Getting audio just right in a residential setting can be tricky. “Every room has a unique acoustic signature,” says Dustin Plumb, senior product manager of AV solutions at Crestron. “Room geometry, furniture, and surface materials all affect the acoustic response of a listening space.” The rooms in a home can vary wildly, from carpeted bedrooms with curtains and upholstery to kitchens full of hard, reflective surfaces and right angles. There’s no “one size fits all” calibration for most distributed audio installations.
“Measuring and correcting for a room’s response allows you to get the best sound and most accurate playback, which ultimately makes the listening experience that much more enjoyable,” says Plumb.
Traditionally, the process for correcting the audio in every room has been pretty laborious. “Getting the right results has meant getting third-party measurement equipment to the amplifier, running a signal to measure, and then manually entering correction filter information into the DM NAX Audio-over-IP amp’s parametric EQ via the webUI,” says Plumb. “It’s been a tedious, costly, and time-consuming affair.”
Until now.