Article: A New Listening Room Part Two: Acoustics, Speakers, DSP

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Mitchco/Others: Specific to the discussion regarding DSP - I have a very nice pair of Focal Sopra 2’s in a bit of a challenging room that has been nicely treated.  As a typical audiophile, I am always wondering if I can improve the sound.  Since I use Dirac (which significantly helps), I occasionally wonder if getting a different pair of speakers would actually make any significant difference.  If a speaker of this level has solid measurements (see “Soundstage!” National Research Council of Canada measurements) would another speaker that measures well (and after the application of room correction) actually improve things? Bringing a pair of Magico’s, Wilson’s, JBL’s, Vandersteen’s, etc., into my room to test out is really not an option. I would like to hear your thoughts.  I do wonder if once a speaker is mostly full range, with solid measurements, if diminishing returns, becomes no returns with DSP/Room correction.