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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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A little anecdote. My local retailer sells megabuck equipment. Over the years, I have auditioned Wilson, Gryphon, Spectral, Rockport, etc. Many systems approach $100K. I have never once been engaged by any of their systems. The culprit was an acoustically dead room. Recently, a friend got the audiophile bug, and we auditioned a system for him consisting of KEF LS 50 Metas and a Primaluna integrated. The dealer's room was minimally damped, but the sound was some of the most engaging "toe-tapping" sounds I have heard. I would have easily guessed at least a $50K system if I was blindfolded. That dealer's philosophy is to replicate a customer's listening room, which they do an excellent job of. 

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