Listening Room or Components or my ears?


My system is sounding a bit harsh, hard, shrill. (Cronus Magnum lll Amp, Focal Aria 948 Speakers, Denon DCD 1700NE CD Player, Shunyata Gamma Cables). It is just CD play back at 1/3 volume. It's a basement, L shaped room. Carpeted cement floors. The Speakers are 3 foot from rear wall. Left speaker 2 foot from side wall. Right speaker is 15 foot from side wall. Speakers are silghtly toed in and a 6 foot apart. Equipment rack and two subs between them. The wall behind the speakers is covered in framed posters. Is this an obvious fault? The walls themselves are wood paneling. Is there a problem with only one apeaker next to a side wall? Ant thoughts or suggestions? Thanks

bzawa

Showing 1 response by barry2013

I was a long time in this hobby before I realised the importance of the listening room and then more by accident than design.

A visiting distributor commented on how good my listening room's acoustics were,It is my 21x12 ft lounge with a concrete floor, coved ceiling and large leather three piece suite.

The speakers, now Hailey Reference 2,2s are on one of the long walls about halfway and firing across the room, but at the time of his visit were Kipod Signature passives.

So I endorse other members comments on reviewing the listening room set  up.I am not that familiar with Focal speakers but in my limited experience they can be a bit treble dominant

Start with the room first though before changing the Focals