Hello Everyone, I'm in the verge of integrating Dirac Live to my DMP-A8 with the use of the MiniDSP Flex (Digital or Balanced version) Something came into mind with the MiniDSP Flex Digital version. I was wondering if I can route the DMP-A8 USB Audio output to MiniDSP and then use the MiniDSP digital output back to Eversolo digital input (to preserve the use of Eversolo internal DAC). I also want to prevent the use of an Analog to Digital converter if possible (Flex XLR Inputs on the Balanced Version). An example: DMP-A8 Audio USB OUT-> MiniDSP Flex USB IN -> "Dirac Process the audio in the MiniDSP" -> MiniDSP Flex USB OUT -> DMP-A8 USB IN -> XLR/RCA Out. Thank you!
I have been researching this EXACT thing myself for the last couple of days. your post was from september and what i have been reading requires the latest firmware update from just a few days ago. Were you able to figure this out. did you order the mini dsp unit?
It can’t compete with Dirac in any way. It only allows ridiculously short filters that don’t correct below 80hz and it can’t correct in the time domain which Dirac can. The latter helps tremendously. Also Eversolos room correction for auto correction is poor in execution and results. Doing it manually via a better app such as rew or Housecurve gets much better results.
The Eversolo DSP I mentioned includes several options (sorted from the worst to the best option): a) using the internal tool for measuring and creating fir files, b) using the REW application for measuring and creating fir files and c) using the REW application for measuring and manually entering the measured results (corrections) into the A8 PEQ. I used the option c for a while. The measurement curves in REW flattened out quite a bit, but the sound was not much better. That's why I don't use DSP now and I've preferred to acoustically correct the room with absorbers and diffusers. The results are much better. Well, I don't have any experience with Dirac.
Very easy to over correct using DSP. Use it only in lower region upto 250hz to correct for bass issues. Leave the rest alone or you’ll change the sound of your speakers. Only apply reductions and not gains especially in the bass area, trying to boost a null will run the rick of putting too much strain on amps/speakers and likey cause clipping. Don’t correct for a flat response speakers are not flat and never have been. Use Harman or BK curves to align to. Don’t use Eversolos Room correction and I would only use PeQ on the Eversolo as fir doesn’t cut it enough their chip and software doesn’t have the grunt to handle proper bass correction.
