Amused To Death and Avalon Opus

rich: dialing in a pair of speakers is rarely easy for anyone, no matter their individual experiences. a couple of weeks ago, my audio dealer and close friend had an open house, for the first time featuring avalon eidolon diamonds in the "main room." the vice-president of avalon, another good friend of mine, spent many hours "getting things right," notwithstanding his great familiarity with the room's acoustics, having setup several pairs of different avalon models over the years. in the end, the tweaking centered on the removal of some side wall acoustic panels and the insertion of tube traps behind and between the diamonds. the differences these fine tunings produced were startling. believe me, it's worth it to keep up your efforts. i'd suggest you pause for a bit, though, to establish a "control" for the finest of fine tunings. -cfb

Rich-
Have you been experimenting with speaker "toe-in"? I've found that sometimes just a slight tweak inward will snap things into focus. I also wouldn't be afraid of trying the speakers a bit closer to the walls, anything might help tune them in, so don't dismiss it 'till you've tried it. And lastly - throw away the formulas, set them up with your ears, and ENJOY!
Good Luck,
Ed

That is two different dogs. If I knew my dogs better, I would know the breeds! It's getting soooo good.

Amused to Death is an album that makes you wonder why there is so much fuss about multi channel music. As for the dog sound, I didn't get the barking dog behind me until I swapped the speaker polarity since my pre-amp is phase inverting. B.T.W., the recent live recording "In the Flesh", also in QSound, is very good as well. You can hear the 2001 Space Odyssey bit in the beginning of Perfect Sense, where HAL is talking to Dave, coming from just behind you.