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In Reply to: Thanks for the info Klaus... posted by Wellfed on March 15, 2007 at 07:39:56:
In this case it was not possible, since the construction of the new room included demolition of the rear wall of the old room. However, the old room was quite bad in all relevant respects, it was/is smaller, non-symmetric in the acoustical sense (left wall bricks, right wall bottom-to-floor windows, all surfaces acoustically hard, the speakers were on the short wall close to the side walls. Room treatment was not possible, that's why I bought those speakers since they were able to address some of the problems.
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I trust you are satisfied with the new room. You seem to get involved with some pretty interesting projects. How would you describe the results you've obtained? Sadly, unless I move into new quarters at some point, I'll never have the opportunity to investigate these for myself. I'm still interested in learning about the details however, just in case.
The new room is better in all relevant aspects, reverb time is low such that intelligibility is outstanding, no more smearing, no more room boom. The overall response is much smoother due to the lower Schroeder frequency, so far I could not detect any room modes, and even if, my speakers allow for room correction, so it would be a matter of minutes to get rid of the mode. The speakers themselves provide crystal clear sound, without any stress or strain, even at elevated SPL.The speakers are on the long wall, so no more side wall reflections, thanks to the ceiling no more ceiling reflections, thanks to the good speaker dispersion the floor reflection is not really a problem. Definitely, the time I have spent in reading all those stuff about speaker design, psychoacoustics and room acoustics was well invested.
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but beware, except for the turntable, it's all studio gear, including the infamous "Perfect.Period." preamp:-)
...there being more than one way to skin a cat. And thanks for the invite, if I'm ever in your neck of the woods, I will be SURE to look you up.
you will have to hire a boat instead of a car:-) Amsterdam airport is at 6 m below sea level, our place is at -2. And our house doesn't float yet.
...and don't know when the opportunity will present itself again. But if it does, I'll be over to your place with bells on, provided you're still above water that is.
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