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On my system I have 818v3 working well now straight into my DAP speakers but in this configuration I have some bass boom. Sound quality is up but it's just this one dam bass note that booms!!

If I connect the 818v3 straight into my G68 and enable room correction this is immediately fixed but with a big drop in sound quality compared to the direct route... So...

If I upgrade my speakers to SE SpeakerLink does the SL equalisation work well for speakers placed close to a rear wall and corner which I assume are settings designed to take care of the issue I am having right now?

So my question is does the SL equalisation work well and anyone have experience with it. If it does I can then use 818v3 to set this up.

SL (SpeakerLink) vs SE (special edition)?

Equalisation - are you asking about boundary settings? If so it’s available on all (?) DSP speakers, legacy/SL/SE, via MSR/IR config.

No, boundary settings is only available via SpeakerLink products as far as I am aware...

If it can be done on legacy how?? Or you refer to simple bass, treble, phase, axis, balance settings??

I was setting the boundary conditions on a pair of non-SL DSP5500s yesterday.

It is, however, not dynamic like certain SL-controlled features.

Switch the speaker on while holding down Store on the MSR. Then select a source. You may then use Function < or > to find the boundary options and Function /\ and \/ to select your preferred position. Then use Function Store to retain that preference.

See page 38 of the DSP speaker manual

Thanks for this. I tried it. It did not really help. But good to know it’s available, I thought only a SpeakerLink feature although I am sure SpeakerLink is more advanced.

Sounds like you may be thinking of EBA (enhanced bass alignment). That’s a later addition which iirc was still manually selectable (as well as SL controlled on certain controllers) including on legacy speakers that had the update retrospective applied.

I would still try boundary first - it’s an option to tame artifices due to placement. EBA is more of an overall driver timing refinement and probably a bit more subtle.

I found the Corner position controlled some excess bass perfectly on my 5200SEs

I found that optimizing speaker placement is a very effective solution. Did you try moving your speakers including toe in?

Cheers!

Ian, In your comment about EBA working in legacy speakers with the latest software update, can I take it you mean legacy 5200s, 7000s, 7200s, and 8000s?

Yes, I should have said legacy comms that had EBA firmware updates.

Not sure what OP has kit wise. EBA may not even be an option.

I’m pretty sure 6Ks had an EBA upgrade, as well.

Cheers
Greg

[EDIT] Apologies, looks like I was wrong. Haven't got them any more and my memory must be playing tricks.
Pretty sure the 5.4 had a performance bump though

Unfortunately not... But, being a closed design, their bass group delay is actually pretty small compared with ported designs.