To clarify: I'm paraphrasing Toole's take on EQ, but the suggestions for plugging the ports and using a high pass filter on the mains is not part of his argument.
miniDSP SHD integration
Ever since I migrated from AVR preamp out with room correction to a separate preamp, I have been missing room correction, especially bass management. I have considered the SHD, but wanted to avoid the ADA, and the potential quality of the DAC built into the SHD. I recently plugged my turntable back into my AVR, and the bass management room correction was significant, ergo my renewed interest. My system:
Pro-ject 1Xpression carbon classic with Hana ML cart
Rega Aria phono stage
Rogue RP-1 pre with NOS Telefunkon medical, Siemens nickel plate & Brimar CV4003 NOS tubes (rolling)
LSA Warp 1 amp
KEF R11 speakers
Rythmic F12SE sub
Aurender N150 streamer
Chord Qutest DAC
My question is how do best integrate the SHD (or other/better) room correction device into my system. My ideal is to continue to use both my preamp and DAC. So, in the case of streaming: N150 >SHD>Qutest>Preamp>Amp>Speakers
Vinyl: TT>Aria>SHD>Qutest>Preamp
This would avoid the SHD internal DAC, but how would it do bass management? In this scenario, I believe the sub would need to be plugged into the preamp for volume control. Perhaps this is true for any scenario when a separate preamp is used?
Does the SHD/Dirac have the ability to perform bass management without using the SHD crossovers? IE: Full range to both speakers & sub with the appropriate adjustments? Any other products you would recommend? Any other recommended connections?
Thanks!
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Thank you. My ports are plugged. It was necessary when I added my preamp to flatten my bass response. A couple more questions. Would the SHD be overkill in this scenario and a lesser miniDSP do? Would I not just run my AVR room correction in home theater pass thru & adjust the subwoofer equalization manually? |
I really do think the SHD is overkill for this, when the HD for $250 will work just fine. The SHD is really meant to be a full function streamer/preamp. If you must have Dirac the miniDSP DDRC-24 will add that capability ~ $500, but then you are going to put it in front of your amp. This is not really a terrible idea either, but you are going to have another A/D, D/A conversion in between.
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Great! Good luck. Forgot to mention that you can build effective high pass filters for your amp with screw down RCA terminals, a little wire and some caps. I suggest Cornell Dubilier for your starter film caps. Then if you like the high pass performance/speaker integration move up to some nice copper films from Parts Connexion. |
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