When to Use Digital Room Correction (and When Not To) - Acoustic Frontiers

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WHEN TO USE DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON ( AND WHEN NOT TO! )

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DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON Many t i mes I am f r ust r at ed by how peopl e expect r oom cor r ect i on devi ces t o sol ve al l t he acoust i c i l l s of t hei r r oom. Li st eni ng r oom desi gn devi ces ARE excel l ent at some t hi ngs, par t i cul ar l y r emovi ng t he negat i ve i nf l uence of r oom modes, but cannot sol ve many acoust i cal i ssues. They shoul d be t hought about as a compl ement t o appr opr i at e acoust i c t r eat ment of f i r st r ef l ect i on poi nt s.


WHEN TO USE DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON The pr oc es s f or opt i mi z i ng a s yst em shoul d be: 1. Measur e sy st em ( equi pment , 2. Des i gn acoust i c t r eat ment

s peaker s + r oom) sc heme t o r esol ve i ssues ( ear l y

r ef l ect i ons, modal r esonances, et c. ) 3. Set up t he sys t em ( speak er posi t i oni ng, 4. Use r oom c or r ec t i on as a l as t

bel ow 100Hz or so

l i st eni ng s eat posi t i oni ng) .

r es or t f or modal r es onanc e i ss ues


WHEN TO USE DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON Once you’ ve done t hi s t hen you can st ar t t o

5.

Fi x speaker i ssues such as gr oup del ay, phase

cor r ect i on usi ng somet hi ng l i ke a DEQX pr ocessor . 6.

Tune ever yt hi ng el se, i ncl udi ng power suppl y,

equi pment suppor t , cabl i ng et c.


WHEN TO USE DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON But nor mal l y i t i s: a) Buy expensi ve equi pment b) Pl ace speaker s wher e t hey l ook good wi t h no or l i t t l e

t hought or knowl edge as t o best pl acement c) Spend a l ot of t i me wor r yi ng about cabl es and l i t t l e

t hi ngs t hat make smal l di f f er ences


WHEN TO USE DI GI TAL ROOM CORRECTI ON d)

i gnor e t he r oom because you

don’ t under st and t he i mpor t ance of i t e)

t hi nk t hat some magi c r oom

cor r ect i on bl ack box can make up f or b) and an unt r eat ed r oom


Acoust i c f r ont i er s speci al i zes i n t he desi gn and cr eat i on of hi gh per f or mance home t heat er s and l i st eni ng r ooms f or audi o / vi deo ent husi ast s. Acoust i c Fr ont i er s of f er s hi gh end audi o desi gn ser vi ces. Our audi o r oom desi gn pr oj ect i s t ai l or ed t o each of our cust omer ’ s uni que l i st eni ng needs. We al so of f er pr of essi onal l i st eni ng r oom set up.

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