
some instabilities : got one crash of Foobar.Also at the beginning of listening session, Foobar and HQPlayer need to be launched “manually”
loss of volume control from Roon, requires HQPlayer Client or DAC volume control, not practicle and 0% WAF and 50% KAF (my son is kinder). Maybe I should have implemented something with ASIO. WASAPI requires fix frequency, the audio chain cannot adapt to changing rates (not a Room Shaper limitation). A native implementation in Roon or in hardware streaming device would probably help Thus reducing target market to <1% of audiophile (and I am optimistic). complex or very complex to setup in a Roon/HQPlayer environnement. it is UNIQUE - no other DRC or DSP I know could do this, DIrac, Audiolense, Acourate…. no artefact I could hear - no need to compromise with other aspects. especially good on complex electro tracks, drums,. it works beyond expected… waow, really the room DISAPPEARED. It took 2 minutes for the plugin to compute. I measured my room with DRC active of course as per the instructions, with REW, then exported the impulse responses, and imported them in the plugin. My room is large, untreated, and quite reverberant, with RT going nuts at >1s below 100Hz… DRC took care of tampering the main modes but I still have huge delays in the bass at certain frequencies.
PC Nuc Player : HQPlayer NAA -> Exasound DAC driver -> USB -> Exasound 8 way DAC E28 -> Amps -> 2x4way DIY dipole speakers PC DSP : Roon Bridge -> Virtual Cable A -> Foobar / Room Shaper VTS -> Virtual Cable B -> HQPlayer / HAF DRC+2x4 way active filtering + upsampling 8 x 384kHz PCM-poly-sinc-ext2-NS5 + volume control There is a much better and comprehensive review here on another forum… I have been able to try the new product of Home Audio Fidelity “Room Shaper”, which works as a complement to standard “convolution” DRC.