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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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terry9
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OP, you say, "Every professional installer (either for the home or the studio) measures, tweaks, measures, listens, and gets it right."

My experience is otherwise. I've owned systems from 2 figures to 6, and every one of them was better than what the pros did in a public building near me. 10 days ago I was treated to one that was even worse.

Of course there are experts who know what they are doing. The famous Cox, who did the research on room dimensions is a superb example. He found that most rooms are just plain bad, and that the difference between good and just OK can be as little as 2 cm in one dimension. Ignore the science at your peril - like some pros it seems.

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