In Reply to: RE: The forgotten factor. posted by Thorsten on July 12, 2012 at 09:09:29:
- The 'Power Response' is irrelevant. You are not everywhere in the listening room, you are at a specific position, hopefully more or less in front of your speakers. Reflected waves are attenuated by the reflection surfaces, and walls in the US are semi-transparent to low frequencies. Moreover, a large part of the reflected sound is out-of-phase. The 'Power Response' matters only in a all-concrete small lab, and the response at the listener's hears would still be different.
- The floor is typically a very strong reflector of low frequencies (and sometimes of mids and highs also - wood, stone, tiles). When out-of-phase, the reflection attenuates the direct sound.
As you, I don't have the ceiling's reflection problem, but often it is less critical than the floor reflection, except when the speakers are tall, the floor above made of concrete and low.
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- Don't agree at all - Belgarchi 16:40:24 07/12/12 (7)
- I agree lets get rid of floors who needs them - Kloss 08:04:16 07/14/12 (0)
- I agree with Duke and Thorsten - djk 23:42:46 07/13/12 (0)
- RE: Don't agree at all - Thorsten 22:12:37 07/12/12 (0)
- I agree with Thorsten - Duke 21:30:27 07/12/12 (3)
- I don't agree or disagree - just have a more insightful, maybe even more useful comment... - villastrangiato 10:20:47 07/14/12 (2)
- insights - Duke 11:21:17 07/14/12 (1)
- RE: insights - villastrangiato 12:05:54 07/14/12 (0)