Primacy Automatic Room Optimization (P.A.R.O.) Overview
Primacy® Automatic Room Optimization (P.A.R.O.) is a powerful analysis and audio processing system that optimizes the performance of your Primacy audio system at a specific position in your listening space. The P.A.R.O. system applies Dual-FFT analysis combined with proprietary algorithms to measure each individual speaker driver and the speakers as a whole, and it automatically makes precise adjustments in the frequency and time domains to smooth frequency response and create a precisely matched, coherent stereo pair. If subwoofers are connected to the Primacy CS, the P.A.R.O. system also optimizes the subwoofer response and transitions to the main speakers. At the end of the process, the P.A.R.O. system displays the measured results, before and after optimization.
You can run separate P.A.R.O. calibrations for different listening positions and switch between them using the Primacy CS, Primacy remote, or Primacy Mobile and Primacy Desktop applications. You can assign one calibration to each listening profile for easy transitions between listening positions.
The P.A.R.O. system requires a Windows® or Mac® computer running the Primacy Desktop application to be connected to the Primacy CS with a USB-C® cable. P.A.R.O. calibration requires a quiet listening space and may take up to fifteen minutes to complete.
P.A.R.O. Considerations
Primacy CS Placement Guidelines:
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Your Primacy CS must be located near the listening area to allow placement of the included calibrated microphone at the main listening position. The cable length of the included calibrated microphone is 9 m (30 ft.).
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You must connect your Primacy speakers to the Dante® speaker outputs of your Primacy CS.
Primacy Speaker Placement Guidelines:
The placement of your speakers can greatly impact the in-room response and affect the amount of work the P.A.R.O. system must perform to achieve its targets. Each speaker interacts with the room's boundaries independently, so symmetrical positioning of the left and right speakers is preferred.
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Furniture, walls, floors, and ceilings should be at similar distances from the speakers.
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You should apply acoustic treatment as needed to absorb or diffuse reflection points.
Microphone Placement Guidelines:
The P.A.R.O. system is specifically calibrated to this microphone and its connection scheme is specific to the supplied microphone. The P.A.R.O. calibration sequence will not operate correctly when a different microphone is connected.
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You should place the microphone at the middle of the listening position identified for the P.A.R.O. calibration.
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You should attach the microphone to a tripod or a microphone stand to keep it still during measurements and position the microphone at ear height, pointing upward near where your head would be when you are in your normal listening orientation (seated upright, reclined, etc.).
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You should avoid placing the microphone directly on furniture because that may cause anomalies in the data due to physical vibrations.