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RE: To DSP or not to DSP? Does DSP break the rules?

You'll win on one side and you'll lose on the other side.

People who realized what a single filter (integrated on DAC)
can do to the sound might be able to imagine what a usually
quite complex sets of DSP filters can do to the sound.

And it's not just the (chain of) filters that cause issues.
It's the quality of filters. DSP doesn't equal DSP!!!

The issues related to recordings for room correction is another issue.
The vast majority of room-correctors out there do poor room recordings
with mediocre microphones and make mediocre filters from it. And these mediocre filters they apply to an attenuated signal to avoid clipping.

And on top of it come the losses that are caused by realtime processing
on your computer platform.

To me all the DSP stuff, which includes sample-rate conversion, is a NoGo. I tried several times to go that route.
I also listened to several commercial room correction systems.

In the beginning they sound impressive. After a while I realized there's something wrong with it.

I rather prefer to be an audiophile frugalist. Less is usually more.

Enjoy your toys.


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