Help needed with choosing the optimal Dirac curve

[wanta911]

I've been using Dirac with a MiniDSP DDRC-22D for a few years now. This is the base that I started using with my B&W 803D2 speakers with some slight tweaks for each of the 4 slots:

 

 

This is what I have settled on for the last 12 months or so with a slightly more flattened and gentle curve in the bass and a more aggressive tail away in the higher frequencies. It's basically the B&K curve:

 

[wanta911]

My advice is not to get too hung up on comparing small differences in target curves. Yes you will hear differences but so much depends on how the material you are playing was recorded/mastered in the first place and no curve will be perfect for everything you listen to. Quick comparisons will do your head in, trust me I went through it . If you are comparing curves then make it more of a long term exercise ie. use one for weeks rather than hours or minutes before trying an alternative.

 

The target curve I have settled on just happened to be in place for a long period of time when my focus was shifted to other things outside my music interest and now I'm happy with it. I believe you will get used to a certain sound as long as it's reasonably close to optimised.