Room correction - what device works best?


Looking at room correction and all the threads I found seem old. What are the current options for excellent 2 channel sound. Comments on DSpeaker, Lyndorf, DEQX, Audessy, Rives and others welcome. I have option for using in digital domain or putting between pre and amps. Would of course prefer great sound at lower price. Also prefer something that does not take a year of obsessive fiddling to get right. Have a very large family room, so room treatment options limited. Current system is Ayon Cd5s (transport, DAC and pre combined), Nuforce Ref 20 mono amps and Von Schweikert VR55 speakers. Is most of the bang for buck in correcting for room modes or is speaker phase issues also necessary? Eventually in may have subs but not now.
Thnaks
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Re: mono subs, I can't help but wonder if a mono sub when being fed summed stereo input might actually find itself competing with channel signals and actually subtracting information in the process. IME, stereo subs have always sounded better than a mono sub when fed stereo signals. But I suppose their could be an exception to my experience that works differently?
Al, I agree that the advantages the DEQX bring to the table might (probably) outweigh the down sampling issue, but in that sub $100 DVD players can decode (yes I realize that's all) the native higher sampling rates, it is still somewhat disconcerting that an item that can cost close to $5,000 can't do it all in the native higher sampling rates.
I still wish there were more amps (preferably mono) that could accept direct digital input from devices like the DEQX.
Al, as usual your points are well taken. The thing is, as I understand it, the <$500 stereo software (sans hardware!) from DIRAC can handle the hi rez stuff.
It appears as though unlike DEQX, DIRAC does not offer cross-over features.