20-May-2015, 08:03
Im not at all convinced by SAM.. I have heard it on quite a few speakers .. once you start turning volume up and go low in the bass , you can HEAR the SAM limiting the speakers ... On bigger speakers I have heard it on , the bass is overwhelming and is not that good (despite the room) on smaller speakers , when it reaches beyond the speakers woofer freq limits , you can hear the clucking of the excursion limiting.
I ran test tones thru my pals vivid Audio G3 speakers when helping him set up .. normally 27hz , SAM extends it to 14hz.. 20-40hz tones at not that high a level , the bad effects of sAM were majorly audible. We tested at various %'s of SAM , whether it was 15% or 100% , same thing... The speakers sounded a lot better without SAM.. the one thing SAM did do was throw a wider soundstage and this was more of a reason to use it than the bass extension..
SAM seems to work well on small speakers at lower levels.
At any rate , I use DIRAC on my system and whatever SAM does sonically wise , DIRAC does it way better with a lot more control..and it takes the room into account..
As to Ver8 .. well on my D premier .. it seems to make no difference sound wise..I gain very little features wise..
I didnt try a new config using the new "le confugurator" on Ver 7.1.1.. so not sure if this indeed backward compatible.
I ran test tones thru my pals vivid Audio G3 speakers when helping him set up .. normally 27hz , SAM extends it to 14hz.. 20-40hz tones at not that high a level , the bad effects of sAM were majorly audible. We tested at various %'s of SAM , whether it was 15% or 100% , same thing... The speakers sounded a lot better without SAM.. the one thing SAM did do was throw a wider soundstage and this was more of a reason to use it than the bass extension..
SAM seems to work well on small speakers at lower levels.
At any rate , I use DIRAC on my system and whatever SAM does sonically wise , DIRAC does it way better with a lot more control..and it takes the room into account..
As to Ver8 .. well on my D premier .. it seems to make no difference sound wise..I gain very little features wise..
I didnt try a new config using the new "le confugurator" on Ver 7.1.1.. so not sure if this indeed backward compatible.
Roon/tidal > Squeezebox touch > Trinnov St2 or DIRAC (minidsp ddrc-22d) > Dual mono D premiers > Vivid Audio Giya G1 Spirits ...fully treated dedicated 6x8m room