What causes "cupped hands"?


I've been dealing with this puzzling phenomenon for several months. I can't seem to rid my system of the "cupped hands" or megaphone effect. Acoustic treatments seem to help but haven't diminished it to an acceptable point. I've been told that cables can cause it but haven't been able to confirm this. The system consists of:

Mark Levinson 390S CD Player
Antique Sound Lab KMP-60 Fox DT Amps
Aerial Acoustics 7B Speakers
1.5 Meter ZCable LIVE v4 Interconnects
4' ZCable PASSION v3 Speaker Cables

Any ideas?
skipperrik

Showing 1 response by soix

If my math is right it seems you have your speakers 2.5' away from the side walls and 10' apart. The first thing I'd do is try moving the speakers closer together and possibly a little further out--maybe try something like a 7' or 8' equilateral triangle setup. In any event, I'd want the speakers a little further from the side walls to let them open up a bit and decouple them more from the room. Best of luck.

Tim