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EDIT: I've changed the thread title to save me starting a new thread. I figured anyone with future questions could post in here too.
I've been playing around with Dirac for a week or so and haven't really made much progress. So I decided to try and adjust a target curve to sound pretty similar to how it sounds with EQ off and then adapt from there but have struggled to do so.
So as an experiment I decided to close the Dirac curtains as much as was possible leaving a gap from about 5k upwards. Now please correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression this would mean Dirac would only work it's magic on that small high frequency area and leave everything else untouched. So I was expecting to hear no real difference to the overall sound. I also assumed it wouldn't matter how badly I had taken quick room measurements as it shouldn't be changing much of it anyway.
So why the hell with it loaded as it is (see pic) does it sound completely different with, amongst other things, very obviously more bass when switched off. Have I misunderstood how these curtains work or does Dirac do things other than try and match a target curve, that we have no control over? I'm really hoping someone can suggest an obvious mistake I may have made but despite checking everything I can think of, I can't figure out what's going on.
Second image is zoom in of only area Dirac is supposed to have targeted, assuming I have understood how the curtains work.
Please help!
I've been playing around with Dirac for a week or so and haven't really made much progress. So I decided to try and adjust a target curve to sound pretty similar to how it sounds with EQ off and then adapt from there but have struggled to do so.
So as an experiment I decided to close the Dirac curtains as much as was possible leaving a gap from about 5k upwards. Now please correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression this would mean Dirac would only work it's magic on that small high frequency area and leave everything else untouched. So I was expecting to hear no real difference to the overall sound. I also assumed it wouldn't matter how badly I had taken quick room measurements as it shouldn't be changing much of it anyway.
So why the hell with it loaded as it is (see pic) does it sound completely different with, amongst other things, very obviously more bass when switched off. Have I misunderstood how these curtains work or does Dirac do things other than try and match a target curve, that we have no control over? I'm really hoping someone can suggest an obvious mistake I may have made but despite checking everything I can think of, I can't figure out what's going on.
Second image is zoom in of only area Dirac is supposed to have targeted, assuming I have understood how the curtains work.
Please help!
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