New second generation Dirac Live

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, occamsrazor said:

Any chance of direct Roon integration? I know it can output through DL as soundcard but was wondering if some closer integration might be planned?

 

The plug-ins should do that.

[Kal Rubinson]

Pentium III is old news and, imho, entirely inadequate today.  If you are doing multichannel, high-resolution, DiracLive and/or any other processing (up-sampling, downsampling, bass management, active crossovers, etc.), you will need at least a 7th generation i7.  I am running an i7-770K and it is adequate......................................so far.

[Kal Rubinson]

I spent some time talking with a Dirac representative at Munich HighEnd but, since I agreed to keep it off the record at his request, all I can say is that they have a well-considered strategic plan for a number of future developments.  Of course, I would love to tell you more and, indeed, I sure would love to get my hands on the new products now.

[Kal Rubinson]

3 hours ago, ronkuper said:

Same here, then I wanted to use Roon

BM in ROON is even easier than in JRiver.

[Kal Rubinson]

3 hours ago, ronkuper said:

 

Hi Kal

 

Are you referring to this - https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-dirac-integration-again/20433/57?u=ron_kuper ? 

 

If so then: 

1. I wouldn't call it easier

2. It doesn't allow to treat surround/stereo content differently, as required for correctness 

3. AFAIK it is not Linkwitz–Riley based, which I assume supposed to sound better to most

 

Not quite satisfactory IMO.

Yup.  Just as easy but with better interface.  Of course, I use it only for 5.1 (turn it or off as needed) and never use for stereo.

[Kal Rubinson]

6 hours ago, ronkuper said:

As Kal stated he is using it for 5.1 only and still need to manually enable/disable it when moving between content types. 

More like when moving from one mood to another.  Generally, it is off but some specific music choices motivate me to turn it on.  

[Kal Rubinson]

I was invited to a private meeting with Dirac at CES but, since I no longer go to CES, that never happened.  In my defense of our intrepid reporter, there are many rooms I ignore at shows because they are outside my range of interest and he has to make the same type of choice.

[Kal Rubinson]

7 hours ago, Youreye said:

Hi Kal! Sorry if this sounded like I would blame you or this community etc. I am just wondering how very little we know about this exciting new features and really no one is reporting on this. Maybe we will see again some interviews later but I would rather see something short  where they show the features, talk about the system the choices etc. Arcam has just (a week ago) released some step by step guidance about the Dirac setup how to.

Sorry for the tone of my retort.  For some reason, I thought I was reading/responding on Stereophile's website and responded as I would there.  When I realized my error, it was too late to edit it.

 

Anyway, there is discussion on AVS and on AV Nirvana.  My last direct contact with them was in Munich back in May.  

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, flak said:

A full featured testing version

Full?  All resolutions and multichannel?

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, flak said:

Users of standalone Dirac Live have been patiently waiting for a long time and I want to thank them.

I think it was worth it as I'm pleased to inform that the soon to be released testing version will be not only multichannel if desired but will also include the possibility of using a multichannel audiocard/DAC for advanced management of multiple subs of a stereo set-up with players like for example JRiver:

https://www.dirac.com/dirac-live-bass-management-beta-signup

The web-page refers to 2.3 and 2.4 setups but what about a 5.3 setup?

[Kal Rubinson]

3 hours ago, gazza49 said:

Hi i am having trouble signing in to dirac help desk,when i ask for new password it says it has been sent to my email adress ,but nothing arrives.

Anyone else having trouble ?

Same problem.

[Kal Rubinson]

19 minutes ago, macuniverse said:

I did not test this under JRiver as it doesn't support any DSP over DLNA.

That's not true.  You just have to access the DSP differently.