I can not live without "Room Correction"

To the question about cost-effective room correction options, I use a mac mini-based music player running Dirac to good effect.  This works well if all your sources are sourced over the network.  Otherwise, you can run Dirac on a relatively low-cost device from MiniDSP.  I haven't used them myself, so can't speak to the sound quality of this option, but they've been increasing their Dirac-based product line over the years, so I'm guessing people are liking them. 

I hadn't heard about Lyngdorf, but I'll have to read up on them now.  

I can't live WITH a "digital nanny" as they strip the soul from music and hurl it on the floor like a broken dream. Otherwise, they're great.

shkong78
I feed the digital signal to Accuphase Digital Equalizer and then to EMM Dac2.

Without AD conversion, the loss is minimized.

Room correction is a necessity in a small room unless you treat the hell out of the room, and even then it has benefits.

Hi I too tried digital room correction but found that the " price " by gaining a better tonal balance was too high. The perspective was partwise comprimised and regarding analog playback, i Got a digital print in the soundstage.
my soulution was passive roomcorrection, a part from optimal speaker and lisining position, i build passive loudspeaker absorbends to minimize the stranding waves isue. Adding 2 pairs of Shakti hallograps, one set behind the speakers and one set in the sides where the first reflection occured also made a significant improvement. It was also a good improvement to remove the system from between the speakers to the sidewall as well as hanging it on the brickwall and place a lot of decoupling under it.
its my beleafe that putting in another DAC in the system easily males a lot of mess. The passive way isent much cheaper but certaintly a heavy task to build and it tales a lot of time too.
happy lisining