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Room correction in high-end system???

OK,lots of praise has been heaped on the Tact and Sigtech RCS systems, including in this months TAS. However, I believe my system is pretty high-end (at least by the "How much does your system retail for?" thread) and do not want to harm the already fine sonic charactersitics. I am generally of the mind that "less is more".

Things that concern me are:
- Putting an A/D and then D/A into my vinyl playback chain.
- Putting a lower quality D/A in place or in addition to my SF Processor 3.
- Replacing my beloved BAT VK-50SE pre with a one box DAC/ADC/RCS/PRE.

If my system were in the sub $40k retail range, I would be running to a room correction system, but am a little sceptical given my current investment. It might even be a little snobbishness. However, if I do like it better with RCS, I'd end up saving a bucket of dough.

Has anyone with a well set-up room and system tried one of these? I'd be expecially curious if Mr. Porter or some of the other vinyl fans have had one of these in their system.

Thanks,
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metaphysics OP
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Carl, thanks for the feedback. One more thing that I forgot to mention is that my Sonic Frontiers Transport 3 and Processor 3 work optimally when connected through the IS2E digital interface. I would have to give this up so would probably change to a Levinson digital front end or similar.

As for vinyl, I listen 50/50 vinyl/digital so half of my listening would be done without room correction. Unfortunately, I want it all and if RCS will do more harm than good to my analog front end, I'd prefer to spend the money on room treatments to improve the sound for both sources. The biggest question is:

Will RCS do more good than harm for a great vinyl front end?
metaphysics OP
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Audioguy123,What external ADC are you using? I had a Wadia 160 for a while, but sold it along with my Wadia 27ix.
metaphysics OP
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There are enough positive testimonials here that I am close to taking the plunge. I plan on keeping my current SF Transport 3 and Processor 3. However, I will be upgrading to 96/24 upsampling when the Processor 3 upgrade comes out next month. Does anyone know if this will be worth it with the Tact 2.0? Does the Tact or SigTech put out 96/24?
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