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In Reply to: RE: Good parts and construction posted by Scholl on March 14, 2015 at 06:51:02
Taking care to see that the room is as good as can be reasonably expected is really not all that expensive. I would hazard a guess that most folks could do a very credible job of "tuning" their room for $2k or less.
And yet they fail to do so. But they have absolutely NO problem "investing" in a $2k set of speaker cables or interconnects or power cords or any one of a number of other tweaks. This makes NO sense whatsoever, and yet it is de rigeur on these fora.
Until your average audiophile comes to understand that the speaker/room interface is as important to the overall sound quality as the source material itself, we will continue to read of folks gushing over how great their $2k power cord "sounds". This is troubling indeed....
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I would hazard a guess that most folks could do a very credible job of "tuning" their room for $2k or less.
I have about $1500 in a forest of DIY bass traps, fake ficus trees and a couple of Skyline diffusor panels to improve imaging and flatten response in the bottom three octaves.
I've also invested $800 on dual 20A dedicated lines and about $2k in aftermarket power cords to lower the noise level and capture more low level resolution.
Each set of enhancements is audible, but in different ways.
$800?.. the circuit breakers run $5ea for 25A 6kA rated units, and the cable is $1 per meter. !!
If all they had to do was lay the wire on the carpet, I would agree. It was a challenging installation that the first set of electricians said could not be done. They discovered several fire braces in the wall that prevented them from dropping the cable down from the attic.
The second bunch took a different approach, but had to cut openings in the ceiling to access the wall next to a dormer where there is little room to work. Don't forget the hospital grade outlets.
With regards to room treatment a lot can be achieved by fairly simple decoration choices.
The main one being to eschew leather upholstery in favour of cloth plus carpeting and rugs.
Avoid bare walls, book, record or cd shelves make good diffusors and large windows should get heavy curtains. Keep the furnishing symmetrical relative to the speakers.
I find heavy curtains can be too restrictive and prefer the current trend to double curtains. It enables me to control acoustics even better. First reflective points have always been emphasized, but the upper corners of the room need to be addressed. Mike Green with his corner tunes led the way but you can simply place drywall inserts in the corners to great effect ( I use a longer isosceles triangle for better aesthetics). for experimentation, a triangle cut out of cardboard is great: just use a bit of painter's tape to hold the cardboard up.The listening room will benefit from using organic material for trim and decorative items. Use wooden statues instead of glass: ornate wooden picture frames instead of the modern metal frames: oil or acrylic paintings with a lot of knife work rather than flat lithographs: wall hangings instead of photos.....
Getting rid of coffee tables will also help: use end tables instead.
All of the above should be of minimal cost, but then art work can be expensive....
Edits: 03/18/15 03/18/15
Diffusion with plants or fake plants works well too. Get the wife involved for a win-win situation.
involvement is good idea: can get very expensive though
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