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Re: Same Ol' Problem, Still No Solution

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It feels good that there are other people that don't find it practical to have an entire (large) room that only has a pair of speakers, a sofa and an equipment rack. I just cannot see me buying a pair of Nautilus speakers for my living room only to see that my 2-year old daughter wanted to see what that funny thingy on top is that looks like a trumpet :-). So I am like a Napoleon, banished to make do on a tiny island :-).

For my fellow inmates with kids, just try to critically listen for only 5 minutes while your two kids are recreating Jurrasic Park III around your sofa. After about ten minutes, you say 'maybe my small office is not that bad after all, at least is has a door that can be closed and the computer noise is predictable, kind of like turntable noise - can be masked out' :-).

You are right, if you have a small speaker, you put it in a small room, so what good will the stupid bass bump do? Small room already has all kinds of mode-induced bumps, so engineering another one in a speaker does not make sense. Plus, it looks like speaker mfrs think that if you have a small room and placement problems, you don't care about midrange and highs, so the only speakers that are supposed to work well have so-so highs and midrange, and an artificial bass hump instead of flat bass that would work much better with the room modes.
OK, I will get off the soap box now.

I am trying to do this because of common sense - I spend endless hours working on my computer (I am a programmer for a big software company) and I noticed that my code is better and more elegant if I am subject to a hi-fidelity sound and good music while I work :-). I need more refined speakers and electronics to produce even smarter code.


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