No worries
I am a self confessed Genelec fanboy.
And I have been pushing digital and Genelec hard for the last decade, after I spent an entire year on the pursuit for better sound for less.
I'm a technology strategist by trade, so I knew what to look for, I just didn't know if anybody was making it.
I documented my journey on Computer Audiophile - now Audiophile style on
DigiPete's Blog.
I landed on Genelec SAM as the solution that does everything right and cost efficient by strictly following science.
Genelec SAM subwoofers can both handle digital and analogue inputs.
You wire the inputs to the sub first and then outputs from sub to your monitors.
And you connect the GLM interface to the monitors and sub using standard RJ45 network cable.
The RJ45 cables are the only extra cables you have with the SAM system.
And you are right - both bass and midranges becomes much clearer with well implemented room correction.
Most people only get to experience this if they get at quality surround system with good automated room correction.
Even the best professional studios, with expensive purpose build rooms, have to use some sort of room correction.
With Genelec SAM it all comes build in out of the box and is scalable as you add more monitors or subwoofers.
Genelec makes room compensation easy - it's a push of a button.
For tinkers who loves to dabble as much as they love good sound, well now the
miniDSP Flex is a great new DSP device.
Fully digital preamp with DSP and options for digital or analogue outputs.
Amir tested it, and it performed really great.
Note that the Flex is close to €/$1k with Dirac, but great if you like tweaking on a conventional analogue system.