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In Reply to: RE: Adjectives vs. Measurements posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on January 28, 2016 at 16:51:17
a comment indirectly related to yours (and written just after perusing SP's CES entries from last month):
No one ever listens to a speaker alone (well, except microphones in anechonic chambers). What we're listening to is components interacting with each other and the room.
Speaker placement, listening position, and how the room is amplifying or attenuating what the speaker is doing, is KEY.
You have to laugh at the audio shows, where all the attention is on the audio reproduction hardware, with little attention paid to room treatments or acoustics. Thus the often less than stellar results.
The fact is, for superior sound, room treatment, proper room dimensions, and arguably the careful use of subwoofers and EQ, are mandatory.
Too bad hardware makers ask us to spend all of the cash on fancy aluminum cases and esoteric designs, when in fact using 20% of the total budget on room optimization and less on the flavor of the month, would give better results.
But as long as the major audio magazines see it as their job to review/market the latest DACs, preamplifiers, and cables priced higher than the cost of building a dedicated audio room, the underrated aspects of speaker-room interface (arguably boring but more important) don't get the attention they deserve.
Not to mention, even some experienced reviewers probably don't have a clue about how much better a given system can sound in a room optimized for the hardware. They're too busy drooling in print over eye candy.
Follow Ups:
Unfortunately most people will never know of what you speak. It is a real hard sell, even to people who intellectually know better. Room Treatment Monthly ain't about to happen. Shows are for showing, show and tell for adults.
Only for Neophytes not in the business of selling Audio ... :)Audio treatments are a big deal breaker, the wife hates it, the Audiophile is intimidated by it and it adds cost and complexity to setups , regardless of what those in the "know" tells you.
Easiest way to lose a speaker sale is demoing with a ton of acoustic stuff, Do i really need all of this ask Mr Audio guy , No way that stuff is getting in the house says the "Boss" ... :)
So it's not as cut and dry , nor are the ones involved "stupid" , it's a Business , Seen ..
Edits: 02/02/16
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