+1 on too many reflections distorting the signal. It’s better to be over absorbed than under absorbed.
Room Too Dead
Hello All,
I am looking for advice and ideas on how to condition my Home Theater room. I built the theater in my unfinished basement. The foundation walls are covered in insulation and vapor barrier. Instead of construction walls to cover them, I chose a "pipe and drape" to cover the walls. I believe that the room is too dead. It seems to affect overall soundstage in the midrange range. Does anybody have experience with this problem and ideas to add a little "excitement" to the room? Thank you all.
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"Maybe all music venues should be lined with wool so there are no reflections whatsoever. That sounds fun! " If the sound of the original venue is on the recording, then that is part of the performance. But distortion, reflections and/or noise from the listening room should NOT be part of the playback. That's NOT on the recording. The recreation of an orchestra performance includes the venue in which it was recorded. In addition to the musical instruments, I want to hear the symphony halls in Vienna, New York, London, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis and elsewhere. That does NOT include my listening room.
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@bpoletti Well, I listened to some of my reference recordings in an acoustically dead room on a very good system with Rockport speakers and they sounded lifeless and awful and couldn’t wait to get outta there. Plus, when speaker manufacturers design speakers they don’t do it in acoustically dead rooms (or at least none that I know of do) so they’re not voiced at all for that environment. There are obviously important uses for both absorption and diffusion depending on the room, system, and personal taste, but I doubt there are many here who prefer an acoustically dead room. So I have a different take on this from you, and that’s ok and I respect your reasoning and position — different strokes. The only thing that matters at the end of the day is that we enjoy the sound we get from our systems no matter how we get there. Peace. |
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