Dirac - worth activating?


Have pretty much ignored using Dirac from a NAD processor.  Worth doing?   Is it of value/impact sound from preamp used for stereo? 
emergingsoul

As mentioned earlier, I sold my Legacy Focus speakers and now have Reference 3A Reflectors.  I have yet to insert the miniDSP as I'm in the process of moving to a different house.  My intention is to first prepare the listening room with acoustic panels and then insert the miniDSP afterwards.  As you may have noticed in the manual, there's a bit of a meticulous procedure to calibrate it and I only want to do it once. Also, there's several very good youtube tutorials of Dirac Live that were very helpful.

Seems dirac is mostly for ht

I have no idea how you can draw that conclusion from the posts in this thread. Almost all of them are using or recommend trying it for stereo. I use Mini DSP Studio with Dirac Live for stereo listening. Digital out of my cd player to Mini DSP. Digital out of Mini DSP to active speaker system. As stated above, there is a learning curve, but it is very worthwhile for stereo. 

I am not sure why you wouldn't at least try it if you have it. Then you can decide for yourself if you like what it does.

 

Because stereo is easier to deal with and ht has many more spkrs.  Not sure many use minidsp.  

 

I have a streamer with dac. Not sure if a mini dsp is possible since it goes between digital source and a dac.

It usually goes between the pre-amp and the amp, or the source and the pre-amp.
(Best on a higher line level side, rather than a cranked down pre-amp).

So on a tape source side would be common.

MiniDSP is but one example.

 

Because stereo is easier to deal with and ht has many more spkrs.  Not sure many use minidsp. 

Car audio is also an area where is it hard to put in draperies over the windows or other treatments. Most of that is 2 channel, and the use of DSP is standard.

Stereo is not easier to deal with, other than 2 is a lower number than say 5. And 2.0 is a lower number than 5.2. People usually do better listening to a single speaker, 2 hides sins, and 5 hides sins even better.