Hey guys. Got my system setup. Vintage Klipsch heresy towers. Yamaha s301. Project carbon TT. Ortofon blue. Ifi audio zen pre amp. Tidal from PC to DAC in Yamaha via optical. Yamaha EQ. Room treatment. Optimal speaker placement. Sounds fantastic. However this room is literally 8x10. The Heresy’s are midfield and wow they sound good even in a small room.
Situation: I bought a mini dsp umik mic. Figured I would use Dirac next. Trouble is I need the hardware unit… minidsp flex or 2x4 seems the cheapest option. So another 300 and then the Dirac license! Add it all up and ya it’s not cheap.
Facts: I listen to vinyl 90% of the time. So to use Dirac, which is digital, to provide REW when I stream so rarely, does this make sense. Now I can output the TT analog signal via rca from the phono preamp into the miniDSP analog inputs on the unit. Then from there it will convert from analog to digital (haha) and back to analog again to the amplifier.
Question: is it really worth dsp processing REW to get better room correction, the cost, in such a small treated room, when it already sounds amazing and I’m a vinyl guy?
Tough call. Need opinions.
REW is an application, used to measure your audio. It can also generate EQ filters based on your results and chosen house curve. It doesn’t apply EQ in itself. You need a DSP to use the EQ filters.
As you have the mic, download REW and start measuring your room. You’ll then see how good or bad your results are. If you just have some low frequency room modes, then you probably only need a few EQ filters to fix. The basic Minidsp 2x4HD without Dirac would suffice.
If you need correcting full range, I do recommend Dirac do either get the DDRC-24 or Flex with Dirac licence.
Agreed REW is enough. Get the 2x4 HD so you have FIR filtering. It probably made the most improvement in imaging and soundstage for me.