audiokinesis
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| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? "You could easily circumnavigate the laser point and it would be much much better than merely putting panels on that point." I don’t think I’ve ever advocated a "reflection POINT" paradigm; I think I’ve been talking about a reflection ZONE. "And ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? " My gods we are being so literal." Let’s not descend into arguing about arguing. " I’m saying that if best acoustic principles call for 20% absorption on a wall surface near the speakers, whether those panels EXACTLY cover a reflection point whic... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? @erik_squires wrote: " What matters is that portion of the wall, and the overall, average results. For instance, covering 20% of the wall with absorption and 5% of it with diffusion, as needed. " It sounds like you are still looking at small rooms... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? @erik_squires wrote: "I believe most audiophiles would be unable to tell if those treatments were at the reflection points or not, and that in many cases 4 panels of 2’x2’, no matter how well placed, would be unable to effect an audible improvemen... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Mijostyn, you are correct that I don't have experience with the latest in room correction, but I have no reservations anyway about its use in the subwoofer region (aside from the presumably-outdated possible latency issue). My reservations about ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Erik wrote: " We shouldn’t spot treat surfaces. We should treat the surface. That is, putting 2’x2’ panels in exactly the side, rear and even floor reflection points is practically useless. What does work is to treat the floor, side and rear. " So... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Hsw wrote: " Is this discussion only limited to lateral reflections? It seems to me the floor is the largest first reflection. " The floor bounce usually is the strongest early reflection, but perceptually is is not as detrimental as its magnitu... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Erik wrote: " Which I agree with, but is subtly, different than what I am arguing about. :)" I guess I missed that subtlty. Could you rephrase it? Pretend like I’m really dense... or don’t pretend, as the case may be... ;^)Thanks.Duke | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? @erik_squires wrote: " For the purposes of this argument, alone, I want to argue that first reflection points don’t matter, ever." Early lateral reflections contribute to spaciousness and expand the "apparent source width", according to Floyd Tool... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world I’ve waited three days for @sounds_real_audio to clarify his post above, and I think that’s long enough. So I’m going to reply to some of the things he said: “The "swarm" is actually an old term that was used to convince music lovers who were not ... | |
| Just spoke to an old client of mine..........Avantgarde owner Mr. D, ime the audible discontinuities you describe in hybrid speakers can have several different causes. Among them are: 1. If the angular spacing between the drivers is large, and in particular large relative to the wavelengths (which can happen... | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. Needfreestuff, I understand and appreciate that your intention is to help, not to argue. So is mine! And in an ideal situation I'd agree with you that it makes sense to have mains and subs in-phase in the crossover region. In audiomaze's situa... | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. While it's true that you'll get the loudest sound in the crossover region when the sub is "in phase" with the main speakers, that may not be what sounds best. IF one of the issues is too much contribution from the sub in and above the crossover r... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Dannad wrote: " Does ARC do this? I don’t know, but it is certainly possible. " I would be surprised if automated room correction algorithms are that sophisticated. But perhaps they are... I must admit that my knowledge of the topic is apparently ... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Dannad wrote: " ARC can detect accurately speaker distance based on first time of arrival and based on timing could differentiate between direct and reflected." It depends on the wavelengths and reflection path lengths. In order to get good direct... |