JRS
Major Contributor
So I am trying to make up my mind as to how to replace the DEQX preamp/processor that has been a faithful companion for the past 20 years, but is long in tooth, the mic board is dead, and it can't do 8 channels. It has been by far the best audio investment I have ever made, but it is time to move on.
My sources will be either streaming or video, just L/R + subs. My speakers are tri-amped and although they have ample bass on their own, I would like to leave room for a future upgrade of adding 2 subs--I have one Dayton Audio 18 HO who is lonely ;-D and all I've read is 4 or more is the sweet spot--I count the two main 15" as subs, given they are flat to 30Hz and can do 112 dB there.
I have been spending countless hours in the past few months researching the various means by which this can be done and the best fit seems with my skills is to use a multichannel musical equipment interface such as the MOTU (preference would be for an Octo8 DAC, but this isn't looking like an anytime soon option) and a PC. None of the miniDSP products quite fit the use case here IMO.
So I need 8 channels, would like a remote single master volume and need to select between a streaming device (likely a PC, maybe a RPi or NUC) and the digital output from video source,. I don't have any recorded music so being able to access a huge library of music is not a concern.
My budget, excluding amps is in the $1000 to 1800 USD neighborhood.
The options I see are Acourate or Audiolense for all the filters, or the multichannel Dirac license that can do XO's and which is also in the same price range of $500. Or I could do it on the cheap using RePhase for the filters and use JRivers or a PC for convolution.
I should also say that most of my computer experience in the last quarter century has been windows, and so while the option of doing this all using CamillaDSP is intriguing, I no longer have the energy to do software thrashing. I've done enough debugging in my time--I want something reasonably straight forward and STABLE.
i really would appreciate some direction here from those who might have trod this path. it's a golden age for audio, and this may be the last stereo system I put together. (Ultimately, I see something like a 16 channel pre/pro and Dolby Atmos setup down the road a few years from now).
(I have been following the group DIY streamer/DSP project but that seems to have come to a standstill for now). Also it goes without saying that if there is another solution that checks all the boxes, I am all ears.
My sources will be either streaming or video, just L/R + subs. My speakers are tri-amped and although they have ample bass on their own, I would like to leave room for a future upgrade of adding 2 subs--I have one Dayton Audio 18 HO who is lonely ;-D and all I've read is 4 or more is the sweet spot--I count the two main 15" as subs, given they are flat to 30Hz and can do 112 dB there.
I have been spending countless hours in the past few months researching the various means by which this can be done and the best fit seems with my skills is to use a multichannel musical equipment interface such as the MOTU (preference would be for an Octo8 DAC, but this isn't looking like an anytime soon option) and a PC. None of the miniDSP products quite fit the use case here IMO.
So I need 8 channels, would like a remote single master volume and need to select between a streaming device (likely a PC, maybe a RPi or NUC) and the digital output from video source,. I don't have any recorded music so being able to access a huge library of music is not a concern.
My budget, excluding amps is in the $1000 to 1800 USD neighborhood.
The options I see are Acourate or Audiolense for all the filters, or the multichannel Dirac license that can do XO's and which is also in the same price range of $500. Or I could do it on the cheap using RePhase for the filters and use JRivers or a PC for convolution.
I should also say that most of my computer experience in the last quarter century has been windows, and so while the option of doing this all using CamillaDSP is intriguing, I no longer have the energy to do software thrashing. I've done enough debugging in my time--I want something reasonably straight forward and STABLE.
i really would appreciate some direction here from those who might have trod this path. it's a golden age for audio, and this may be the last stereo system I put together. (Ultimately, I see something like a 16 channel pre/pro and Dolby Atmos setup down the road a few years from now).
(I have been following the group DIY streamer/DSP project but that seems to have come to a standstill for now). Also it goes without saying that if there is another solution that checks all the boxes, I am all ears.