skipperdude

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm rather curious, as well

Ok, this is now surreal. What's disingenuous? I now find out this company provides and uninstaller that doesn't actually uninstall its own software. This experience has cost me time and $125. What's my game? Do you work for them? Oh, and yes, please put me on your ignore list. Frankly, I'm honored.

Geez, "slander" is a pretty strong term. I said I didn't know my way around the innards of the Mac operating system, so that it was not self-evident to me how one could fully remove Dirac's software. I don't recall acknowledging that I don't know what I'm talking about. (Although I will acknowledge having no idea what to do with that UNIX command you've suggested.) I do think software that is not completely extracted by a functionality that is, ostensibly, an uninstaller is a big disadvantage...and, frankly, a suspiciously big one. Why is it that their "uninstaller" requires a sidebar knowledge of UNIX so as to actually uninstall it? At the very least, add as a "disadvantage" that one should be familiar with UNIX, as you are, to fully uninstall the software. Now, kindly refrain from slandering me? Thanks.

I guess that's the next thing. My impression was that the location I'd chosen--not near a corner or a wall--would tend to minimize the bass. And, again, I can always turn down the volume, right? Perhaps that's all there is to it? I'd just hoped I could avoid fiddling with sub woofer volume every time I played something...

Hi -- I have a pair of Adam A7x and an AudioEngine S7 subwoofer mated to a Benchmark DAC2. Something is just...off on the low end. It's just blooms in a way that it shouldn't and I don't know what to do about it. I have the S7 at 50hz and below, which should fit nicely with the Adams, I think. Not sure what to do here, or how to begin assessing it. I tried DSP via Dirac, but that turned out to be an (expensive) exercise in frustration. So it's back to basics. Insofar as I can see, there are four major variables to consider, in no particular order: 1) gain 2) phase 3) roll-in 4) placement 1) is easy enough, in concept 2) I understand, in theory, although in practice I'm not so sure 3) I guess I get that, too, although, given the fact that I can't control the Adams roll-in, my implantation here is bit arbitrary 4) I've placed the sub between the two speakers' stands'; all are about two and half feet from the wall. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Thanks.

One more for the disadvantage column, potentially a big one: Dirac does not really "uninstall." The uninstall utility Dirac provides does NOT uninstall completely. I've confirmed this by uninstalling, reinstalling with a new username, and finding the settings from the previous user still intact. As I'm unfamiliar with Mac OSX, I can't say for certain what this implies. In Windows, I'd be going into the registry to clean things out. But this is, potentially, a concern: There's no question Dirac has embedded something in the OS, something that is not uninstalled when one "uninstalls" through its "uninstall utility." So the questions are... 1) Just is it that Dirac embeds in the operating system? 2) Why? 3) How does one get rid of it in Mac OSX?

I'd never heard of Dirac (the audio company, not Paul) until a week or two ago. First, I was astonished by the awful results. Then, I was astounded by the slippery salesman. Now I'm amazed by how absurd the whole thing is. And, yes, I guess, annoyed. They've cost me time and $125. For no good reason, it appears. I don't hold grudges, though. Life is too short.

Lol. It's inelegant! And it feels like cheating. This Dirac thing is so messed up! [Edit: In all seriousness, though, this is quite the shortcoming...you get no second chances on acoustical measurements? Really?! It's difficult to believe but given the fact that the same "filter sets" window pops up every time with the same bogus filter sets, without any other evident options, I can only assume this to be the case. If I'm right about this, then, well, WTF? If I'm wrong about this, well, once again, why is it that Dirac finds it so difficult to convey what should be simple concepts (e.g., use this kind of microphone, not that kind of microphone; click here to redo your acoustical measurements, etc.?)] What kind of outfit is Dirac, anyway?

Ok, finally got my UMik-1 in the mail. Very pretty. Alas, Dirac does not appear to allow Mulligans on acoustical measurements. In other words, if you've done it once, and wrong (their English-as-a-foreign-language directions notwithstanding), you're screwed. That was $125 well spent.

Why not just make an audio USB without the 5v line? Does anyone already do that?

I'll check it out. Thanks. My God, this really is hobby, isn't it?

Good point.

Lol. Y'think?! Bad copy writing drives me up the wall. As for the price issue, yes--interesting from the standpoint of marketing psychology but, probably irrelevant to the issues at hand. Unless it really is the emperor's clothes.

Ok, that makes sense. Elegantly stated, too. Damn, I thought I was going to have some fun.

No, actually, looks like I got confused. It appears that the salesman's recommendation of the UMIK-1, which is also offered for sale on the Dirac website, is not the "Dirac recommendation"...which is, instead, something else entirely. So does this mean more faulty readings which Dirac can then blame on microphone issues?