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In Reply to: 5.1 monitors posted by Rich Jura on January 23, 2002 at 08:09:53:
Hi Rich,First, 22' x 25' dimensions sound much too close to a square to me. You run the (very high) risk of an almost impossible to control room boom.
Having length and width dimensions so close to each other means the natural resonant frequency of one dimension will be reinforced by the perpendicular dimension. In this case, certain frequencies are going to sound much louder than others. This will create a room that will
tell the sonic truth and will very easily cause listener fatigue. Even conversation will be harder to understand in a squarish room. If you've got 25' with a 10' height, I'd keep the third dimension closer to something like 16'. This is a BIG one; be careful with a square-ish room. (If you procede, don't say I didn't warn you.)
As to monitors, most of the powered monitors I've heard trade sonic truth for the convenience they provide. If truthfullness to the input signal (as opposed to sheer loudness) is your goal, forget "pro" speakers and listen to something like a Magneplanar (www.magnepan.com).
Hope this helps.
Happy Listening!
Barry
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Hi
Don't worry about typo's I read for content, not grammar . Thanks
for the warning about the room , I had already expressed it's short
fall to the administration and architect . They assured me I will be
able to work around it .
How does the saying go..."Never enough time to do it right, but
always enough time to do it over"Thanks For Your Concern
Rich
You might want to let them know in advance to budget for mucho Tube Traps (www.tubetrap.com). These are the only way I know to deal with a square room and even then, aside from the additional expense, they are not perfect.Sounds to me like they hired a professional "acoustician" to design the room. As an engineer, I've seen many, many professionally "designed" rooms, all of which work on a spreadsheet and fail miserably when you try to listen to music.
I would predict, without a radical change in plans, the output from this room will sound "thin" when played elsewhere on a good system. Within this room as planned, correct bass will be overwhelming and aspirin consumption will soar.
Good Luck and Happy Listening!
Barry
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