07-Jan-2017, 12:49
Been thinking along similar lines as I'm going to experiment with using a headless Mac Mini for streaming rather than using my "daily driver" MacBook Pro. I've only scratched the surface here but as far as I can glean from a quick bit of reading around it looks as though on a Mac the "right" format for a filter is an Audio Unit (AU) plug-in. It seems that Audirvana (for example) can process these directly. Unfortunately not so for Roon, if I read it right.
One thing that caught my eye is this: FabFilter Pro-Q 2. It's obviously designed for music production rather than room correction during playback, but might be worth a bit of experimenting with. Seems quite reasonably priced. OK, I'll own up: the 8-minute video had me hooked; it's great fun even if you have little or no interest in room correction!
I'll probably give Dirac another try first, though - closed format or not, it's much more appealing if I can run the DAP on a dedicated machine.
One thing that caught my eye is this: FabFilter Pro-Q 2. It's obviously designed for music production rather than room correction during playback, but might be worth a bit of experimenting with. Seems quite reasonably priced. OK, I'll own up: the 8-minute video had me hooked; it's great fun even if you have little or no interest in room correction!
I'll probably give Dirac another try first, though - closed format or not, it's much more appealing if I can run the DAP on a dedicated machine.
Roon (Mac Mini), Wilson Benesch Full Circle, Expert 1000 Pro CI, Kaiser Chiara
Warwickshire, UK
