Definitely a job for a computer and not the listener. The old stuff sounds great but from the 80s on I'm constantly adjusting the balance between Dirac's digital attenuation and my preamp gain (on a track by track basis) to strike the best balance that maximize dynamics and minimizes clipping. In any case I've been using it for almost 3 full years and for the most part it alienated me from recordings that lacked headroom. I abused that contact until he stopped responding :) There's a who used to handle tickets and entertain my inquiries (in a small company way). I actually still hold the Lamm but that's more related to my affection - I know it will not make it back into the system.įor those interested in learning about Acourate, these are what inspired me: But I ended up trading my Lamm pre and purist 2-channel DAC and USB-to-SPDIF converter for a Lynx Hilo working as 6-channel DAC and using the digital volume control from JRiver. Two years ago I was worried about digital processing. This is OK initially.but it now has become an issue for me as the internal clock differs from the DAC internal clock and that becomes an issue when you want to time-align drivers accurately. Please note USB mics, and outboard USB soundcards like mine, have a ADC built in. The less you need to correct digitally, the better.īefore adopting Acourate I was using REW, with a measurement mic and outboard soundcard. It is simpler because you have less freedom to customize to various system settings. In comparison, Dirac is not as powerful, it's a lot more expensive if you want to go multi-way, but it's a lot simpler to implement. There is no going back, though :-)īefore jumping into Acourate I compared it to Dirac. So now I have a 3-way active system with tweeter and midrange being in one channel and keeping the passive xo. Eventually implemented active crossovers (within Acourate) between subwoofers and the 3-way speakers, then added a pair of monoblocks and added another active crossover on the woofers of the 3-way speaker. Initially I only used it for room correction.

Dirac live vs rew