wwenze
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Thanks for the advice wwenze. Probably going to go the active route then. Any room correction system to recommend that is available to purchase locally?
The easiest is to buy an AVR, which would come with its own mic and automatically set up itself. Note that different price ranges of AVRs have different sets of room correction features, you get what you pay for.
But if you want to save money or if you don't want an AVR...
Room correction has two parts: Measurement and correction, which can be done/bought separately or together.
If your source is a computer, correction is straightforward nowadays with multiple free or paid solutions. I recommend EqualizerAPO for an OS-wide solution.
Alternatively if you want to use hardware, miniDSP starts at USD$95.
For measurement, Room EQ Wizard is free. The mic, is not. miniDSP UMIK-1 costs USD$75, which is pretty good value.
And from there, it's a whole new world of learning and experimentation which I can't (and shouldn't) fit into this post. But just let me put it this way: Not all room correction systems are the same. Take this review of Sonarworks vs IK Multimedia for example
When switching between the two I noticed Reference 3 had a well defined low end and strong clarity in the upper midrange. ARC 2 also brought focus and clarity to the upper mids but didn’t quite refine the lows as well as Reference 3.
If you're not willing to spend on a mic, then you can do it by ear.