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Similarly, go into another room (our office is next to our very large living room w/its cathedral-like vaulted ceiling) and listen, distractedly, while doing computer or other "business."
If under the first casual scenario you become captivated, you're doing something very right. Ditto for the second.
This also is a nice way to teach yourself about why you got into the hobby in the first place: to enjoy the music, not a bunch of musical tricks like front-to-back or side-to-side musical cues. Of course, they are pleasant, in the whole, but they can become a distraction, a tin grail...
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Depends on the room and if it has a door on it or not....or if they are in a basement like mine! Of course off axis and upstairs can indicate whether or not the speakers are loading the room well or not;))
dave_b
There was a real-review of the Klipsch K'horn some years ago to see how the iconic speaker held up after all these years.
It was the only time I heard a reviewer do the other room test and it sounded as if it were by accident from the article. He wrote something to the effect that it was like listening to a real piano in the other room, something other speakers could not do.
His conclusion was the K'horn was still competitive but was showing its weaknesses more compared to other speakers. I have my listening room in the basement and sometimes have to go upstairs from time to time. My Klipsch Heresy IIs and Wharfedale W70s both passed the test with ease. I found none of my Advents and KLH speakers came close while the Bozaks did well but not as good as the Klipsch and Wharfedales.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
The notion that evaluating a speaker is possible by listening from another room has multiple flaws, because of too many variables.
Before the "test" proponents get their dander up, I'll say that if you like the way your system sounds from another room, that's great and have fun.
But putting it forward as a test for loudspeaker quality is misguided. There are too many variables in the process, which affect the subjective results. Among them:
The acoustics of the source room.
Shape of the source room.
Placement of the speakers in the source room.
Frequency response characteristics of the speakers.
Directivity of the speakers.
Size and placement of the opening to the coupled room.
Acoustics of the coupled room.
SPL of the system.
EQ of the system.
Some of these variables are outside of our control.
As an example of what I'm explaining, take the K-horns which Brian Levy mentioned. Vintage variations of Klipschorns have a couple of things in common: Harsh and hard midrange, irregular (not smooth) bass, and uneven dispersion vs. frequency. But once these poor attributes have had a chance to have the room's acoustic signature imposed upon them, much like a graphic EQ coupled with some time smear, I suppose they might sound ok from another room.
:)
I concur that this technique is effective.
... Is this critical enough?
Smile
Sox
be stupid in public.
... I'm the only person on AA who thinks you are an attention whore.
Speaking of irony and unable to control one's self.
Over 57K posts just reeks control!
Whoosh!
I am posting this from my very large office which is next to our very, very, very, large living room w/its cathedral-like vaulted ceiling.
Gosh!
Oh, when listening to music I am usually standing up. So much for your guide!
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Sox
Since 2004 you have over 21,490 posts or 2,100 a year or close to 6 per day.
Tinnear has 57,700 since 2006 or 7,200 a year or close to 20 posts per day.
It's all fun guys post away.
... The tinned one posts about 319% more than myself but I have 520% more fun than Mr Perpetual Misery does.
Life's good, enjoy it, I do :)
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Sox
You're giving tinear some competition in the ol' irony department right there, Mr. Sox!
Heck, I'd wager you're not the only person on AA in Australia who thinks that!
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
"Listen In Another Room" test reviewers use a lot. Old as the hills but always very popular, because it WORKS.
I use it all the time. Great tool.
Fine post.
Happy new year.
Ah, yes. This explains the "difference so dramatic my wife could hear it from the next room..." that audiophiles so often speak of!
Even the dog seems more contented these days... must be the reduced ultrasonic glare that the paltry AC cable previously used was causing! ;)
Cheers,
Presto
My big DIY omnidirectional speakers do a wonderful job of filling the house with sound, and the frequency balance remains pretty stable even when I'm in another room. Some smaller conventional standmounts, by contrast, only really sound right on a fairly narrowly defined vertical/horizontal axis. Outside the "sweet spot," some of the treble goes missing and the bass can be either deficient or boomy depending where I am in relation to the room acoustics.
(nt)
You chauvinist, you...
...so you're the "wife" in the kitchen listening.
dsf
(nt)
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