High-performance audio is in high demand, and Bluesound aims to make it so integrators can meet that request in whole-house systems as the company prepares to add Dirac Live room correction readiness to select media streamers. With the addition of Dirac Live, users will have access to the same room correction software used in full-throttle media rooms to create the ideal acoustical environment at home.
Which Bluesound Streamers Will Be Eligible for Dirac Live?
The Lenbrook brand states that Dirac Live, a lauded room correction platform, is available to owners of the Bluesound NODE (N132) and NODE ICON (N530) via a firmware update enabling compatibility with Dirac Live, effective Jan. 14, 2025.
With the added purchase of a Room Calibration Kit and a Dirac Live license, these Bluesound customers will experience enhanced sound quality across any room, regardless of its unique acoustics, the company asserts.
The Kit ($39) includes a high performance omni-directional microphone sensitive to the full audible frequency range (20 Hz to 20 kHz). It connects to any laptop via USB-A 2.0 and features driverless operation for Windows and MacOS, as well as all Bluesound Dirac Live Ready products.
Bluesound notes that owners of older NODE X (N131), NODE (N130), POWERNODE (N330), and POWERNODE EDGE (N230) players will receive this feature before the summer of 2025.

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Dirac Live Delivers an In-Demand Feature for Dealers
“This launch is important to us since Dirac Live has been one of the most requested features from Bluesound customers due to its unique room correction methods that result in more transparent, balanced sound, and tighter bass and enhanced clarity,” explains Bluesound Product Manager Matt Simmonds.
“We have also implemented Dirac filters before the internal DAC, which will allow those who want to bypass to an external DAC the same benefits,” adds Morten Nielsen, associate product manager for Bluesound.
“This has also been commonly requested by our customers, and we are happy to be able to deliver the feature in this way.”
Dirac offers three licenses for Live: (1) Dirac Live Limited, which corrects audio below 500 Hz ($159); (2) Dirac Live Full, which corrects the full frequency range ($249); and (3) an upgrade license from Limited to Full ($99). Licenses are device-specific.
“We know that Bluesound has very passionate customers who love great sound, and we are pleased to be able to introduce Dirac Live to a new device category — streamers — for the very first time,” says Rikard Hellerfelt, Dirac’s VP Consumer and eCommerce.
“This allows music lovers to elevate their existing audio setups — even those without built-in Dirac Live — by simply adding a Bluesound streamer.”
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