TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What is Room Correction?
• What is EQ (Equalization)?
• How Room Correction and EQ Work Together
  • 1. Room Correction as the Foundation
  • 2. EQ for Personalization
  • 3. Adjusting Input-Specific EQ
• Summary and Conclusion

WiiM provides both Room Correction and EQ (Equalization) to enhance your listening experience. While these two features serve different purposes, they can work together to provide greater flexibility and a more immersive audio experience.

What is Room Correction?

Room Correction is designed to fine-tune your speakers based on the acoustic properties of your room. It analyzes how sound waves interact with your room’s walls, furniture, and other surfaces, then applies adjustments to correct issues such as excessive bass buildup, frequency imbalances, or unwanted reflections.

Key Features of Room Correction

• Automatically Adjusts Speaker Output: Analyzes your room and speaker placement to optimize the sound.
  
  
• Balances Frequency Response: Smooths out peaks and dips caused by room acoustics.
  
  
• Enhances Clarity: Reduces unwanted resonance and reflections that affect sound quality.
  
  
• Optimizes Based on Measurements: Uses test tones and measurements to make precise corrections.

By tailoring your speaker’s output to your room, Room Correction provides a more natural and balanced listening experience without requiring manual adjustments.

What is EQ (Equalization)?

EQ allows you to manually adjust the sound profile by modifying specific frequency ranges. Unlike Room Correction, which automatically compensates for room acoustics, EQ provides user-defined tuning for different preferences, content types, and input sources.

Key Features of EQ

• 24 Preset EQs: Select from various presets tailored for different music genres, movies, and podcasts. For more details,, see Introducing 24 Preset EQ Settings for Ultimate Audio Performance.
  
  
• Fine-Tuning for Different Input Sources: Adjust EQ settings separately for each input source, such as, HDMI, Bluetooth, Optical In, and Line In.
  
  
• 10-Band Graphic EQ: Manually tweak frequency bands to achieve your preferred sound signature.

How Room Correction and EQ Work Together

1. Room Correction as the Foundation

Room Correction should always be applied first, as it optimizes the sound based on your room’s acoustics. It establishes a neutral and well-balanced baseline, removing unwanted distortions introduced by the listening environment.

For detailed instructions, refer to Optimizing Your Audio Experience: A Comprehensive Guide to Room Correction.

2. EQ for Personalization

After Room Correction has been applied, EQ allows further customization based on your personal taste or specific listening scenarios.

For example:

• If you prefer deeper bass for genres like hip-hop or EDM, you can select the Hip-Hop or Electronic preset EQ.
  
  
• If you want clearer dialogue in movies, you can apply the Movie preset EQ.
  
  
• If your favorite tracks sound too bright or harsh, you can use the Treble Reducer preset EQ.

3. Adjusting Input-Specific EQ

WiiM’s Per-Source EQ feature allows independent EQ settings for different audio inputs. This ensures a consistent listening experience across Bluetooth, HDMI ARC, Optical In, and Line In, with customized sound tuning for each source.

For detailed instructions, refer to How to Use Per-Source EQ: A Comprehensive Guide.

Conclusion

The table below outlines their differences and relationship between EQ and Room Correction.

Room Correction and EQ are both powerful tools that serve different purposes. Room Correction is an automatic optimization tool that corrects room acoustics, while EQ is a manual adjustment tool for fine-tuning your sound. By combining both, you can achieve a more flexible, balanced, and immersive listening experience with WiiM audio devices.