Dirac and room correction software

[Ron McKernan]

Best is to use your Devialet to control volume
Once set , the attenuation in any slot is what you set it as
You can try -3db if you want , that assumes that DIRAC does not do more than a 3db boost.. however it might be doing 6db boost and can go into digital clipping .. so a -6db seems to be the safest option
Fiddle with the bass bump , at default curve I find the bass a little light .. most rooms will boost bass 3db per octave under 100hz.. the default curve is a little shy of this.

First of all: Thanks to all contributors to this thread for sharing your experiences and thoughts on Dirac! That encouraged me to test Dirac and actually I got rid of my nasty (very nasty!) standing waves! What a relief! The overall bass performance has improved significantly. As to now I restrict Dirac to frequencies below 200Hz, since I need some (i.e. a lot of) time for further listening - measuring - adjusting. Which seems to be quite a challenge given the fact that everything is affecting everything: Dirac <-> % of SAM <-> speaker positions <-> all other tweaks.

What I do not understand, however, is how to limit the attenuation. I do not find this feature in Dirac nor in the Devialet configurator. Do I understand something completely wrong? On the other hand: What does it mean to SQ if I listen to some music at +5db (which was the maximum so far, my listening room is in the basement)?