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| Best room treatment @ronboco, I've bought products from GIK and RealTraps. They both make excellent products. They both offer free advice on room treatment. Just be aware that they are in business to sell products, not to educate potential customers on room acoust... | |
| Thinking about the good old days... Yep, my 1st system was the entry model Kenwood integrated amp and a pair of Scott speakers. I went through a Girard and a Dual turntable, and finally scraped together enough cash to buy a Pioneer PL 51 direct drive table. Still have that baby, ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Imo there is an alternative approach which starts out with the design of the loudspeakers themselves, and which does not call for anything remotely approaching treatment of entire room surfaces in order to get good results. Briefly, the loudspeake... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Erik, first reflection "point" is probably an unfortunate term, which probably derives from conventional techniques used to determine the area in question. First reflection zone would probably be much more accurate. Look at your REW impulse grap... | |
| Townes Van Zandt @trentmephis, I picked up Rearview and got a listen last night. Really good. Thanks for the recommendation. TVZ was a really talent. | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? @erik_squires , Floors are a different thing, but we don't spot treat floors. We treat the entire area in front of a speaker. I've never seen anyone put down a 2'x2' carpet exactly in the first reflection point, and this is kind of what i mean. E... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? hsw, I'm only going to answer for myself here. My understanding is that humans are naturally more adept at localizing sources in the horizontal plane. Our outer ears are mounted on the sides of our heads and aren't especially well designed to pi... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? @hilde45, my pleasure. As for your ceilings, don't fix it if it ain't broken. If you are getting good imaging and vocal articulation, and you are not being troubled by slap echo, count yourself lucky and focus on things that will make a differen... | |
| Total bass suck out at 40hz Mizike, it is not uncommon to have room modes and boundary effects combine resulting in nulls of 30 dB or so. That pretty much constitutes a total suck out, as you put it. I assumed you have 8 ft ceilings and put your room dimensions into the a... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Every organization with which I have been associated has a group of individuals that collectively constitute the soul of the organization. When those people are lost, the organization looses something that can't be replaced. Al was a big part of... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world @noble100 , Thanks for your helpful comments Tim. In answer to your question, I have ordered a Swarm system.Interesting comments on your experience with decay times. In my case, REW shows the frequencies at which ringing is observed correspond ... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world So I think most people would agree that addressing excess decay times (ringing) is as important or more important that flat frequency response. I've added a good bit of range limited traps to my room which have helped substantially to reduce ring... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg I am saddened beyond words to learn of this. Nothing I could possibly write could be adequate to express my sorrow. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace, my friend. | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world People who are in the business of selling are going to promote what they sell, and more often than not, are going to downplay products that they do not sell. Is there a single Magico dealer in the world who would tell you that Wilson makes bette... | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings I agree with everything that has been said previously. Massed violins may be the hardest thing to get right. Perhaps the next most common problem is trying to reproduce massed voices, especially sopranos, properly. In my view these are similar ... |