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If you want lame advice DON'T do this!

Have you ever seen a member ask for advice about their system and don't understand why they need to make a change? Mistakes in this hobby are generally expensive. Does a list of components tell you how they sound together as a system? No Does a picture of a room tell you how the system sounds in the room? No. Think about the dollars that have been flushed away because the problem was the room and no matter what you stick in there or how much it cost it won't git er done. A flat in room frequency response is a starting point before changing anything. So, why don't more people post measurements when asking for advice? If you want lame advice DON'T post your system in your profile. If you want good advice post your system and a pic. If you want excellent advice include your in room FR measurements (which almost all modern receivers provide or REW can do for free). 

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bigkidz
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First of all, most manufacturers don't know how to set-up speakers in a room to optimize the sound.  When my dealer friend gets in a new pair of speakers, the manufacturer always comes in and changes the positions and not for the better.

While the room is one component of the total sound, most people have equipment that they have no idea what makes them sound the way they do.  Two examples, how many have ever heard field coil speakers or a Direct Heated Triode tube component.

Audio Physics has had speaker placement set-up instructions on their website since forever.  One of our listening rooms has brick walls and I bet that we achieve better sound than most do and the room is barely treated if at all.

Happy Listening.

 

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