Schiit Mini loko+

Exactly right ! You do not want anything in the signal path that you do not need....

HOWEVER: I can hear and measure that the use of the DSP engine in my JRiver software improves the frequency response of the speakers in question.

BUT: The DSP engine is unavailable for the analog signal of my turntable. So the Loki could possibly solve the issue for my analog rig.

QUESTION: At what price ??

Hi everybody and thanks for the suggestions.

I feel guity to have withheld salient information. The problem to cure is a +6dB increase in the frequency response  between 1200 and 6300Hz as estimated from using the Stereophile Test Record 3 and a Radio Shack SPL meter (on a highly reviewed speaker). As said above, the DSPengine of the JRiver software takes care of the problem - my guess was that the Loki could work as well, given its particular characteristics. My bias is that a 6dB difference (equal to 4 times the acoustic energy) over such a broad frequency range is beyond any room treatment or similar. This apart from the fact that other speakers such as the Piega Coax 10.2 or the Gallo Ref 3.5 sound and measure perfectly ok in the same room.

The question really is, whether anybody with a decent analog rig has personal experience with the Loki+ and an idea about whether switching it in has any audible consequences apart from those the Loki is designed to perform. .

At the price of the Loki+ I think it is a no-brainer; I just have to try it. After all a new Loki is of the order of 0.3% of the new value of my living room rig.... 

Thanks to all for a lively thread and some good advice. @lowrider57 ​​​​@musicmann1 in particular for sharing their (g)ear-on experience.

It is not hard to guess that I will receive a mini loko+ shortly and thus have the possibility to judge myself whether it improves or degrades my system. 

The issue that remains to be seen is whether the combination of high quality broadbanders with two DSPcontrolled subwoofers has advantages over more classical (passive) loudspeaker designs with multiple drivers.

@rauliruegas The initial reason to check the frequency response of the speakers in question at my seating position was because its sound was somewhat agressive - particularly noticeable with massed strings as compared to my trusted Gallo ref 3.5.  By using the DSPengine on my JRiver I could "rectify" this issue - but of course not for my analog inputs (hence the loki). I did measure the frequency response in various places (also 1m in front of one speaker - driven mono) and found the broad 6dB treble hump (with some variations) everywhere. 

As indicated in my previous post - I hear advantages of using a coherent sound source >200Hz combined with DSP controlled subwoofers <100Hz. But this may just be my personal bias.

Experimenting with the Gallo subamp I could get a reasonaby flat  frequency response 200 to 25Hz (< +/- 2dB) partly by using different phase shifts on the Gallo subwoofers. 

I hope to join the Loki+ community shortly - trusting my subjective judgement augmented by unsophisticated measurements.