kevinzoe
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| Distortion from Audio Rack ?? To the OP: I am of the school of thought that the best equipment stand between the L/R main speakers is no equipment stand, as it interferes with soundstage, imaging, and early reflections symmetry, usually. If the speakers are pulled 7-8' out ... | |
| Room Analysis-How? @rjduncan - at the risk of appearing verbose given my long post above, I thought the following testing might be of interest to you. ~~~~ I wanted to evaluate how music sounds using 3 different EQ correction scenarios. This wasn’t an advanced scien... | |
| Room Analysis-How? @rjduncan - great question and one that involves a lot of learning. EDUCATION: I'd suggest reading Dr Toole's book "Sound Reproduction" which is about acoustics and psychoacoustic stuff. A base of knowledge and common sense will take you far. T... | |
| Room Treatments - ATS Corner Bass Trap I recently was working with Yamaha Music (Canada) on determining if some pesky bass modes could be absorbed enough or if structural room changes were needed. When 9 membrane bass traps (6 GIK Scopus T40 units and 3 Studio Solution units) were add... | |
| Room Treatments - ATS Corner Bass Trap jsalerno277 - congrats on your discovery that treatments can provide real substantive sound quality benefits. I am a bit surprised at how a single trap made so much of a difference that you listed, especially in an open concept room - I don't dou... | |
| Room Treatment: A Primer tcutter - Great info and clearly communicated! Just to add to what you've said so far, I thought I'd add: "For better stereo sound quality - is there an order to treating your room?" Early in my audiophile journey I thought frequency response w... | |
| DSP vs. active analog crossover vs. passive analog crossover. What is your take? Great thread - thanks for posting it. Below is my first hand experience. DSP/passive/active crossovers (XO) doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. For example, DSP can be an "and" not an "or" proposition when considering passive XO options. My... | |
| Room tuning or listen to as is condition? " So please share your story on what procedures or what steps you go through when you set up your system. " Here goes . . . > the room accounts for at least 50 percent of our sound quality so don't ignore it, Either sit near field to minimiz... | |
| Soundlab Dynastats I have the SoundLab A3-PX speaker and have been experimenting with speaker positioning and front wall (behind the speaker) acoustical treatment options for the past year. Assuming your speaker is similar to mine here are my insights: * Speaker t... | |
| Doubting Sound Treatment ? Thought I'd add my two cents to the discussion.There's no doubt in my mind that acoustical treatment can make a world of difference that both the ears and eyes can detect (from pre and post measurement graphs). Best start with some education I fo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Best jazz album is too hard to nail down . . .But, anyone else really dig the song 'Birdland' by Weather Report? It's got a groove that just hooks you in ! | |
| weakest link? what would you upgrade? Hi Bill - any progress on your DIY acoustical treatments? I have built quite a few and could share my learnings if you were interested. (You can see some of them in my System page or read about them in my blog responses.)As far as education on wha... | |
| What, if any, component to upgrade? Advice? Simao - Let me throw you a curve ball . . . all your current gear will sound better with acoustical room treatments! Best darn upgrade you can make. It isn't a bright shiny new toy like an amp or whatever but it can be used to widen soundstage, at... | |
| Any Jazz Performances on Blu Ray? Thanks guys. | |
| Low Cost Accoustic Diffusor and Treatments I can only comment from my years of trial and error. But here are some ideas in no particular order:* DIY is always less expensive (save for your time) and allows you to engineer it just right for your room and it's unique constraints.* polyfusers... |