I am looking for some help/advice with a hypothetical path that I may take with my setup in the future. First I will layout my current system:
Marantz NA6006 > Marantz PM KI RUBY > Focal Chora 826.
Everything I am about to say is hypothetical as it is not all financially possible at once, but it is a possible path I may take. My next move is going to be moving from my Chora 826's to a used pair of the Kanta No. 1 that I have setup a very good price for. This will take me out of the game for a while as this move is all that my budget permits, but after this I would like to upgrade my digital source. I am looking at streamers like the IFI Zen Stream as it is reasonably priced and has great reviews and for the DAC I would like to try and secure a Pontus II or a Venus II on the used market when the time comes (depends on what my budget will be at that time).
Now comes my question about miniDSP. Assuming a setup like what I laid out above (streamer > dac > amp > speakers), I am trying to figure out the best way to implement room correction into this. It seems to me like the best way to do this would be a DDRC-22D in between the streamer and the dac (streamer > miniDSP > dac > amp > speakers). If this is agreed upon as the best route, I now have a few questions.
First off does anybody have any experience with this product, I am hoping that it is considered as transparent as possible? Next, I have heard some people talk about Dirac killing the soundstage of their system, but I am only planning on using Dirac to correct the bass frequencies. If I only use it to correct the lower frequencies will this even be a possible concern? Next, a general question about Dirac. My only experience with room correction is with Audyssey when I had a home theater setup. Does Dirac allow me to introduce a high pass filter to my system using its software? Moving to two way bookshelf speakers, I would like to experiment with cutting out the lowest frequencies from my system. Basically I would like to find out where the speakers roll off in my room and then cut anything below that from being introduced to both my amp and speakers, does Dirac allow for this? Finally, The DDRC-22D puts out a max sampling rate of 24/96. Now I know this is a hot button issue here on this forum and I am not trying to get into the discussion of "hi res" music in this thread, but I do have files that are 24/192. My only question here is will running these files into the device have any negative consequences?
I will once again clarify that this is all just a plan for the future and that I do not have the money to make this happen right now. I just want to be knowledgeable about this so that I know which paths I am interested in exploring. Any information about any of this is greatly appreciated!
Edit: Just to introduce one more idea: Moving to bookshelf speakers introduces the possibility of desiring a subwoofer. The Ruby does not have preouts so if this is ever something I wanted to do, it would need to be a sub that has speaker level inputs. Would running Dirac in what is still basically a 2.0 system (speakers running full range and blended into the sub via speaker level inputs) still work well?
Marantz NA6006 > Marantz PM KI RUBY > Focal Chora 826.
Everything I am about to say is hypothetical as it is not all financially possible at once, but it is a possible path I may take. My next move is going to be moving from my Chora 826's to a used pair of the Kanta No. 1 that I have setup a very good price for. This will take me out of the game for a while as this move is all that my budget permits, but after this I would like to upgrade my digital source. I am looking at streamers like the IFI Zen Stream as it is reasonably priced and has great reviews and for the DAC I would like to try and secure a Pontus II or a Venus II on the used market when the time comes (depends on what my budget will be at that time).
Now comes my question about miniDSP. Assuming a setup like what I laid out above (streamer > dac > amp > speakers), I am trying to figure out the best way to implement room correction into this. It seems to me like the best way to do this would be a DDRC-22D in between the streamer and the dac (streamer > miniDSP > dac > amp > speakers). If this is agreed upon as the best route, I now have a few questions.
First off does anybody have any experience with this product, I am hoping that it is considered as transparent as possible? Next, I have heard some people talk about Dirac killing the soundstage of their system, but I am only planning on using Dirac to correct the bass frequencies. If I only use it to correct the lower frequencies will this even be a possible concern? Next, a general question about Dirac. My only experience with room correction is with Audyssey when I had a home theater setup. Does Dirac allow me to introduce a high pass filter to my system using its software? Moving to two way bookshelf speakers, I would like to experiment with cutting out the lowest frequencies from my system. Basically I would like to find out where the speakers roll off in my room and then cut anything below that from being introduced to both my amp and speakers, does Dirac allow for this? Finally, The DDRC-22D puts out a max sampling rate of 24/96. Now I know this is a hot button issue here on this forum and I am not trying to get into the discussion of "hi res" music in this thread, but I do have files that are 24/192. My only question here is will running these files into the device have any negative consequences?
I will once again clarify that this is all just a plan for the future and that I do not have the money to make this happen right now. I just want to be knowledgeable about this so that I know which paths I am interested in exploring. Any information about any of this is greatly appreciated!
Edit: Just to introduce one more idea: Moving to bookshelf speakers introduces the possibility of desiring a subwoofer. The Ruby does not have preouts so if this is ever something I wanted to do, it would need to be a sub that has speaker level inputs. Would running Dirac in what is still basically a 2.0 system (speakers running full range and blended into the sub via speaker level inputs) still work well?
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