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In Reply to: RE: I agree posted by Kody on September 29, 2016 at 15:11:27
An open-ended room is a whole 'nuther ball o' wax! The outcome of an acoustic equation like this can be hard to predict, you won't know for sure until you try it. Hope for the best.Those brackets seem like a very good idea to me. Freestanding, moveable acoustic panels or even room dividers are another option should the need arise for acoustic barriers near the open side of the room.
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Hi all,Thanks for all of the suggestions. I really do appreciate the help. So my father-in-law is a long-time audiophile. I'd say he has about $30K+ invested into his system in his dedicated and sound treated listening room - thousands of CDs and vinyl. He stopped by today after work to give my setup a listen, and insisted that I'm dialed in and shouldn't change a thing.
These speakers really got him pumped up. He was excited and said that sound-wise my system isn't far behind his, and that sound only gets maybe 10 to 15% better than mine. Many will likely disagree, but I'm going with it. I guess it's like mountain and street bicycles and reduced weight. After a certain weight, you reach a point of rapidly diminishing returns if you pursue additional weight reduction technologies. Each additional ounce removed from the bike can cost thousands. Dropping that last few pounds can take you from a $2K bike to a $10K+ bike.
He was also very excited about the high quality and selection on Spotify (which he had never heard of). I asked him to name the most obscure band he could think of, and after a minute or so he asked me to search for The Wackers (I didn't say he had taste). I instantly produced their entire collection. He was sold, and explained that it took him years to find what he thought was all of their stuff. Turns out, Spotify has some material by them that he'd forgotten about.
Do you know that if I'm logged into Spotify on my main PC (the one with DAC and speakers), I can also log into the same account concurrently from my iPhone or iPad and control the music selection and volume. My iPad is my Spotify remote, which I can use to control the music from anywhere. No need for wireless speakers or wireless-capable DACs with Spotify. Thought that was very cool and worth sharing. And no I don't work for Spotify - just very impressed.
I still have some experimenting to do. While I very much value my father-in-law's experience and expertise, he does wear a hearing aid in one ear. I also may prefer a different sound than him. So, I'm going to try the speaker brackets tomorrow when they arrive. However, as I type this these speakers are sounding amazing. I'm thinking that the power of suggestion is having its way with me. I installed the speakers in corners with the understanding that this is generally not a good practice, and they subsequently sounded less than impressive to me. My father-in-law comes over and tells me they sound amazing, and now they are sounding pretty damned amazing. Maybe they are starting to break in? I'm going to go get a pair of socks for the bass ports and replay the stuff that didn't sound so good last night.
Thanks again all.
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It's what matters.
I'm guessing that the speakers will sound even more amazing when they are pulled out from the wall a bit but please let us know.
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