(24-Nov-2016, 09:12)baconbrain Wrote: I had also propagated the merits of SAM after purchasing my 250. To me, it just sounded better.
After investing in additional DRC equipment and listening to the significant change in results, I also began to question the value of SAM again. If SAM is truely doing everything that it is marketed to do, why the significant difference in SQ after additional DRC?
For me, it ultimately links back to the acoustics of the listening room. I am quite sure that the room Devialet used when setting up SAM for my speakers was no where close to my living room ...
I don't have the link on hand but Devialet showed in a vid how they meassure a speaker with SAM. The mic is very close to the speaker and it only meassures the direct sound coming from the speaker. Reflections of the room won't get meassured as they say.
Conclusion for me is that SAM does only compensate for the speaker parameters not the room parameters. That's why you achieve further improvements with DRC.
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