Room correcting subwoofer for music?


Is it worth buying a sub with room correction such as velodyne dd or can you make a non room correcting such a mj acoustics or others sound and blend well? Thanks, Scott
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Check out the KRK Ergo. This unit incorporates the Lyngdorf "room perfect" correction system all the way up to 500hz.

It uses the same DAC chip as the Logitec Transporter and is even better implemented. It accepts a coax input or firewire. It also has a top notch ADC built into it with a single analog input. It can support 2 pairs of speakers or a pair of speakers and a sub utilizing its own internal active crossover. It does 24/96 conversion both ways.

All of this for $499 at your nearest guitar center-which includes a very high quality calibration mic too. It is an absolute hidden gem (in the audiophile world) and one of the best deals out there. It sounds exceptionally good with room correction bypassed and with it enabled it is down right awesome in my room. We are not talking small differences here- major, major, major.

When you take all the audiophile faceplates and jewelry out of the package it is amazing what $500 can get you.
Bob- the MCS1 looks very similiar to the Ergo but I am not familiar with their room correction software. The thing about the Ergo and it's Lyngdorf system is that TacT and a few other well known "audiophile" brands have adopted it already and there is a lot to be read.

The only thing I could see being an issue with the Ergo is the fact that firewire is required for setup. You don't need it after you calibrate but there is no way around it initially. I use a MAC mini and prefer firewire as the dac interface so this isn't a problem for me but firewire does seem to be getting a little less commmon these days.

-Rob