In my custom listening room, I have built in bass traps. I end with a live room, treated on walls, ceilings and floors with absorptive materials. Trying the same on front and rear walls decimated the dynamics and high frequencies. I chose to use Synergistic HFT system throughout the room which are rather inconspicuous and tame the high frequencies in front and rear adequately by dispersing them. So no ringing and a delayed response from hard wood reflective surfaces.
Room correction room system vs ears….
So, I splashed out and spent more than I wanted to on a nice little Benchmark amp and preamp etc and since I’ve gone that far I got curious about a room correction system for this and it’s going to cost me over a grand apparently. As far as I can gather these dial in the music before it comes out of the speakers…?
im wondering if I simply messed around and found the sweet spot without a room correction system how much of a difference this would make. I’m far from savvy with audio and try to keep things simple for my simple brain, so, on a scale of 1-10 how much difference would I percieve by splashing out on a room correction system?
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@kota1 My room is treated much like yours, no spacers on multiple side wall absorption panels, very thick carpet and couch. The ceiling absorption panels are chain suspended about 6". I'm still looking for that 2019 video of my finished empty room. |
@kota I tried using absorption on the front wall in my prior home and current listening room and did not like the dulling, lifeless effect. I use Synergistic Research HFTs instead on my cherry plywood finished front wall which apparently diffuses the sound and prevents bright or glaring sound coming back at me. The alternative suggested by several acoustic engineers was for quadradic diffusion paneling. Unfortunately, the required size intruded into the room from the wall 12" and too much for my room. |
Same thing happened to me with absorption panels on front and rear walls-dead sound, lost dynamics and all interest in the music. Acoustic Fields sold me 8 large panels which even a pair on either front or rear walls killed the sound. I prefer the SR HFTs which diffused the sound with live sound remaining. Only the side walls and ceiling have absorption (well, the carpeted floor too with 106 oz.plush). |
@thomastrouble A $10,000 system can sound fantastic too!Here is my friend's system that I thoroughly enjoy: VPI SuperScout TT w/Dynavector 20X2 H McIntosh C20 version 2 pre-amp RAM RM-9 amp Kyocera X310 CD player (new caps) Von Schweikert VR 35 Export speakers Grover Huffman Empress cabling throughout Sure, it's older and now obtainable as used gear only. But for $10K, try to do better and the speakers are designed to be within one foot from the front wall, room friendly. |