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In Reply to: Poll: Dedicated or Integrated Audio space? posted by Steve Cortez on February 16, 2007 at 21:24:05:
There are plusses and minuses to both. I've got a 2 channel system in a dedicated space and a 5.1 channel HT system built around an LCD TV in the general 'family room'. The HT system is a relatively new addition. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.A dedicated space gives you total freedom about where you place things and that makes a big difference. If the space isn't dedicated, then the other uses the space is put to and, in a modern open plan space, where the traffic areas are can impose major restrictions on where things go. Where things go is important. A dedicated space is also easier to treat acoustically, and that can make a huge difference. There are ways of introducing acoustic treatments that aren't visually intrusive into a non-dedicated space but they usually aren't anywhere near as effective as what you can achieve in a dedicated space.
On the other hand, having things in a non-dedicated space tends to help integrate the listening activity into the normal daily activities of the house while having a dedicated space tends to compartmentalise listening.
In the end, I think it boils down to a matter of personal preferences and priorities, plus a certain amount of practicality concerning just how much space you have and whether or not you can devote some to a dedicated room. I only achieved mine when we shifted into a larger house after I retired (not the usual sort of pre-retirement move, I have to admit). Up until then, the audio system was always in the living room.
What counts is what works best for you in the accommodation you occupy. Dedicated rooms can be very nice but they're hardly essential. Great sound is very nice, but it also isn't essential for musical enjoyment as I prove every time I listen to music on my car radio. Yoo can get quite good quality sound in a non-dedicated space if you work with the space. You can do a little better in terms of sound quality in a dedicated room but a dedicated room isn't necessary to enjoy listening to music at home. One could even mount a very utilitarian argument that the things a dedicated room is most useful for are keeping the gear safe from the prying fingers of children and providing the adults in the house with a place to escape to every now and then.
David Aiken
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