I too have played around with the Dirac Live and Audessy DSP systems. To me In my home theater system the results I get with both Dirac Live and Audessy are variations in sound quality not necessarily better. I’ve also experimented with the DSP in Roon and with the software included with my Aries G2. None of the above systems comes close to what Wavelet can do.
The Wavelet DSP is many times more sophisticated and much easier to use. It can be adapted for use to any speaker system but Mr. Duddleston needs one of the speakers sent to him for successful programming. I believe a couple of other manufacturers are now using Wavelet with their speaker systems as well.
Of course none of this means that absolutely brilliant results can’t be obtained by many owners of conventional speaker systems and amplifiers as well. I’m not throwing stones at Wilson, Magnepan, Revel, Vandersteen, or any of the great speaker systems I didn’t mention. I’ve owned and heard many of these systems and have enjoyed every minute I’ve listened to them whether in my home, at friend’s homes, audio stores, and shows. To me (despite personal preferences) it would be difficult to find an audiophile speaker system, amplifier, or front end these days that doesn’t do well by the music if set up properly.
Mr. Dudleston’s Vs, Aries, and Valour speaker systems are designed with the Wavelet Processor from the start. These speaker systems are designed to be multiamped from their inception. My Vs use two CODA 16 stereo amps one each channel for the treble through mid bass ranges of my speakers. Bill Duddleston incorporates ICE type amplifiers for the bass and sub bass. Wavelet takes care of sonic phenomena like phase, gain, time, etc. Wavelet records the two chirps per channel it makes and instead of having an internal CPU try to apply the algorithms, the data is sent to the Boehmer server in Switzerland where the computations are made and then sent back for application via Wavelet to the amplifiers and drivers. The whole computation process usually takes less than ten minutes and maybe 30 minutes total if one includes setting up the microphone. Once this process is completed the microphone is disconnected and put away unless one switches components, listening chair position, or speaker position.
Wavelet also includes an web based application for PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads and any other type of device that can display the application. With it one can control the volume, balance, DSP, anti aliasing if using the included DAC ( which sounds very good it’s just not a Lampizator), the contour and many other aspects. The contour setting is one of the most powerful ad one can adjust the brilliance, treble, mid bass, bass, and sub bass. It gives one incredible control over the final output of the loudspeaker. One doesn’t have to use the Contour control at all. But once you learn a few tricks one can make poor recordings sound quite a bit better if one wants or you can set it and forget it. One can actually save up to 10 Contour settings in the memory. Then you could have a different Contour setting for Rock, Big Band, Classical, Jazz, or maybe low level listening sessions when the kids or wifey is trying to sleep.
If you haven’t heard what the Legacy Audio speakers with Wavelet can do you’re in for a treat.