Danvet -- thank you for the description of your waiting room. What I have been thinking, much to my horror, is that boomy mid fi might actually, in a perverse, horrific way, "sound" (work?!) "better" in a multi room or background music application than more accurate high end. I will always go out of my way to trash the greedy Dr Bose and his pseudo scientific expertise, and I will keep my tubes and electrostatics for dedicated listening forever. But I have had difficulty getting my high end gear to sound right amidst background noise, guests, off axis etc. Given the technical and acoustic challenges of background music for entertaining, cleaning whatever, maybe we can explore an audiophile solution? Cello parametric equalizers to boost the mid bass with high end quality? LS35as in every corner of every room?
Horrific Confession and Question
While shopping for classical music in one of the mega retailers recently, I found myself quite carried away by whatever they were playing, finding the selection as well as the sound very pleasing. At the risk of never being allowed to post on this forum again, I am ashamed to admit that I discovered I was listening to BOSE mini speakers which were sticking out haphazardly from the ceiling. This leads me to wonder if background listening presents totally different challenges than focused, attentive listening. Against my audiophile background and judgement, I am wondering if I should install boomier "mid-fi" gear for multi room and entertaining guests when I renovate the house. Any thoughts?