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In Reply to: Room Acoustic posted by calb on October 25, 2015 at 04:39:41:
There is no doubt there are good and not so good sounding rooms, and good and bad sounding homes. Though I think the latter has more to do with electrical and electro-magnetic reasons.I live in a loft apartment in an apartment building. My system is along the long wall with an open hardwood staircase above my rack which sits above and behind my speakers, with an open atrium and timber venetian blinds to the right of my RH speaker. I have a long 3 meters long soft-upholstered sofa & rug. My listening room is also my living/dining room, so it is not technically ideal. However it all seems to work & sound good without room treatments. A quick clap test reveals a normal amount of resonance and decay, without echo.
With the above said, I plan on adding room treatments in future. I ruled out normal acoustic panels as I can't easily integrate them into my room. Instead I plan on having the master himself Franck Tchang personally treat my room with his Acoustic resonators. The resonators are small enough to not be too visually intrusive in a living/dining situation, and obviously having the opportunity for Franck to personally install the resonators is recommended if at all possible. I attached a link below fyi.
Returning to my earlier reference to electrical interference. Apartments in particular which typically have multiple electrical devices around the home & share mains cables with other apartments in the complex are susceptible to EMF and RFI interference from a range of sources (incl: wifi from neighboring apartments). Thus attention to AC power and ensuring your audio components are well shielded is essential. Higher end gear is generally well shielded against the effects of EMF and RFI, though one still has to address dirty mains power, under and over-voltage & provide robust surge protection. Some audiophiles install audiophile mains boards & run dedicated lines with audiophile wire which is fine, though a nightmare to retro-fit in an apartment. A perfectly acceptable alternative is upgrading to an audiophile wpo, using well shielded power cables & a good power conditioner with surge protection. That's the solution I use in my home & it works very well.
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