Is DSP room correction worth it with a high end analog system?


This question was inspired by a YouTube from “2021 Capital Audio Fest: Jefferson Room”. Even though a lowly MP4, this is the best I have ever heard a drum solo!

The speakers are the Arion Apollo system. I question going through an ADA conversion coming from my quite high end analog front end with a tube preamp. The Apollo system uses a, said to be the best of its kind, Trinnov ST2 processor.

Certainly room correction seems very useful but is it worth going through a digital conversion?

mglik

I am just concerned that the ADA conversion will loose the original SQ.

There are TONS of variables involved in this question.  I’d say do what you can with room treatments and then give some form of good DSP a try and see how it works in your room and system.  I’ve heard RC work in expensive systems that made such a dramatic improvement it swamped any concerns about the additional digital processing, but that was just in that instance but demonstrates the level potential benefit.  I’d say try to demo something like a DSpeaker anti-mode 2.0 (or buy one used) and just see what you think.  It’s really the only way to know, but I will say I think it’s WELL worth your effort to try.  Best of luck. 

I am pretty sure that high end Trinnov is good DSP at 18,000 bucks... 😁😊

It is an electronical TOOL...

But my system value is 500 bucks...( too good now to take the trouble to upgrade it, i put all my 7 headphones in a closet i simply listen music with a good system not the best by all means for sure but... 😊)

I created my own mechanical room tuner for my specific speakers with a distributed grid of 50 adjustable Helmholtz resonators and diffusers at NO COST...

My post is to advise people no cost acoustic solution exist by virtue of simple acoustic and psycho-acoustic principles ...

Cost: a dedicated room and plenty of time to fine tune the mechanically flexible H. resonators ...

More fun than playing an electronical program and a concrete acoustic course for the ears in training because you are reaching out to your own ears not to a button you optimize your own hearing with the room pressure zones modifications...

My mechanical equalizer is permanent part of the room...Forget it for a living room....

 

«Sound is an experience more than an equation»-anonymus acoustician

«Music is more about meaning than about sound experience»-anonymus musician

 

«music+ sound= noise

music - sound=silence

music x sound = audio system amplification

music/sound and sound /music = meaning acoustical and tonal hierarchy created by ears-brain,

note that the division operation here is non commutative and timbre perception is not reducible to his spectrum »-anonymus music lover

«When we listen to a record album playback we listen through our own room the sound which comes from the recording room...Then we listen to two rooms at the same times and none of them  will completely disapear»-anonymus recording engineer