Professional Audio Calibrator recommendation plz
Jeff Hedback Among the best I've worked with. Search Art Schmucks System here on audiogon, Jeff did this room and did an incredible job. Best of Luck Peter |
I do this for a Living and this is a very difficult room to work with based on its structure, is the idea that you want to turn the room into a real theater? Or is music listening as important? A true home theater is about absorbing reflections and creating a quiet and neutral palette which the sounds of the theater can emerge. Your room looks to be too small to really make an effective theater for starters, and two all the bookcases make placing acoustic panels problematic. |
Audiotroy, Thanks for your reply. I'm 90% BD movies, so I want my room optimized for movies. My room is 19' x 11.2 x 8'. My room is what it is so I have to make do with what I got. My acoustic treatments have stands. I installed on ceiling though. How do I get in touch with you? Do you have a website? |
So I called Jim Smith first since he actually wrote a book. He turned me down stating a few too many obstacles. Guess the sound got the better of me:) 2 others from my list turned me down. Audiotroy didn't get back to me. Only in this hobby do I have to beg people to take my money:) I think this is irresponsible to future generations. We are holding ourselves back by not taking on the challenge of improving acoustics in bad rooms. It reminds me of some oppinions to why SACD failed. That if you didn't have a revealing enough system then we won't hear the difference of high rez. If people pushed that even in cheap systems you can hear SACD/high rez acceptance and even advancement would be greater today. EQ's measurably & subjectively improve the acoustics. Don't understand why acoustics companies & my dealers all cringe when I mention I use EQ. When people see my system the first thing they ask is what is an EQ. I explain that you know the difference between live & CD's and how we like CD's way better. That's because CD's are recorded in studios with treatments & EQ. So if EQ is used to encode it stands to reason we need an EQ to decode. (Unless you prefer live, but that's the minority) When we finally travel in space ships and have acoustically correct bridges it will not be this generation that contributed much. I could continue down my list & maybe I will later. For now I guess I'll try DIY. I just ordered XTZ and Owens Corning 703 panels. If I see an improvement I could upgrade to RealTraps and use the same placement that I measure positively. Does anyone know if OC703 is night & day difference with RealTraps? If it isn't & I'm pleased with the OC703 measurements I could just cover them with nice acoustically transparent material. Trial & error is the slowest scientific method but maybe once I start playing around I can ask more specific questions on how to place. It's a small room so I will try w/ as much absorption that I can reasonably fit. I'm not permanently mounting & plan to use stands. I also ordered the cotton fiber insulation so I can place the entire floor-wall corner. Just guessing here. But XTZ will tell me if I guessed wrong. Happy listening. |
