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I haven't tried Wiim's room correction, but I have found the usual RC to be a bit too aggressive, and I usually have to manually back off corrections partly..
> > "I haven't tried Wiim's room correction, but I have found the usual RC to be a bit too aggressive, and I usually have to manually back off corrections partly."
One of the nice things about the Ultra's RC is that you can easily name and save various curves and quickly select between them. For example, I have a set of curtains for a sliding glass door that's behind my speakers (i.e., the "front wall"). I've done both a "curtains open" curve and a "curtains closed" one. I also have a "sibilance" curve for those recordings where the singer has swallowed the microphone -- have never enjoyed examining someone's tonsils.
And, I also don't hesitate to tweak the curve I get from the room sweep. Will usually run several sweeps from slightly different positions and then manually do an "average" that typically backs off from the more aggressive corrections. That gives me a great sounding room EQ that is enjoyable no matter where you are in the room. (I also don't like being frozen in one spot with my head in a vise to get good sound.)
I agree the RC function on the Ultra is good. Right out of the box the sound was flat. applied the RC and wow sounds great just like the sound from my CD to DAC. I run the Ultra via my HMDT DAC.
I've been using Wiim's room correction on my Ultra for some time now, and also on my Pro Plus in a second system. It makes a great improvement and is easy to set up. I did buy an external calibration microphone (Dayton iMM-6C) to use instead of the built-in microphone on my phone and found it improved the results. Have to say I've been very impressed with Wiim's constant stream of software improvements to their units I've bought.
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