FWIW, I've tried Dirac Live and compared it to the correction suggested by REW [0]. In both cases, the measurements were taken with a UMIK-1, and the correction was done on a computer. Contrary to GP, I didn't have to fix borked components, just a random, untreated living room.

Dirac seemed to have a fairly heavy-handed correction. In my case, I only had fairly narrow frequency ranges that needed correcting, but Dirac seemed to move much wider ranges at a time. It's also nearly impossible to tweak; you basically can only increase/decrease "the lows" or "the highs". But maybe I'm missing something.

In contrast, the suggestions produced by REW were loaded in EasyEffects on Linux, and I could tweak everything to my heart's content. But I actually just left it alone, since it was good enough.

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[0] https://www.roomeqwizard.com/

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MrBuddyCasino 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I also have a UMIK-1, and tried the REW route once, but it made everything worse. I suspect a lot of the know-how in Dirac is how to automatically get good results.

	▲	vladvasiliu 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In my case, the setup is pretty simple. I have full-range floorstanders that only take a single input, and I mostly wanted to control some booming in my listening position. So there's no crossover to handle or anything fancy. Maybe for more involved situations Dirac does a better job, but, in my case, it didn't really solve anything. Also, I see they now have this newer "bass control" thing, and it's not clear if my version had it when I last tested it (around November 2025).