Digital room correction

The most popular 2-channel gear seem to be the new preamps with a DAC | preamp | Room Correction all built into 1 unit.

The companies with these popular units do not seem to have a room correction only unit. Lyndgrof used to have one but I no longer see it on the web site.

Some Room Correction gear (preamps) I have looked at include:  Anthem STR, DEXQ, Linn SELEKT DSM, and Lyngdrof 3400 (integrated). 

I was also looking for a unit that was separate from a preamp or integrated but have not come across one that seems popular.

It's called Antimode or Antipode...something similar

Dspeaker makes what you are looking for

BTW - I should have added that the MAC Men220 is a implementation of Lyngdorfs RoomPerfect. This feature seems to be not being available anymore from Lyngdorf as a single room correction only unit. MAC still sells the MEN220.

Here is a good review of the Linn SELEKT DSM that I think explains really well the capabilities of the SPACE OPTIMPIZATION feature available on the Linn.

https://www.soundstageaustralia.com/index.php/reviews/282-linn-selekt-dsm-katalyst-network-music-player

I learned something new today from this thread, the SELEKT DSM has the following:

• Analogue outputs for connection to pre- or power amps

https://www.linn.co.uk/sources/network-music-players/selekt#selekt-dsm

How about a Copland DRC 205 if you can find one. Seems like a very simple solution. Altronics Stereo 2000 in Toronto carries it.

           Denman

Vendors I can think of off the top of my head:

• miniDSP
• Lyngdorf
• DSPeaker
• Anthem
  

For an all-digital system, the miniDSP SHD Studio should suit your needs. It is digital in, digital out, and can be dropped into a system while leaving the rest of it intact.

For a system with analog sources, it’s more complicated, because there have to be ADC and DAC stages somewhere, so dropping a box into "any system" may not be the optimal way of doing this. It reduces the number of conversions to use DSP that is built into a DAC-preamp, like the DSPeaker X4, Anthem STR, or miniDSP SHD (not the Studio version), to name just a few.

You mentioned sample rate. I recently got the Anthem STR Preamp as my third or fourth preamp with DSP. The DSP sounds cleaner than previous models to me. I don't know how much of that is due to using 192 kHz as the DSP frequency, and how much is due to other improvements over past models. A long-distance friend with the X4, which I believe does DSP at 96 kHz, says that it, also, sounds better than older units to him.

I own the Lyngdorf 3400 and Room Correction is a big deal. The Lyngdorf is an integrated and has a DAC and many other features. I’m very happy. 

The Men220 gives you good options.  It is a box that I use.

Thank you for all of the replies. is The Minidsp SHD Studio a high quality piece? Does anyone have this? Does anyone use other products from Minidsp and is their service/support/build quality quite good?

I would feed it from my Auralic Aries G1 and into my Lampizator DAC. Is this company up to the task in a high quality system? I could certainly bypass it by feeding from the G1 directly to my Lampizator dac as I do now via usb. I like the idea of staying in the digital domain but I just am not familiar with the company.

Regarding the SHD, Hans Beekhuyzen has a review on YouTube. You may be able to find more reviews around. I know that Kal Rubinson has reviewed some of the other miniDSP products for Stereophile.

miniDSP is known for lower-cost solutions to room correction. The SHD line looks like a step up from older miniDSP products, and I suspect it would work very well between a G1 and your DAC. The SHD Studio has Dirac room correction, considered one of the best available  algorithms, with a lot of flexibility. By using the all-digital version, you are leaving the conversions to the gear you own already.

Deer Creek Audio is a stocking US dealer. If you're in Europe, you can buy more easily from miniDSP directly.

Mike

P.S. I own the SHD (full version with DAC), which we use in our TV system. I have not had a chance to try it in the main "audiophile" system.

Trinnov ST2 Hifi or Amethyst Preamp. Expensive but they work really well.