Post Calibration Tweaks (After DIRAC)

i can't even imagine my Audioholic life without Antony 😂 this Man is a Drug !

@audioholics are there any favorite target curve files you can share for post Dirac measurements?

I bought Lyngdorf 3400. I pressed the buttom maybe 10 times. The it was done. I had to check if all the fuz about RoomPerfect was true so I ordered a microphone and checked. Now im confused over the results because its compared to what I see other get. And if I have it in "bypass" its insane difference. No isolater. Wood house. Old window. Worst enviroment but amazing resaults.

What do you recommend for a 4-channel mic multiplexer? Does it work with Dirac Live? I'd like to make it simpler to measure a bunch of locations at once.

Which test discs should I get that have LFE testing?

Hello,
Great info here, thanks for all! I have a question: I have a 2x4hd mini dsp used only for 2 subwoofers in a Marantz avr; does it worth upgrade minidsp to dirac live?
Thank you!

Superb!
Thank you for taking the time.

Very interesting to see Anthony recommends using the psychoacoustic smoothing. I've always wondered if it was realistic

oil, cooking, fish, wood, what else? what analogy else bro?, trying to understand how to tune my home theater you know

Whatever happened to the follow up video? Perhaps I overlooked it?

Thanks

How do I know if I have to move "the curtain " or not?

Thanks! Super helpful!

This is too technical. I wish someone would do the dirac calibration and then go in and show what adjustments to make depending on different results.

Has the follow up video to this been done? Interested in the tweaks to DIRAC

i think maybe we get a little too wrapped up in achieving a perfect sound for HT. there is certainly bad sound, objectively bad sound. good sound? pretty easy to get. but great sound, we might be chasing the dragon a bit. i mention this only because I still go to the movies all the time and i cant imagine they are spending as much time as we all do messing with the sound in each theatre. maybe im wrong about that. i guess my point is chasing HT nirvana just seems like not alot of juice for a tremendous amount of squeeze (ie time, money, effort).

Where is part 2?

So if I get this right, you would recommend creating a PEQ curve (SVS app) and Phase dial your sub before you run Dirac?

One thought. You're still limited to the speakers in room frequency response. You can't raise dips too much with room correction or PEQ because you end up overdriving the speaker and/or amps. I try to not raise dips more than say +3dB. So after applying a target curve I still need to edit and follow the speaker's frequency response. End result may not be “Target Curve” perfect in the end for using pink noise and headphones as reference. But the speakers are what I got.

Am I thinking right here? Mostly using Dirac Live.

Great webinar as always! Cheers.

Thx, after using dirac live, my LFE all but disappeared. I'm trying to figure out to bring it back a bit. It did do a great job to make the system sound better as a whole; just want a tad more punch.

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Goldenear triton 2Plus

I think that one of the key is listening to material that you know very very well.
In terms of costumer, I´d maybe watch different [scene(s)[ material they know very well, for example some chapters for like bass, some for surround, immersion will be amazing if all fits together.
What is also very underrated is calibration of the picture, what many people forget or don´t think about :/

Should you use the same target curve for all speakers including subwoofers and atmos?

interesting, even professional's have this thing about the speakers channels level post calibration.... i mean u trust the auto setup calibration Dirac/Audy. etc. to perform a full EQ on the speakers FRQ. where it may cut/boost 12db +/- in some case even more, but u don't trust it to perform something as simple as channels level matching?...

I tried Anthony Grimani idea of using my ears to level balance my speakers after a YPAO calibration. Spent about 20 minutes sending white noise into every speaker trying to get them all to sound the same. Closed my eyes and just used remote to change levels without paying attention to values. In end the result was so much better than what the receiver room calibration gave me. Center channel had more clarity and depth and everything sounded like one huge room of equal sound. Only used it for movies so can't comment on music results.

Great presentation. I’ve used REW for a few years. What is a good solution for individual speaker test tone generation? Most AVRs use GEQ instead of PEQ for tones. Also, REW is limited to 5.1 leaving out height channels.

There was a question in chat about a 2.1 system by Nightjar asking how he can do bass management in his system. The response I would have for him is he needs something like a MiniDsp between his pre amps and amplifier. He could then change crossover point and eq and time align his system.

Gene , based on everything that was shared, and thank you and your guests btw, would it not be better if these calibrations were run using a binaural microphone, rather than an omnidirectional one? Also doesn't Trinnov use a three pronged microphone for this very reason? I don't know therefore I'm asking.

If it doesn't sound good, what do you do?

Rage increasing.