"Many of the first uses of Dirac Live — more than a decade ago —were in cinemas or high-end home theaters, where experts calibrated and tuned sound systems using Dirac Live. But that's no longer the case," says Jakob Ågren, Head of Product Management at Dirac. "With more mass-market AVRs now offering our breakthrough solution, Dirac Live has gone mainstream. However, when addressing this new, larger audience, it became clear that attaining the optimal sound experience should be as easy as possible. Our new auto target curve eliminates the need for manual adjustments, allowing new users to sit back and enjoy superior sound."
The new auto target curve more faithfully reflects the inherent character of the measured system, minus the adverse acoustic effects of the room. It gives users a balanced response with a more natural slope, creating an improved listening experiences without requiring intervention from users to determine choices that, in most cases, are not well informed or even enable achieving what are the user's intended preference. The auto target curve ensures the result is accurate to the source and preserves more of the speakers’ individual flavor, while tightening up performance across the board.
Should further tweaking be required to achieve optimal sound, users can then manually adjust the auto target curve through a new simplified interface in the Dirac Live mobile app. Users simply drag a sound region up or down to increase or decrease its volume. And for all the users who know and love it, the classic filter design will - of course - still be available.
"Now that more consumers can experience Dirac Live, we've made it as easy as possible to get a great sound experience. End users can be confident that their home theater will sound its best, and should they want to make changes to further personalize, it's simply a tap away," Ågren continued.
Dirac's auto target curve is available first through the Dirac Live mobile app, and the company will announce desktop functionality later this year. Available for download now, the newly updated Dirac Live mobile app has also simplified its measuring and adjustment processes to now require fewer steps for users to complete. Currently Dirac Live-enabled devices from NAD, Onkyo, Pioneer, Integra and Pioneer Elite are compatible with the Dirac Live mobile app.
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