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Acoustics and tweaks
For reasonable results, the listening space needs acoustic treatment, supported with good EQ of the signal. For the audiophile in a hurry, Dirac Live and Trinnov seem like good choices.
TODO: check out the “equalizer filters as a service” offerings:
Applying Room EQ in the Digital Domain
- Dirac Live VST plug-in ~320€
Reaper can be used as the DAW to host the plugin for the measurements and Foobar2000 for playback.
You need a decent measurement mic to get the best results, e.g. MiniDSP UMIK-1.
For UPnP devices (like Linn DS) the signal chain is a bit more complicated:
- Roon Labs → emulated Logitech Media Server (LMS) (see below)
- Foobar2000 UPnP media renderer output (plug-in)
- Foobar2000 VST adapter (plug-in) - running Dirac Live
- Foobar2000 UPnP media renderer streaming to UPnP capable DAC (Linn DS, in my case)
Acoustic Treatment in the Living Room
Found acoustic panels with excellent WAF from Innofusor:
These can be further augmented with generic panels from BluetoneAcoustics. These are small enough to be hidden under the sofa when not needed.
Sound
Soundcloud related:
Music discovery
- https://play.spotify.com/user/wayspurrchen/playlist/5b5SO6icfmUb9J1m0aFhpn
- also search “writhem” in Spotify
Download youtube audio & video: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
Link dump
- http://juicehifi.com/ (Audiolense)
- https://www.signalyst.com/ (HQPlayer)
