Please Wait...
Please Wait...
True Audio Performance Begins with Understanding
At Trinnov, we know that “room correction” is often used as a catch-all term for audio calibration. While commonly accepted, it’s not entirely accurate — no system can truly “correct” a room with signal processing alone. What can be done, however, is to optimize the way your loudspeakers interact with the room and with the listener.
That’s exactly what the Trinnov Optimizer was built to do. More than just a room correction system, it’s a powerful and flexible optimization engine — trusted by professionals in the most demanding listening environments to deliver precise, transparent, and faithful sound reproduction.
Room correction refers to the process of compensating for acoustic issues caused by a listening environment. Even the best loudspeakers, placed in less-than-ideal rooms, suffer from reflections, modal resonances, and phase issues that can distort the sound.
Many room correction systems rely on automatic equalization — analyzing the sound from a microphone placed at a listening position and adjusting frequency response to “flatten” what’s measured. This can improve tonal balance, especially in challenging spaces, and it’s commonly included in home AV receivers and entry-level calibration tools.
But this approach is inherently limited.
Basic correction methods often overlook critical elements such as time alignment, phase coherence, and the three-dimensional behavior of sound in space. They address what’s easiest to measure — not necessarily what’s most important to hear.
Here’s where Trinnov takes a fundamentally different approach. We don’t stop at EQ. Our proprietary Optimizer goes far beyond conventional room correction, delivering holistic loudspeaker/room optimization through advanced acoustic modeling and correction in both frequency and time domains.
| Feature | Traditional Room Correction | Trinnov Optimizer |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency Correction | Basic parametric EQ | High-resolution FIR + IIR filters |
| Time/Phase Correction | Limited or none | Yes - Impulse and phase aligned |
| Measurement Microphone | Single-point, flat-response mic | Trinnov 3D Microphone |
| Calibration Process | One-size-fits-all | Fully customizable, weighted multi-point |
| Target Curve Design | Fixed or basic templates | User-defined, precise tuning |
| Professional Use | Rare | Industry reference in professional studios & premium cinemas |
Optimization, unlike basic correction, is a comprehensive process. It aligns sound arriving at your ears in time, ensures tonal balance in frequency, and adjusts for spatial coherence — producing clarity, imaging, and impact that traditional systems can’t match.
Our Optimizer technology is the result of decades of research and field experience in the world’s most acoustically demanding environments. Here’s how it works:
The Trinnov 3D Microphone is a proprietary design, developed specifically for high-precision spatial analysis. Its four-capsule, tetrahedral layout captures the directionality of sound, allowing the Optimizer to build a detailed three-dimensional acoustic map of the room. Each microphone is also individually calibrated by Trinnov, ensuring highly reliable and repeatable measurements across installations.
Once measurements are captured, the Optimizer analyzes both the frequency and time domains to:
Unlike systems that rely on generic filters or fixed algorithms, the Optimizer uses:
This approach allows for deep, transparent optimization that adapts to your room and system, rather than applying a one-size-fits-all solution.
Ready to experience the full potential of loudspeaker and room optimization?
Discover how the Trinnov Optimizer can transform your system with unmatched precision in both frequency and time domains.
Room correction might make a system sound “better.” But optimization can make it sound right.
Real-world listening environments suffer from:
By optimizing every part of the signal path — from the drivers to your ears — the Optimizer restores transparency, precision, and emotional impact. You hear deeper into recordings, with a sense of realism and spatial accuracy that’s otherwise lost.
Achieving accurate sound reproduction requires more than one tool — and understanding the distinction between passive and active acoustics is essential.
Passive acoustic treatment includes physical elements such as absorbers, diffusers, and bass traps. These materials help:
However, passive solutions cannot address time-domain issues, phase distortion, or speaker alignment. And in many cases — especially at low frequencies — they require significant physical space to be truly effective.
Active solutions use signal processing and electro-acoustic control to optimize sound. This includes:
Where passive treatment stops, active systems continue — particularly for low-frequency control, phase coherence, and spatial precision.
While the Optimizer belongs to the category of room correction systems, its capabilities far exceed what most of those systems offer. And with WaveForming, Trinnov enters a new category altogether — using active acoustics to reshape the room’s low-frequency behavior, without the bulk of traditional bass traps.
What if your room could become part of the solution, not the problem?
Trinnov WaveForming introduces a new frontier in active acoustics — reshaping low-frequency room behavior through predictive modeling and precise subwoofer coordination.
Rather than choosing one over the other, the most effective approach is complementary: combine passive treatment for reverberation and reflection control, with active optimization for alignment, timing, and precision.
Room correction uses signal processing to reduce the impact of acoustical issues in a listening space, usually by applying filters.
In most environments, yes — rooms negatively affect sound reproduction. But not all correction is created equal. Loudspeaker/Room Optimization is a more advanced and effective approach.
Where most systems focus on equalizing frequency, the Optimizer also corrects timing, phase, and spatial behavior — producing results that conventional systems cannot match.
Our mic captures the directionality of sound, allows the Optimizer to distinguish between direct sound and reflections and enables true spatial optimization.
No. The Optimizer and room treatment serve complementary roles in achieving high-quality sound. While the Optimizer can address a wide range of issues — including phase alignment, time-domain correction, and precise frequency shaping — it cannot reduce reverberation time in the mid and high frequencies. That’s a domain where passive acoustic treatment (such as absorbers and diffusers) remains essential.
Conversely, passive solutions cannot correct phase distortion, time alignment, or other signal-related anomalies — areas where the Optimizer excels. Together, these approaches form a powerful combination for achieving accurate and immersive sound reproduction.
Note: Our WaveForming technology enables active control of low-frequency room modes below 100Hz, achieving results comparable or even better than large bass traps — but using far less physical space by leveraging the subwoofers already integrated into the system.
Absolutely. Our technology is scalable — from private listening rooms to mixing stages to commercial cinemas.
A basic setup can be done in under an hour. But the system allows deep customization for advanced users and integrators.
At Trinnov, we never aimed to make “another room correction system.” We set out to solve the real problems of sound reproduction — in homes, studios, and theaters.
The Optimizer is the result of that vision. It’s not about flattening a curve — it’s about revealing what the artist intended. For those who demand the highest fidelity, it’s more than technology. It’s a tool for truth in sound.
Whether you’re designing a world-class listening room, mixing in a critical studio, or building the cinema of your dreams, Trinnov delivers tools that help you hear the truth.
