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Room correction room system vs ears….

So, I splashed out and spent more than I wanted to on a nice little Benchmark amp and preamp etc and since I’ve gone that far I got curious about a room correction system for this and it’s going to cost me over a grand apparently. As far as I can gather these dial in the music before it comes out of the speakers…?

 

im wondering if I simply messed around and found the sweet spot without a room correction system how much of a difference this would make. I’m far from savvy with audio and try to keep things simple for my simple brain, so, on a scale of 1-10 how much difference would I percieve by splashing out on a room correction system?

thomastrouble
thomastrouble OP
239 posts
 

Will do Kota!

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fuzztone
5,607 posts
 

The biggest factor in maximizing the SQ is getting the speakers in the sweet spot for the listening positions. And some dampening on parallel surfaces.

If you are limited for doing that DSP is a bandaid that might help.

Might not.

gdnrbob
4,445 posts
 

+ many, regarding room treatment.

But, try to be as sparing as possible. You can overdo it easily.

With regard to DSP, I would be circumspect.

Remember, when you mess with information stream, you can end up with more unintended changes that you did not intend.

Bob

mike_in_nc
1,152 posts
 

A lot of good advice has been offered so far. One additional point: automatic DSP systems are powerful but don’t always come up with the result you will like best. (I use an Anthem STR Preamp with Anthem’s ARC to help smooth bass response in my basement room.) If you choose an automatic DSP system, try to pick one that will let you change or fine-tune its solution. That is far preferable to one that does not.

Well, I lied. A second point: DSP is one of the few practical ways of smoothing really low bass, which is below the frequency range in which most common acoustic traps and panels are effective.

djones51
4,947 posts
 

Like most things it depends. With the right speakers and calibration software I've gotten a  flat FR from 30hz to 20khz with no special room treatments. Genelec 8351b using GLM and Dutch and Dutch 8c using their boundary settings and REW. I'd like to see what Kii3 can do, maybe someday. Anyway in your case I'd get a calibrated mic and REW since you're doing stereo. That can help with placing treatments. 

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