Multichannel for plex, netflix etc and stereo for roon, spotify etc.
I currently have;
5.1 = Shield -> Denon (also powering non-stereo speakers) -> Musical Fidelity M3i HT bypass for L/R (all using Denons pretty average audessy)
2.0 = Allo DigiOne and linear PSU -> Topping DX7s Dac -> Musical Fidelity M3i
2 x SVS sealed subs are corrected with a DSPeaker Dualcore I picked up on the cheap.
...very convoluted. Sounds ok for stereo, but average for 5.1.
My plans are;
Nice silent pc build (DSP on the pc for room correction) -> OktoDAC -> nCore amps and the subs.
...simple, and handles everything. It should sound great. Minimum boxes too.
Not wedded to Dirac, but do prefer it over REW for the time-domain aspect. Audiolense looks interesting too. Dirac seems the most user-friendly, that's all. Luckily I have not purchased anything yet besides the OktoDAC. Feedback/suggestions welcome .
I looked on the DIRAC Live PC site and it had very little information on how it is actually run. Don't know if it does digital XO's or not. Do you know if it outputs convolution files that are then run by convolution engines, or does it require its own player ?
REW/RePhase allows you to do linear, minimum and mixed phase. Audiolense is pretty user friendly and automated compared to the alternatives. @mitchco has probably used all of them and uses Audiolense.