Dirac has released Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART) for the current crop of Denon and Marantz AVRs and AV preamps. If your unit already supports Dirac Live Room Correction and Dirac Live Bass Control, it now supports ART as a paid add‑on.
What ART Does
- Dirac ART turns every speaker into a cooperative bass manager, actively smoothing the 20–150 Hz region across seats.
- Reduces low‑frequency resonances and decay time, tightening bass and improving clarity without heavy physical room treatment.
- Builds on Dirac Live Room Correction (magnitude/phase) and Dirac Live Bass Control (intelligent sub optimisation) for a deeper, whole‑system result.
Supported Models
- Denon (North America): AVR‑A1H, AVR‑A10H, AVR‑X6800H, AVR‑X4800H, AVR‑X3800H.
- Denon (Europe/APAC naming): AVC‑A1H, AVC‑A10H, AVC‑X6800H, AVC‑X4800H, AVC‑X3800H.
- Marantz: AV10, AV20, CINEMA 30, CINEMA 40, CINEMA 50.
Pricing and Availability
- Dirac Live ART license: $299.
- Available as a standalone add‑on or bundled with other Dirac Live modules. Purchase via Dirac’s license portal and the respective Denon/Marantz license pages. Firmware/software updates may be required before activation.
Why it matters
ART’s MIMO‑based processing coordinates speakers to control room modes, delivering tighter, more even bass and better detail retrieval—whether you’re running a single sub or multiple, in symmetrical or challenging rooms.
This is a meaningful upgrade path for Denon and Marantz owners already invested in Dirac. ART’s whole‑system approach goes beyond sub‑only correction and should yield audible benefits in rooms with the actual limitations of furniture, speaker and room treatment placement and asymmetries.
Read more on Dirac’s page here.
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