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room setup

I have read several articles including Cardas and the audio perfectionist about room/speaker setup. After many hours of trial an error I have come up with an optimum placement of the speakers.

Practicality dictates that my TV be setup between my speakers about 2 feet behind the front of the speakers. As we all know practicality simply goes out the window with our affliction. It seems to me that not only threoretically but in reality the TV becomes a reflective surface producing negetive imaging, etc. I will probably start experimenting, but its really not easy to move the 32 inch TV and the cabinet that it sits on. Any one want to weigh in on this?
kyneo

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c5150
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hey ...guess who

I did a field trip once....using a percussion instrument,a small wood block ,the ones they use for latin music etc...You could use a triangle or any inexpensive bongo.

Go outdoors and strike it several times.Get used to the sound "au naturel".Make sure there are no walls or your not in between houses because you will get the awful cement bounce.So drive out far from walls.What you are hearing is the full harmonics and full dynamics.

Now take that same instrument,go to your bedroom and try it a foot away from your bed....oh where are those harmonics and dynamics...all sucked up.=absorption

Now go and strike it a few inches from your RPTV,mine was a pioneer elite,piano black etc...What do you think happened????

I'll leave you hanging and see if anybody wants to take a guess?I'll post again tomorrow....
c5150
115 posts
 
part 2

Ok ....everybody including me thought it would be reflective.After hitting my instrument ,it turned out to be ...absorbing the sound ,just lke a matress or bed would.It is therefore a huge issue with low frequencies ,because it acts like a bass trap + overall absorber...hope it helps....It is after all a big hollow box!!
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