Hello, the title probably captures my question pretty well. Context: my room is acoustically difficult, with hard stone walls, hard wood floor, and irregular shape, plus a half stone wall about 4 feet high in the middle of the room. There is also a grand piano a few feet from one of the speakers. I do not have flexibility in the position of the speakers, since I am not interested in a divorce . Using DIRAC on the 658 definitely improved the booming bass from the rear-firing Dali that sits about 2 feet from the stone wall.
I am looking for tighter (not necessarily louder) bass and better mid-range quality. I have no experience with subs in high end systems but my understanding is that by lifting some of the burden from the amp and the speakers' woofers a sub can help provide a cleaner sound at frequencies higher than those covered by the sub itself.
My questions:
1. Is that assumption true?
2. SInce I have DIRAC, would there be an advantage in having a sub with integrated DSP, or would that be an overkill?
3. Any recommendations for specific products? Budget is about $1,000 and I live in the USA.
4. Anything else I should know? If you think this is a dumb idea feel free to say so.
THANKS!!
I am looking for tighter (not necessarily louder) bass and better mid-range quality. I have no experience with subs in high end systems but my understanding is that by lifting some of the burden from the amp and the speakers' woofers a sub can help provide a cleaner sound at frequencies higher than those covered by the sub itself.
My questions:
1. Is that assumption true?
2. SInce I have DIRAC, would there be an advantage in having a sub with integrated DSP, or would that be an overkill?
3. Any recommendations for specific products? Budget is about $1,000 and I live in the USA.
4. Anything else I should know? If you think this is a dumb idea feel free to say so.
THANKS!!