Anyone Tried Integrating Dirac Room Correction?


I have a high-end Dell Windows10 Pro laptop with several really good (quiet) USB ports, one connecting to my PS Audio DirectStream DAC, another connecting to my Mytek Brooklyn DAC, with Roon and Tidal for streaming/playback.  The sound quality is very very good, but I thought I'd see if I could improve it.

I'm interested in exploring the Dirac Live Room Correction Suite, and own a miniDSP calibration microphone.  Has anyone tried integrating Dirac with a music player?  Thoughts?
ejr1953
AudioVero Acourate gives users more control over the results than Dirac. You can create your own filter curves to adjust any frequency as you wish. The bass issues mentioned above might be able to be adjusted in Acourate (to some extent, at least). The learning curve is steeper with Acourate, but in the end it is a much more powerful tool than Dirac. Trials are available for Acourate, as with Dirac I believe.

Yes, I have filters in place now for use with JRiver. They are rather mild in effect, by design, for the lower frequencies. When I switch the filters out the room nodes become too much.

Ideally room treatment is preferred, and make up any differences with DSP. In my case the listening area needs to serve as a "living room" as well, so room treatments are not so possible. Therefore, DSP.

I'll bet the people who say "stay away from it" are not users, but users would say the opposite.

The sound quality is very very good, but I thought I'd see if I could improve it.

Have you considered bring in one or more pieces between your PC and your DACs?

If you want very, very added to your already very, very good...that's what I'd explore first.
David,
One of my audio buddies is recommending that I buy a McIntosh MEN220, install it between my preamp and poweramp.  I guess the advantage of that setup would be to apply room correction regardless of the input source.  I have a PS Audio DirectStream DAC and transport; the install of Dirac on the laptop wouldn't correct the response from the PS Audio source components.
Dirac does offer a free trial and if I don't like it, I can always uninstall the product .
I'll see if I have some time after the holidays to play with this.  From the various inputs I've gotten from a number of people, the "jury is out" on whether electronic room correction is good for my situation or not.
DSP room equalization works very well for the lowest frequencies, as with subwoofers and in larger rooms. It will also work quite well a little above this, say up to the Schroeder frequency (somewhere between 100-200 Hz, depending on room size). Above that, there really is no point. This is also why room eq is less successful in small rooms: the room modes are too high to be equalized succesfully. The optimum listening position will be very small, and sound can become dull and lifeless. But to equalize a pair of subs, or just the bottom end of large main speakers, it works a treat. I am very pleased with my Antimode 8033.