Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2022-02-14 Thread BoxOfCables
SeanMiddleton wrote: > My question is this - can SOX be installed onto PiCore without the need > to install LMS ? In my case my LMS resides on my NAS and I just use > PiCore only as my player. I want to be able to have my PiCore player > apply the SOX filters to whatever track is being streamed

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Any experiences with Dirac Live Room Correction / NAD C 658

2021-12-01 Thread BoxOfCables
Room EQ Wizard and SoX are also a good option, you need a calibrated mic (like a miniDSP mic) but no other hardware. BoxOfCables's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72091 View this thread: http://for

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction with the HiFiBerry DSP card

2021-11-04 Thread BoxOfCables
I meant to update that thread too... It turns out there is a quirk with that rule, if you seek to a point in a track it doesn't apply. I've found it quite a useful way of A/B testing the EQ settings - play a song (the filters are applied), then use the time control to scrub back to near the begi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-17 Thread BoxOfCables
cliveb wrote: > Anyway, all is now well without the DSP card installed and I'm a happy > bunny. Awesome :) Glad it all worked for you. I wish I had known about SoX before I wasted £70 and who knows how many hours on that HiFiBerry DSP! On the plus side though it did introduce me to REW which mak

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-16 Thread BoxOfCables
cliveb wrote: > got this error message when attempting to upload it: Sorry I don't know why that would be - I've tested here (using Notepad) and I can upload a "something.txt" or "something.conf" file and it works fine, even with [CR][LF] line endings. I even tried a few odd tabs / whitespaces

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-15 Thread BoxOfCables
In case anyone was trying the above, I've now edited it as the command for turning off one channel was wrong. I've also done some more tweaking and found limiting the flac compression level to zero helps a lot with the initial delay, it's now pretty much imperceptable. Here's the conf: Code: -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-14 Thread BoxOfCables
cliveb wrote: > Excellent - many thanks. That all looks very straighforward, and I > already have the REW filter settings. > > It will interesting to see if the filters used by SOX produce bass > artefacts like those on the HiFiBerry DSP card. > If they don't, the DSP card will be going on eBay

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-14 Thread BoxOfCables
cliveb wrote: > Do you have any links to guidance for doing this? > I'd always assumed that my Pi3 LMS server wouldn't have the necessary > grunt to run DRC filters, but now you've reassured me I'd like to give > it a try. You need to create a text file (you can use Notepad etc.) containing the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Room Correction and Bass Artefacts

2021-09-12 Thread BoxOfCables
cliveb wrote: > I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in danger of getting trapped in a cycle > of fiddling around trying to find the best compromise. Having to keep > swapping between HiFiBerryOS to set up the filters and piCorePlayer to > properly audition the results is a pain in the rear. Just list