Hi Bacon,
I've never considered the exact setup your propose but have very deliberately chosen the AM2.0 in it's current setup. It's in the chain for the low frequencies (correcting 0-80Hz) only, so between the Devialet and sub. This way it can't do 'harm' in a less is more way.
Also my room is acoustically treated (there's about 35m2 of Rockfon Sonar D acoustical tiles on the ceiling with extra glass wool absorption between the ceiling and it, a heavy and thick wool carpet and a RPG Modex bass trap) after consulting with a home accoustics expert who measured, modeled and wrote a plan how to treat the room.
Personally I'd always prefer acoustical treatment over DSP for mid and high freqs. But since I would need a lot more absorption material (bass traps) to tame the room nodes for sub bass frequencies below 60Hz and I didn't want that since it's a living room I resorted to DSP for these frequencies only. I'm very happy with this setup and couldn't stress enough how important good acoustics are for great sound reproduction.
Do realize if you'd choose this setup that the AM2.0 has Toslink only and is restricted to 96/24 input and only 48/24 output.
I've never considered the exact setup your propose but have very deliberately chosen the AM2.0 in it's current setup. It's in the chain for the low frequencies (correcting 0-80Hz) only, so between the Devialet and sub. This way it can't do 'harm' in a less is more way.
Also my room is acoustically treated (there's about 35m2 of Rockfon Sonar D acoustical tiles on the ceiling with extra glass wool absorption between the ceiling and it, a heavy and thick wool carpet and a RPG Modex bass trap) after consulting with a home accoustics expert who measured, modeled and wrote a plan how to treat the room.
Personally I'd always prefer acoustical treatment over DSP for mid and high freqs. But since I would need a lot more absorption material (bass traps) to tame the room nodes for sub bass frequencies below 60Hz and I didn't want that since it's a living room I resorted to DSP for these frequencies only. I'm very happy with this setup and couldn't stress enough how important good acoustics are for great sound reproduction.
Do realize if you'd choose this setup that the AM2.0 has Toslink only and is restricted to 96/24 input and only 48/24 output.
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