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What s behind your chair?

Having been the butt of jokes for last week's "What's in front of your chair?" thread, I will once again stick my neck on the chopping block and start a similar thread.

Right now, I have a cloth covered oriental folding screen against the wall 4 ft behind my seat. It definitely helps with imaging compared to a bare wall. However, I am considering putting my floor to ceiling bookcases behind my listening position filled with records, CDs and books. There is enough variation that it should be a pretty good diffuser.

Does anyone have an opinion as to what works best behind'ya: absorbers or diffusers? With what audio specific products have you had great sound? e.g. RPG skyline. How about DIY Tweaks? Let the games begin.
metaphysics

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sedond
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meta, if yer wall is only 4' behind ya, i'd suggest absorbers extending at least 3' either side of the *sweet-spot*. if the wall is a bit further back, but still in the vicinity, then i'd go w/diffusors. if ya got lotsa room behind ya (i'm fortunate to have >20'), then i am a follower of the *dead-end/live-end* room set-up, where the walls to the sides of, & behind the speakers are *dead*, ie - w/absorbers & diffusers, and the walls in front of the speakers are *live*. my only mod to this would be to place absorbers at the 1st-reflection-point to the listening position along the side-walls, if they are close to the speakers.

doug s.

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