kbarnes70
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I had a shock when I worked out the traps required to "fix" my 31.3Hz room node! Fortunately I can use 1/4 & 3/4 room length sub locations so that's fixed.
Yes, this is the first thing anyone should do wherever possible: fix the room/speaker interface by getting the room dimensions right and the speaker/subs position right wrt to MLP and each other.
I do have a minidsp 2x4HD and have often wondered about getting the Dirac update for it to see how Dirac sounds in my room without spending too much. I could easily pass the centre channel though it or Left and Right, which are the worst channels in the room and bass manage from those channels.
I highly recommend Dirac Live. IMO it is without question the most effective of the (affordable) room EQ solutions.
I'm working my way up to a HTP-1, seems like the only fully functional Dirac with DBLC and minimal bugginess, when funds allow. I can get trade prices on Nad and Arcam but having followed their forums I think I'll be avoiding them.
People whose opinions I respect are very enthusiastic about the HTP-1. If I was going to (forced to) change my hardware, that is the unit I'd want.
The main thing for me is if a movie scene is shot in a sound dampened padded cell I'd like it to sound like I'm in that sound dampened padded cell! Some of my extended family seem to think a padded cell is an appropriate place for me to spend my leisure time so there's that too.
Haha. But yes, when the action is in a padded cell, you want to be in a padded cell. When it is in an aircraft hangar or a swimming pool, that is where you want to be, and when it is in a desert, likewise. For me, this is one of the joys of m/ch movie sound when well-mixed and well-reproduced.
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