Asymmetric Room


I have a semi treated asymmetric room & am getting some hash/glare from certain artists. I performed a frequency sweep from Qobuz using “Audio Line-Up Test Tones (Calibration Reference Check)”. I am getting a wavering tone in the 1khz and 1.25khz range.

chatGPT made several recommendations… speaker toe in, seating placement, ceiling treatment & treatment of the pool table on the left side (open area of the room). I can’t change seating position (large L shaped couch) & toe in had no effect. I very much prefer not to treat the ceiling (but will if I have to). 

My system & room layout is loaded. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks 

 

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Showing 2 responses by yoyoyaya

@OP While not necessarily the cause of your problem, you will get comb filtering from reflections from your sofa as well. So a throw on it will help as well. If you are hearing the problem within a foot of the speaker, check that it's not a resonance in the speaker itself - check that all the drive units are properly torqued.

@OP - simple test, if you are getting the same resonance a foot away from each speaker, it's probably not the speaker. If it's only one speaker, then a speaker drive unit/crossover is more likely.

But also check that there isn't something rattling in your room e.g. ornament on a shelf etc. It does happen.