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Room correction - what device works best?

Looking at room correction and all the threads I found seem old. What are the current options for excellent 2 channel sound. Comments on DSpeaker, Lyndorf, DEQX, Audessy, Rives and others welcome. I have option for using in digital domain or putting between pre and amps. Would of course prefer great sound at lower price. Also prefer something that does not take a year of obsessive fiddling to get right. Have a very large family room, so room treatment options limited. Current system is Ayon Cd5s (transport, DAC and pre combined), Nuforce Ref 20 mono amps and Von Schweikert VR55 speakers. Is most of the bang for buck in correcting for room modes or is speaker phase issues also necessary? Eventually in may have subs but not now.
Thnaks
gammajo
bifwynne
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As many of you already know, I own the DEQX PreMATE. It took a couple of sessions with Larry, the DEQXPert, to dialed in my rig and I am quite satisfied.

No need for me to repeat what Al (Almarg), Drewan and other believers have already said. Suffice to say, I give the DEQX a Thumbs Up.
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broadstone
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I don't have the luxury of a dedicated listening room and, therefore, have significant challenges dealing with a well furnished living room. I use the Behringer DEQ2496 with the microphone to balance for my listening position. I've tried other methods but this approach allowed an improvement that even I was able to hear and I'm not very good at detecting subtle changes. I can't comment on phase issues associated with its installation but assume that it will cause some shifting. The bottom line is, save for well chosen upgrades of other components in the audio stream, that it may be the best choice I've made to improve listening enjoyment.
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almarg
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Update: I received my new DEQX HDP-5 from Acoustic Frontiers a few days ago. See my post dated today in the ”Is DEQX A Game-Changer?” thread for a detailed update, which is all good at this early stage (I have not yet attempted any measurements or calibrations). Further updates will follow in that thread in the next few weeks.

Regards,
-- Al
jb0194
476 posts
 
The Rives PARC has been a nice addition to my system, as I have a large peak node at 90 Hz and a broad hump of excess energy between 160 and 400 Hz at my listening spot, without flexiblity in changing loudspeaker or listening positions. I also prefer not to run my vinyl through AD-DA (or add it to the DA already done to cds upstream). Its limited functionality in the analog domain has improved my system significantly.
rsimms
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My new Emotiva XMC-1 has Dirac. I think it sounds better than my TacT 2.2x with Maui mods. My Tact does a fantastic job on sub integration that Dirac doesn't do. I haven't tried integrating my sub yet, but I understand I will have to do a little bit of manual adjustment to complete the integration. I am very impressed with the XMC-1.

Bob
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