Just wanted to share a thought on Jim's book. The best part of the book for me was the tips and suggestions and techniques for speaker placement. They helped give me a more practical approach to speaker setup because the process is more thought out than what I did before with a tape measure and such. I did use Cardas math for the placement and Jim's tips helped me refine that. But for me the best part of Jim's writing on speaker placement was knowing what to listen for when its right. That tone and dynamics are what to really listen for and to achieve. Not imaging and soundstage. Once I got the speakers in the room where I got the tone and dynamics like they REALLY should be, the result was my room was so well energized and there was a very nice 3D wall of sound that was very coherent. Imaging and staging were really secondary at that point. One of the reasons I was able to get this was because I believed in what Jim wrote and wasn't afraid to put my speakers close together. Putting them closer together went against what I believed. And sure the Cardas math resulted in the same thing, but I wouldn't likely put them THAT close together if it wasn't for Jim's writing on the subject. Glad I got the book. I don't even feel like I need room treatment now, but I know I probably would benefit from it.
Now I'm going to put to test his suggestions on gear placement and move my rack out from between the speakers.
Bryan
Now I'm going to put to test his suggestions on gear placement and move my rack out from between the speakers.
Bryan