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expiredundisturbed316 posted Dec 14, 2023 03:18 PM
Dirac Live Bass Control for Denon AVR-X3800H / AVC-X3800H (Digital License)
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Dirac has Dirac Live Bass Control for Denon AVR-X3800H / AVC-X3800H (Digital Licenses) on sale as listed below when you apply discount coupon 30BCDM23 at checkout.
Note: Discount code does not apply to individual 'Room Correction' licenses.
Thanks to Community Member undisturbed316 for finding this deal.
Available (prices after discount coupon):
Note: Discount code does not apply to individual 'Room Correction' licenses.
Thanks to Community Member undisturbed316 for finding this deal.
Available (prices after discount coupon):
- Dirac Live Bass Control Single Subwoofer $228.85
- Dirac Live Bass Control Multi Subwoofer $327.21
- Upgrade an existing Bass Control Single Subwoofer license to Multi Subwoofer $110.82
- Bundle Offer $425.57
- Room Correction Full Bandwidth
- Bass Control Single Subwoofer
- Bundle Offer Multi $523.94
- Room Correction Full Bandwidth
- Bass Control Multi Subwoofer
- Corrects sound gaps and bass decline
- Enhances bass crossover area for smoother reproduction
- Utilizes machine learning for phase co-optimization and supports one or multiple subwoofer (depending on license)
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Written by citan359 | Staff- About this deal:
- Offer valid through January 15th, 2024
- Please note that measurement microphone is not included in the software purchase.
- About this product:
- Windows 10 or macOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, or newer required
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
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Dirac has Dirac Live Bass Control for Denon AVR-X3800H / AVC-X3800H (Digital Licenses) on sale as listed below when you apply discount coupon 30BCDM23 at checkout.
Note: Discount code does not apply to individual 'Room Correction' licenses.
Thanks to Community Member undisturbed316 for finding this deal.
Available (prices after discount coupon):
Note: Discount code does not apply to individual 'Room Correction' licenses.
Thanks to Community Member undisturbed316 for finding this deal.
Available (prices after discount coupon):
- Dirac Live Bass Control Single Subwoofer $228.85
- Dirac Live Bass Control Multi Subwoofer $327.21
- Upgrade an existing Bass Control Single Subwoofer license to Multi Subwoofer $110.82
- Bundle Offer $425.57
- Room Correction Full Bandwidth
- Bass Control Single Subwoofer
- Bundle Offer Multi $523.94
- Room Correction Full Bandwidth
- Bass Control Multi Subwoofer
- Corrects sound gaps and bass decline
- Enhances bass crossover area for smoother reproduction
- Utilizes machine learning for phase co-optimization and supports one or multiple subwoofer (depending on license)
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this deal:
- Offer valid through January 15th, 2024
- Please note that measurement microphone is not included in the software purchase.
- About this product:
- Windows 10 or macOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, or newer required
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
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If you find evidence that they do give you a no hassle 30 day period to see if it improves your correction beyond what Audyssey MultiEQ X32 + the $20 Audyssey app can do, post the link here to let us know.
For me, if that company isn't willing to let you see if it's worth the money, it's a bad policy. It's not like they have to absorb return shipping costs or resell a discounted used product.
Seems to me you could use bass control as a standalone if you only want it tuning your subs, or go with the live + the multi-sub license if you want it doing everything in a multi-sub system. I've always been happy with XT32 but want to give Dirac a try because there seems at least some agreement that is superior. I missed the BF deals on full-bandwith but though somewhere in the ~$250 - 300 range might be worth a shot. XT32 does handle 2 subs, but not to the complexity that the multi-sub Dirac bass control is described to.
I'm probably oversimplifying this but based on the descriptions, to me it seems:
For a no sub or 1 sub system - Dirac full bandwidth is arguably superior to XT32.
For a 2 sub system - XT32 is arguably superior to Dirac full bandwidth alone. Dirac FB + multi-sub bass control would be superior to XT32.
I'm really struggling with seeing the value of Dirac bass control for a single sub, except as a standalone product where you only want sub calibration. Maybe that's the point?
But for me, the $799 package to cover multi-sub systems... I'm not doing that. I'd rather wait until my next AVR upgrade to see how their market / built-in options pan out. Not saying it isn't worth it, but $800 is far too big of a gamble to me to try it. Maybe if the licenses were transferable at least once or twice maybe, but locked to one AVR? Nah.
All mid-to-high tier receivers will have basic speaker distance correction. So you can take a tape measure and tell the speaker how far each channel is. That will give you a pretty good (not perfect) timing delay. But then, you modern high end receiver also mostly likely has some free flavor of room correction software. That will do 90% of what Dirac does.
Dirac does three things on top of all else: it flattens each speaker's curve, chooses a good crossover, and adjusts the level of each speaker. Of all those, I'd argue adjusting the level is the most valuable feature. In my view, you're paying $100's more to get the level correct out of each speaker on top of what you can do for free. Is that worth it?
I'll go a step further. I did my own calibration on a new Onkyo receiver, listened to it for a few weeks, and then did a Dirac calibration. Dirac nailed all 5 speakers, but completely underpowered the sub no matter how hard I tried. I just don't think I'd pay so much $$ out of pocket on top of the brilliant Marantz / Denon / Pioneer etc capabilities that come free with the receiver.
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I'm going to return the Yamaha rx-a4a that I bought
I know I tried to inform people that there was a learning curve with Dirac.
At least you're not me.
I have five of the six people that were waiting for DLBC to be released contact me already!
Going to be busy for a couple of weekends! 😅
If you don't think that's a great price, you may not be as big a fan boy as you think! 😜
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A miniDSP-HD unit with REW freeware can get your multiple subs aligned and EQed very well but you will have to learn this. Many youtube videos on this.
IMO Audessey-X (the newer $200 program) is better than Dirac since it gives you direct control over filters and curve. Dirac does not. But again, there is more of a learning curve with Audessey-X.
In a standard rectangular room with acoustic treatments, Dirac can work great. In an atypical open concept floor plan, or otherwise not ideal home theater environment, with poor acoustic treatments, and given limitations of the room, Dirac may make things worse or no better then Audessy XT32 (free that comes with upper end denon/marantz receivers).
YMMV; don't necessarily expect miracles.
Nothing beats a proper manual calibration.
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