Does using EQ degrade sound quality in Wiim Pro?

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I am using PEQ in Wiim Pro to compensate for room modes. Does this degrade the sound quality in any way? Also I have only applied negative eq and did not increase the value in any frequency.
 
venkyrenga said:
I am using PEQ in Wiim Pro to compensate for room modes. Does this degrade the sound quality in any way? Also I have only applied negative eq and did not increase the value in any frequency.
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As soon you use volume control or EQ the audio is no longer "bit perfect" but if that degrades the sound quality? I don't think so. It just changes the sound.
 
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“Bit perfection” is overplayed in my mind. The WiiM devices have been proven to be bit perfect in that they don’t make any unwanted or deleterious changes to the audio stream. However, if you choose to apply EQ, room correction, volume limits or volume control so that the music sounds better in your surroundings, then so what if it’s no longer “bit perfect”?
 
Tune it for your enjoyment. Bit perfect is overrated. There are so many bad recordings out there. Many studio recordings of rock from the 60's to 80's for example. A perfect stream of a bad recording is not something that impresses me.
 
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Whether PEQ is a detriment or benefit really depends on the speakers and the room they’re in. Only you can decide whether it’s a net benefit through listening.
 
Set a volume limit. Here’s @onlyoneme’s recommendation on how to accurately work this out by entering your peq values into REW and it working out the headroom for you

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Post in thread 'PEQ talk'

Download REW, apply your PEQ settings, read the required headroom, divide it by 0.6 and you will get the minimum required percentage value to use for the volume limiter.
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venkyrenga said:
I am using PEQ in Wiim Pro to compensate for room modes. Does this degrade the sound quality in any way? Also I have only applied negative eq and did not increase the value in any frequency.
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Any RC or DSP will change the sound, that's how they (try to) fix room issues. Using RC it's a compromise and you have to choose the "least damage", if you will.
I got into DSP a few years ago, after having lived with room modes much longer then that. At first it sounded weird, kinda flat, then I realised that it was because my brain had grown accustomed to resonances and anything different sounded dead to me. So, I used DSP for a few weeks and when I got back to no-DSP the sound was horrible, like "How could have I every lived with that for so long?"
Another thing is Wiim RC... Haven't figured out yet if it's good or very poor. I have a DSPeaker X2, a device that only does one thing: room correction. When I set the room analysis, it send swipes for almost 10 minutes, and the results is undediably very good. There are compromises, but it fixes my room issues. Wiim RC sends just one short swipe... I wonder how it can analyze correctly in such a short time.
Also, DSPeaker comes with its own, calibrated microphone, and that makes a huge difference. I Have ordered a goos mic to give Wiim RC a last chance, and then I'll decide which one to use and which one to ditch.
 
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Any RC or DSP will change the sound, that's how they (try to) fix room issues. Using RC it's a compromise and you have to choose the "least damage", if you will.
I got into DSP a few years ago, after having lived with room modes much longer then that. At first it sounded weird, kinda flat, then I realised that it was because my brain had grown accustomed to resonances and anything different sounded dead to me. So, I used DSP for a few weeks and when I got back to no-DSP the sound was horrible, like "How could have I every lived with that for so long?"
Another thing is Wiim RC... Haven't figured out yet if it's good or very poor. I have a DSPeaker X2, a device that only does one thing: room correction. When I set the room analysis, it send swipes for almost 10 minutes, and the results is undediably very good. There are compromises, but it fixes my room issues. Wiim RC sends just one short swipe... I wonder how it can analyze correctly in such a short time.
Also, DSPeaker comes with its own, calibrated microphone, and that makes a huge difference. I Have ordered a goos mic to give Wiim RC a last chance, and then I'll decide which one to use and which one to ditch.
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If you go into the RC settings you can choose the “beta” option in which it will calculate adjustments based on 3 impulses per channel.
 
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