[nico75r6]

Hello James,

Having sold my B100 SST I am now waiting for my new BP26+3BSST combo wich should arrive here in Italy next week (I hope).

In the while I am spending a lot of time investigating the Tact pre amplifiers and I am becoming always more interested in them.

Having the problem of a not symmetrical room I would like to get something to fix image problems like Tact does working in the frequency and time domain.

Lyngdorf is coming out with the Roomperfect Technolgy and Classé Audio has released an RCS but with only analog in and out so it adds AD conversions and I am not sure it works in the time domain too..

I chosen to stay with Bryston because I love the neutrality of SST amp, the build quality is exemplary as it is the customer support and the warranty.

I love Bryston gear.

I would like to know Bryston opinion on RCS and if there are plans to work on something like this (maybe in a new pre?). I know you are working on the new external DAC, transport and CDP but I bet an RCS system from Bryston should interest a lot of people.

I guess it could be done in several ways:

- As an add on item to work between transport and DAC in the digital domain...
- As a stand alone DAC with these features...
- inside a new pre with DAC (like the Tact 2.2XP)...

Let me know your opinion..

Nicola

[James Tanner]

HI Nico,

I am not a big believer in room EQ. There are a lot of reason why which I have discussed in previous posts on Audiocircle.

There is provision in the DSP board on the SP2 to allow EQ so we are playing around with it and looking at offering EQ only in the low frequency areawith the SP2. We will obvoiusly experiment further as we move forward.

james

[Bob Reynolds]

I've also been looking at room correction devices -- from simple analog parameteric equalizers to the DEQX device. I think that NHT has taken the correct approach by integrating it (DEQX) into the speaker system.

I agree with James that EQ should only be applied at the lower frequencies; that's where the interaction with the dimensions of the room happens anyway.

An advantage that the TacT (and DEQX) brings to the table besides PEQ is time and level balancing.

I have decided to keep the preamp analog (waiting on a new BP-26) and I'll insert a TacT RCS 2.0 between the preamp and the M&K bass management controller. This will insert an A/D and then D/A conversion, but I'm guessing that the benefits outweigh this.