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Room acoustics - Spending and sound videos

HI all,
Because I’m one of their top social media influencers (hahahaha) GIK acoustics sent me a couple of videos which go to some topics we’ve had recently about budgeting for room acoustics and how a room sounds with/without room treatment. While I am a fanboy, these are vendor videos so take with appropriate skepticism.


Budgeting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFg2IXT9wU&feature=youtu.be

Sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u6rvWSTDM&feature=youtu.be

Even though this is a vendor video, the dollar amounts suggested here are far far less than we've seen in some discussions. 

erik_squires

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erik_squires OP
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@milpai

Can you mount a blanket or something near by to test it?
erik_squires OP
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I do agree with the start small and grow your acoustics, and I think some of the rooms shown in the GIK demo were overtreated. There is however a minimum critical mass IMHO when it comes to room treatment. Treating bass requires big traps, and that is expensive, and it’s a shame a lot of poeple never hear how good a room can be with them, especially when it comes to giving small speakers a big speaker sound.

In the scale of $20K speakers and amps though, I don’t think investing $2-5k in your average listening room is a bad idea at all.

Best,
Erik
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