Can Room Correction Be Added to an Existing DAC?
If you want a top of the line solution you can check out Bacch SP. They have a version with built-in dac and one without. The most expensive version also has head tracking! https://www.theoretica.us/bacch-sp.html |
My dealer is experienced with Anthem and set up the 2 AVRs in my house. I’ll query him about Dirac vs the Paradigm . I am also wondering that I should go this route, should I add a sub to the two channel system, because the biggest improvements that I hear with ARC are bass oriented. OTOH, my speakers are B &W 803D, and they are pretty full range |
The MiniDSP SHD Studio is a much more modern component, with much better quality internals than other MiniDSP products. I would say say hardware wise the Paradigm PW Link is in a similar class as the MiniDSP 2x4HD. The SHD Studio is in a different league altogether. Dirac and ARC are generally considered to be similarly good, with many people giving a slight nod to Dirac. I believe Dirac is much more flexible, allowing you to tweak the target curve to suit your needs exactly. minuDSP does include Bass management upto 2 subs which is very flexible, but the Bass management part has a steep learning curve. The benefit of a sub with good speakers is not so much better/deeper bass output, but more of flexible positioning to reduce room modes. I would recommend getting a UMIK-1 mic and downloading REW (a free audio analysis software) to measure your frequency response first, before deciding if a sub is needed. Most people/rooms benefit from multiple bass sources, so room modes cancel each other. However, In my case my speakers when measured individually are quite flat, However when I measure the combined L+R response with a mono signal, I have all kinds of peaks and nulls in the bass region. Adding a sing sub, introduced some crossover anomaly but restored a flat bass response. With a little tweaking of the crossover, my overall combined response is now fairly flat. |
