is easier and perhaps will give better fine tuned results, but and the moment I think that manual configuration will help me better understand the EQ kitchenI have the Dirac versions of each. As far as I know the Dirac correction is done on the two input channels, using both IIR and FIR filters. The output channels (be it 4 or 8) share the same number of FIR filters I think. Though I've only ever used the IIR ones using Biquads calculated by the REW EQ screen.
I was very impressed with Dirac when I first used it (though that was on a DDRC24). For example I could hear individual voices in a choir, rather than them being mashed together.I will likely skip Dirac for now. If I not wrong, I understand that Dirac is easier and perhaps will give better fine tuned results, but and the moment I think that manual configuration will help me better understand the EQ kitchen
So Dirac will help to set the benchmark for yourself, what level of improvement in sound CAN be achieved. And even if later you switch it off and do manual steps, at least you have learned from Dirac alreadyI was very impressed with Dirac when I first used it (though that was on a DDRC24). For example I could hear individual voices in a choir, rather than them being mashed together.
I later realised the importance of exact timing, which Dirac is good at. I still use Dirac to set timings, even when using REW EQ. It can be done with REW itself, though you need to know where to look and do some sums. So I get the same clarity without Dirac.
You can definitely do Phono Pre->Flex (Dirac)->Rotel.Could I plug my phone stage into the minidsp, and then connect that to the HT bypass of my Rotel 1592 integrated?
The Flex Balanced doesn't make sense, as neither your Amp, nor your Sub has balanced inputs.I read as much as I could about balanced and unbalanced versions but couldn't understand which one is better for me. I want to do room correction. (sorry I am not an expert). Can someone help me?
I have a Marantz 6007 amp, two Revel M16 speakers, and an SVS-sb1000 sub.
The input will be toslink from the TV.
Thanks!
The Flex DAC has better measurements, but I wouldn't expect audible differences.Thanks! I did not consider Flex Digital because I thought the miniDSP DAC has higher quality than the DAC in the Marantz. Maybe I was wrong?
Plugging an RCA Amp into a balanced output is not really straightforward and can lead to performance degradation. Generally not recommended.Is there any downside if I get the balanced version in case I decide to upgrade my amp in the future?
Yes, it improves sound quality by applying crossovers in the digital domain and also (should you so choose) by doing room correction (manual or Dirac). I gather you are probably more concerned with the inverse though, so no, it also does not degrade audible sound quality.Probably a silly question, I'm pretty new to DSP stuff...but does the DSP have noticeable effect on sound quality that anyone has noticed?
Applying crossover to mains does increase headroom and improve mid-range quality, especially if the mains are only 2-way.I'd be using it to cross to subwoofers, so in my mind any miniscule degradation if any would be well and truly out of any of the more important areas. Trying to decide if I want to go this route or just let my speakers play down and add subwoofers from high level. Are there any particular benefits to either aside from headroom with mains?
My current speakers have no issues with playing with full range signal, just wondering if relieving them from such extensions might improve midrange even more so. Or would a DAC with higher SINAD etc make more of the difference?