On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 08:00:02AM +0000, beneix wrote: > >Does anyone have experience of using either the NAD C 658, or the Dirac >algorithms (I believe they are built into equipment from several other >manufacturers)? Does it work? Do you get the desired effect (a more >perfect in-room frequency response) without the traditional issues from >e.g. equalizers?
Sorry, I have no experience with NAD and I didn't use equalizers, but using DSP was the biggest improvement in sound I had after tweaking room acoustic. I do not like listen without DSP anymore :-). I have a MiniDSP Studio with a squeezelite running on it and the results are very good. Dirac is easy to use and making measurements is no big deal. But I have even gotten better results by using a meassurement software called Acourate: https://www.audiovero.de/en/ Mr. Brueggemann, the master mind behind Acourate, created the filters for me via a Team Viewer Online session, because understanding and using Acourate needs a bit of expirience. I've included the filters into a little Linux box called CleanWolver, which is also offered by Mr. Brueggemann. Its a Rasberry PI which sits between your streamer and DAC and which does the sound convolution. Ofcourse you need an external DAC for such a setup and the streamer and DAC have to be connected via USB, at least this was necessary in my setup. So, the easiest and not to complex way, and for sure also the cheaper solution, is the NAD with Dirac. Maybe it is the first step to get in touch with DSP for you. But if you like to have real control on the filters you use, e.g. Acourate might be the better solution. But this needs also more time and means a lot of learning, trying, measuring, listening, measuring again, e.g...., or buy support from Mr. Brueggemann, he knows all the tricks reagring DSP and his software :-). Ciao, Schoepp > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >beneix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59783 >View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115482 > >_______________________________________________ >audiophiles mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
