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Posted by Richard BassNut Greene (A) on October 05, 2007 at 08:31:41

In Reply to: RE: Recorded-Music Listening Room for Liberal-Arts College: Speaker Choices posted by John Marks on October 04, 2007 at 15:41:42

You never mentioned whether this was going to be a state-of-the-art home theater / surround sound audio room or just an "Audio Amish" two-channel vinyl room.

Two-channel audio is the wrong choice, IMHO, even if implemented perfectly.

Sorry to burst your two-channel bubble, Mr. Audio Amishman, but the professor will have to tie the kids to their chairs, stuff their mouths with cotton balls, confiscate their cell phones and IPODs, and probably threaten them with "F's", to get them to sit still for more than five minutes listening to two-channel music from vinyl records NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE SPEAKERS ARE!

After one minute of listening, these kids will realize they strongly prefer the surround sound music they hear while watching films at their local SURROUND SOUND cinema ... or in their rich friend's Dad's expensive SURROUND SOUND home theater!

With two or three rows of chairs planned, many listeners will NOT be in the optimum location for the best possible sound quality from ANY two-channel system.

If there is more than one row of listeners, surround sound is more likely to be a better choice than two-channel audio, because seating position will have a considerably smaller effect on sound quality.

Of course there may be a few weenies (probably a few token conservative students recruited to the liberal arts college for "diversity") who really want to sit still, and quiet, for one hour of listening to boring string quartets, and LOUD operas by German composers!

Of course, I could be wrong.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007

• The main room will be 2-channel. There will be a DVD/Laserdisc room with surround - John Marks 09:03:04 10/05/07 (8)
  • "(There) are students who would rather listen to a succession of Bartok quartet movements ..." - Richard BassNut Greene 12:55:17 10/06/07 (0)
  • RE: The main room will be 2-channel. There will be a DVD/Laserdisc room with surround - theaudiohobby 11:25:39 10/05/07 (5)
    • "approximately 17,000 mint LPs..." - musetap 12:19:16 10/05/07 (1)
      • RE: "approximately 17,000 mint LPs..." - theaudiohobby 04:23:15 10/08/07 (0)
    • What musetap said about RBG pretty much applies here as well! LOL nt - bjh 12:00:10 10/05/07 (2)
      • You just LOVE IT so much when someone else insults me that you just HAVE TO pile on ! - Richard BassNut Greene 14:28:42 10/05/07 (1)
        • Sorry, Richard; it's not you... - tlyyra 14:40:43 10/05/07 (0)
  • Regarding finding insulting anything from RBG: consider the source; - musetap 10:54:15 10/05/07 (0)

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