Tagged: room correction

Before you spend a cent on acoustic panels, find your actual first reflection points with a mirror and a torch. Here's the method, and why it beats guessing.

Modern streamers now carry crossover and room EQ duties that used to live in an AVR. Here's what that shift actually changes for your subwoofer.

Even reference loudspeakers can't out-engineer a bad room. Here's what serious acoustic treatment actually buys a statement system, and where the money should go first.

Splitting out what a DAC upgrade genuinely changes from what only acoustic treatment and correction software can fix, so you spend on the right layer first.

Room correction promises to fix your acoustics with DSP. Theo Mensah explains what the algorithms genuinely solve, where they fall short, and when treatment beats software.

DSP can fix room-driven bass problems no amount of placement tweaking will solve. Theo Mensah explains what the tools actually do and how to use them without making things worse.

Room modes cause boomy, uneven bass in almost every listening room. Jonno Fraser explains what they are, how to find them, and what actually fixes the problem.

Dirac Live, Audyssey MultEQ XT32 and Yamaha YPAO all promise to fix your room — but each works differently. Here's how to get the best from whichever system you have.

Dirac's 3.14.1 and 3.14.3 releases retire the old DLCT and expand ART support. Here's what changed, why it matters, and what AU buyers need to know.

miniDSP's Tide16 bundles Dirac Live Room Correction, Bass Control and ART in a standalone 16-channel processor. Marcus Vale unpacks what that means.

Dirac Live ART uses MIMO technology to let speakers work as a coordinated acoustic network, reducing low-frequency decay — and it's now in a $3,500 miniDSP unit. Here's what it means for AU buyers.