Dirac live bass management module software#
Did you have prior experience with other DSP EQ software previously?ĭallasjustice has tried them all, and he was happy with Dirac for awhile sonically. Perhaps Acourate has been improved in ease of learning since the online reviews and opinions I read.
But, I do not have a lip synch issue on video material with JRiver. I will be interested to try Dirac's plugin for JRiver at some point.
I do not think he would have succeeded, certainly not nearly as quickly, with most other tools available.Īlso, connection from JRiver to the Dirac Audio Processor to the DAC (or HT processor) has not been a significant issue for me or for my friend. A 75-year old friend, who is a compulsive tweaker, has mastered Dirac fairly quickly and completely. I have not found it necessary or desirable to tweak or adjust Dirac's target curve, although I have experimented with that. And, the mike you need to buy for it is perfectly compatible with other tools. I also think it is really pretty good just on a plug and play basis, and it might be a good tool from which to learn the basics of room EQ - a stepping stone, if you will.
Dirac live bass management module plus#
I have avoided Acourate myself because it appeared to require a much longer learning curve plus I am quite happy with the results provided by Dirac Live. Acourate might indeed offer greater control and precision, however, as you have found. JRiver's convolution engine in itself might not be that complex, but the tools necessary to generate the filters for use with it are more complex, such as Acourate, as you agreed. Flip back through his reviews and you will find his opinions on it: Kal Rubinson in Stereophile quite agrees, and he uses Dirac with JRiver, as do I, with considerable satisfaction. Dirac Live is reasonably comprehensive, and it is one of the easiest room correction tools to learn and use.
I do recommend Dirac Live software in conjunction with JRiver. You could easily get carried away and spin your wheels in pursuit of idealized degrees of perfection, which might not be obtainable, while missing some practical, achievable alternatives. So, I do not recommend that approach unless you want to spend a whole lot of time going down that rabbit hole. Using the JRiver convolution engine gets quite complex. They do have a built-in multiband graphic equalizer, but that is kid stuff, not really useful at all for room correction. What JRiver calls Room Correction is basically bass management for a subwoofer and speaker distance correction, both primarily for Mch systems. I pretty much agree with dallasjustice up to a point.