Due to WAF and because my audio room is also our living room, speaker placement is very constrained. They are symmetrically placed with respect to the TV and stereo cabinet by about 8-9 feet apart, but the distance from rear of the speakers to the wall behind is 12 inches only. To compensate, digital room correction (DRC) is necessary and I've worked with Mitch at https://accuratesound.ca/ to build a DRC convolution filter to compensate (note that I am not in any way affiliated with Mitch or his business except as a very satisfied customer). The filter is loaded into Roon (my EVO432 streamer is a Roon core) and so all streaming music is modified by it. Music now sounds INCREDIBLE - stable, centered images; balanced across the entire frequency range; and 3-dimensional (extends wide beyond the L-R speaker boundaries, and extends deep between the speakers). DRC is highly recommended.
A note that I use Dirac DRC for the TV sound, implemented through a separate hardware box. The Dirac implementation is perfectly good for TV/movie watching, but IMHO is not sufficiently powerful or precise for dedicated stereo music listening, which is why I used Mitch's help as described above. One example of Dirac's limitations is that it cannot correct for phase misalignment in the bass region which is present in any asymmetrical room and/or speaker placement. But, Mitch's approach does correct for this while still avoiding any "pre-ringing".
What a great looking space. Love the overall style and the way those windows brighten up the room. Unsure if that’s the same BDI credenza I’ve been eyeing, but it really ties everything together.
