Is Auto Room Correction Right For You? Well, Here You Go...

I was  against until I tried it. Now would not be without.

Fundamental question, for those who dismiss it out of hand,, have you tried it?  I would offer that if you have no experience with it then "not for me" doesn't really add much to the conversation. If you do have experience and it is still not for you then why not tell us why?

I also have a tube based vinyl set up that I do not use room correction with since I prefer not to digitize the vinyl. Mainly because at this time I don't want to buy the level of ADC it would require to, in my mind, do it right. But if starting with digital, it makes sense to optimize it.

I use the built in processing with my Trinnov  for my 7.3.6. theater and it is a game changer

For 2 channel which is a separate system, I added Audiolense filters with the help of Mitch Barnett to Roon and it is quite the eye opener. No matter how good everything else is, your speakers and perhaps more importantly, your room will have a profound effect on the sound. Well done DSP along with proper room treatment can overcome many of these problems and take it it to another level. My system is no slouch (posted here) and it is properly set up, my room is treated, but DSP has been a very, very worthwhile improvement.


here is a good place to start

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/a-new-listening-room-part-two-acoustics-speakers-dsp-r863/

https://accuratesound.ca/

One of the best things auto-calibration systems can do is integrate the subwoofer to the main speakers for you, something most audiophiles have to guess at.

My TacT RCS 2.2X(heavily modified), has been doing a fine job,  going on two decades.

I've only used the old Behringer DEQ2496 system, which early on was rather crude, and only had any success above like 200 Hz or so...took a helluva long time for me to figure out I needed to try something else... Since there wasn't anything affordable in the meantime, I switched to manual parametric EQ that has memories, but it's entirely manual so it was admittedly a chore to learn to use...as in several years for it to become truly second nature...but at the end of that, I had a very useful skill. In fact it was liberating in that, for me, given enough time dialing in the setup, there is no auto room correction I really need to buy (since I'll also be paying attention to my room passively...and will even have a say in how much room volume it will have). There's none I have to buy because even the best auto systems can only hope to be 'as good' as manual EQ (they are faster, but no better), but again - manual EQ IS a rather steep learning curve - and for anyone looking for the short cut (and someone always will), the auto will likely at least have the more attraction.

But, until I saw the 2 links, I didn't realize that 1) they were still having so much trouble at the frequency extremes and 2) the sheer difficulty and expense in obtaining reliably calibrated measurement microphones.