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In Reply to: RE: Starting from scratch which piece of the system do you put in place first? posted by ppopp on December 02, 2016 at 14:01:29
and, after determining the pluses/minuses you have to deal with in that particular room, you probably
want to choose some speakers most "apt" for it.
Floor standers, stand mounts, etc.
Then the right amp to drive them, a pre if you need it, your sources, cables, et al.
I think that's what I did.
It is largely subjective but proper logic applied will ease certain frustrations that could derail the fun down the line.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
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Unless one owns a home, planning for the room is pretty tough for the average wage earner.
the speakers are imperative first and that getting the right "ones" (size?) is important so you don't
overload (or underload too I suppose) the room.
I'd have probably preferred floor standers but our living room in our rented flat prohibited such
for any and all practical purposes.
I choose my system (speakers first since they have the greatest single impact on overall sound)
basically around the physical space I have to use it in.
Yeah, many of us ARE "stuck" with the room we have, so choosing carefully what goes in it is important.
Later on tweaking the room to tweak the system can sure be beneficial.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
electrical power.
After that, appropriate loudspeakers.
The room is the place to begin, and makes the largest contribution to the sound quality of a system.
No. The room can be changed. You pick a speaker style and sound you like. You don't fall in love with Quads sound but then say but in this room I need K horns. I'm not minimizing the role the room plays but you are overemphasizing it. I make my own room treatments. The room size and other factors play a large role in getting the SPL you want but amp power and speaker size can overcome things that speaker brand and design style cannot. You have to pick a speaker you like first.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
I would argue its easier to change the speaker than it is to modify the size and shape of the room. Yes, you can add room treatments, but your ability to modify the room is limited. If someone buys, say, a 20.7 Maggie and tries to fit them in a 10' x 10' room, it simply won't work optimally.
Most bad sounding systems I've heard are due to selecting the wrong speaker size/type for the room and/or poor placement.
There's greater synergy between the speakers and room than between any other parts of the system, and some types of speakers just aren't suited for some types of rooms.
I had Klipsch Heresy in this room and THAT was a mistake.
I'd LOVE to have some JMR OFFRANDE in here, had the $ for an available used pair
a few years ago but there's NO POINT in trying to force a star shaped peg into a round hole.
Room treatment here would have involved removing a wall.
Landlords frown upon such.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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