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Room Correction without loosing MQA and DSD

I have a terrible room, even with a lot of acoustic treatment.
I have been thinking about room correction as it seems to get better and better.Dirac Live looks very easy to use and have got a lot of great reviews. So I would like to use that.
If I buy the SHD Studio from miniDSP then I have to say goodbye to DSP and MQA.Are there a way to have room correction and MQA/DSD?
Another product or alternative to Dirac?
martin-andersen
martin-andersen OP
139 posts
 
I now have the MiniDSP SHD Studio and it was the right decision. Much tighter and more precise bass and better stereo image. The tonality is also better because I am using the Dirac default house curve 
erik_squires
16,416 posts
 
Sorry, just reread, and now understand what I think is a typo.

You want to keep DSD AND Tidal MQA while adding room correction.

OK, you can do this with Roon, but it won’t do the room analysis part for you. You have to collect the data yourself and either adjust Roon’s parametric EQs or use their convolution engine. Both require you to use your own mic and something like Room EQ Wizard or OmniMIc.

Best,

E
djones51
4,947 posts
 
I am a bit confused I have been looking at the miniDSP SHO Studio which doesn't  have a dac, if I connect to my network through ethernet doesn't the Studio just pass the signal to the dac? If the dac can do MQA and DSD you're saying the signal for those aren't sent to the dac through the Studio.
djones51
4,947 posts
 
I see where you said it only passes 24/96 sorry I didn't  catch that.
erik_squires
16,416 posts
 
Roon has probably the best MQA capabilities I know of. They managed to unfold 48kHz to 96kHz, and pass it to the DAC WITH EQ changes for further MQA decoding.

That is, if your DAC has MQA, you can use all of Roon's features and still keep the full high resolution unfolding.

Best,

E
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