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The problem with absorption panels- it kills the fine details

If you’ve ever removed your absorption panels, you’ll find that you’ll hear a lot more detail and there is more openness. Truth is all those fine pressure amplitudes that add so much to enjoyable listening are considerably extinguished with absorption panels. The room seems quieter with absorption panels because all the fine detail is diminished.

It sounds different, so people think it sounds better. Absorption panels can kill good sounding music. I removed most of the absorption panels, and things actually sounded better. All the furniture in the room and the bookshelves were doing their thing in a great way. So I’ve concluded I really don’t need all that crap on the walls.

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I have been looking for possible new speakers and focused on Sonus Faber as a possible source. Their most recent speakers just don’t sound as good to me as their speakers from 10 years ago,  Their newer software-designed systems do not seem to me to have the same time alignment and immediacy. The Wilsons are pretty good, but to my ear have never tamed their tweeters (the inverted Audax cannot be managed effectively).

In general, it’s getting to the point that people need to learn how to design, built and customize their OWN speakers for their OWN rooms. Or find someone who can,

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