Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done?

Current speakers Paradigm 120H. Powered woofers with room correction from 300h down. Without running the room correction still sound good but with it engaged much tighter more articulate bass. Non corrected sounds much more bloated boomy and loose in comparison. 
 

Hi @erik_squires Nice to see you back! Summarizing, I’ve applied various DSP corrections in Roon to all my speakers in various rooms, large and small, in order to tweak the sound to compensate for room acoustics as well as to my personal preferences.

First I apply room correction using convolution filters I created using REW software.

In most cases after that there are still additional filters I apply to the bass like notch filters to specifically address bass nodes further if needed. Also with full range speakers when driven by beefy enough amp I may apply a low shelf filter to boost bass levels somewhat to personal preference.

With less than full range speakers and/or with a more limited amp, I typically will roll the lowest octave or so bass off similarly in order to allow the amp to drive the speakers more cleanly.

To help determine what adjustments for room acoustics may be needed still after applying the convolution filter, I play white noise and measure the response to identify any areas that look clearly out of whack, but my ears are still the final arbitrator based on what I hear playing a variety of tracks.  

That’s it generally. Details will vary case by case.

Does building a custom room or optimizing the room with treatments count as EQ ing ?

I had some large Usher speakers for my large audio rooms then I moved to a new house with a 16’ audio rooms. I tried using dsp to tame the bass for 3 years. I got it where it was ok sounding but something was missing. I also had the super bass traps, asc corner tube traps, etc..

I ended up buying some new Revel speakers with multiple smaller woofers. Got rid of dsp, all super bass traps, and the pair of other traps, and I have all the bass that I want, as quiet or as loud as I want. I’m putting up all the speakers/traps up for sale. Size your speaker to the room without al the overhead you need to get something to big to sound good in a smaller room.

I use the Emerald Audio BOM (Bass Optimization Module) with my KEF 107 speakers and it works well.