Personally, my listening room is crammed with stuff. I've got a computer and desk in there, listening chair, leather couch, CD racks galore, and a separate, small HT system in one corner. On paper, the room should sound like crap, but everyone who's heard the system and the room has commented on how great it sounds. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that all the furniture and stuff in the room is providing a lot of diffusion--which, in audio terms, is usually a good thing. My advice is to bring the computer back in to the room--but obviously turn it off for serious listening. I seriously doubt it will hurt anything acoustically. In fact, it might very well help. Some of the worst listening rooms I've ever heard have also been the barest.
Does a listening room help or hinder?
I once had my office and my system in the same room. I did my work and listened while I worked(sounds like a Disney song). I heard lots of music. Before I had the music in my office, I had it in the living room.
Well, I got the idea that I needed a listening room, so I moved my desk and computer and put it in another room. Now, I have a listening room. It isn't pretty, but it is as functional as I can get it. It has room treatments galore. Some aren't very pretty, but all of it functional. I have one chair in it, plus a little table next to the chair to hold any drink I may have.
Lately, I put on some music and sit down. Sooner or later I have this urge to get up and go do something on the computer. Then I sit back. Soon, I get up again to get something in the kitchen. Then I sit back down again. It goes like this through the entire time the music is on.
Now I listen to music less than I did before. In fact, the music is on now, but I am in a separate room.
Where did I make the mistake? How can I fix this delima?
Well, I got the idea that I needed a listening room, so I moved my desk and computer and put it in another room. Now, I have a listening room. It isn't pretty, but it is as functional as I can get it. It has room treatments galore. Some aren't very pretty, but all of it functional. I have one chair in it, plus a little table next to the chair to hold any drink I may have.
Lately, I put on some music and sit down. Sooner or later I have this urge to get up and go do something on the computer. Then I sit back. Soon, I get up again to get something in the kitchen. Then I sit back down again. It goes like this through the entire time the music is on.
Now I listen to music less than I did before. In fact, the music is on now, but I am in a separate room.
Where did I make the mistake? How can I fix this delima?