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RE: One can not have a high end system without a suitable room

Posted by KlausR. (A) on July 10, 2010 at 04:15:31

In Reply to: RE: One can not have a high end system without a suitable room posted by Tony Lauck on July 9, 2010 at 09:34:51:

>Are you disagreeing with my statement that the room is the most important component?<

Yes, I do!

You will obtain very different results in different locations of the speakers within the same room:

Olive et al. (1994), “The effects of loudspeaker placement on listener preference ratings”, J. of Audio Eng. Soc., p.651
Bech (1994), “Perception of timbre of reproduced sound in small rooms: influence of room and loudspeaker position”, J. of Audio Eng. Soc., p.999

You will obtain very different results in different locations of the listening chair within the same room:

Salava (2004), “Imperfections at low frequencies – how much are they audible or annoying?”, Audio Eng. Soc. Preprint 6144

The room doesn’t change, but the result does. Behaviour and perception of bass depend on placement of speakers and listening chair. Effects of early reflections depend on placement of speakers and listening chair and on the speakers’ off-axis behaviour. Since there is interaction of room and speakers you cannot separate the two and say the room is most important, placement is most important, the speakers are most important. You can put the best speakers in the world in a room built to all the audiophile standards you know, if you put speakers and yourself in the wrong place, the result may be disappointing.

In the same room, badly designed speakers will cause more problems than well designed speakers. Most people don’t know or don’t care, yet think that high-end is a label for quality.



Klaus

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