Room correction

[David A]

Room correction, room correction, room correction................1000 times!
I want it.

Devialet have said several times now that room correction is not on their list. You do have some options available to you right now, however.

You can load a convolution filter into Roon if you use Roon and get room correction that way but you have to use other software to make the filter and it will only be active while you're using Roon to play music. I think you may also be able to apply convolution filters in HQ Player but the same caveats would apply.

You can use a device which includes a room correction application such as Dirac or Audyssey as a pre=ammp and room correction source and feed a digital output from it to your Devialet.

You can do physical room correction with acoustic treatments such as bass traps, absorption panels, and diffusors.

And finally you can do a hell of a lot simply by playing with the placement of your speakers and your listening position. Small changes can make big differences in the result you get.

If Devialet do give us room correction one day, what  are we going to get? We'll get something that measures the response at our listening position and adjusts it in a way that the people who designed it think is best but not everyone likes the same kind of result. That's why different people prefer different concert halls if they have a choice, and different seats in the hall if they have a choice, and different speakers and electronics. If we all liked the same kind of sonic result while listening to music at home we'd all be using similar speakers and electronics and we'd all have our rooms set up to get similar results. Anyone who visits a number of different audiophiles and listens to their systems in their rooms knows just how different the sound some people prefer to what they themselves prefer can be. Every room correction system gives you someone else's idea of what the result should be and it may or may not be the result you prefer. Digital room correction is certainly useful, I use Audyssey in my separate home theatre setup which is in a different room to my audio system, but it's not a silver bullet that can of will fix everything. If you want to get a better result from your system in your current room, start by doing the hard work refining your speaker placement and listening position  and I bet you can get better results than you're getting. Then think of what else you can do. There's a lot you can do right now without room correction and whatever you do know will help you get a better result with room correction if it ever comes, and help you get that better result with room correction a lot m ore easily than you will if you don't do what you can right now.