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highdudgeon;139355 Wrote: > Phil, > > You know I really respect you, man, so don't take this the wrong way: I > didn't say it was treated as best it could be; I said he did a pretty > good job. > > In fact, he did do a pretty good job. Yes, speaker placement is an > issue. Those things need to be at least a couple feet from the front > wall and preferably that much or more from the back wall. Then, toed > in to the listening position, and that preferably set up in an > equilateral triangle with the speaker plane -- unless you want to go > for bliss and use a 90 degree (not WAF) set up. > > The fact is, he's got terrific gear and he took the time to think about > his room and do something -- anything. Now, think about your experience > with audiophiles. How many actually get around to dealing with corners, > reflection points, etc? I've seen $100k systems in absolutely appalling > rooms. So, on this account, yes, I think he's done a good job! I agree with everything you said. And yes, I do scratch my head a lot when I see great equipment in a room with little/no attention paid to room acoustics (and in this light, Wally did in fact do a nice job addressing the room). I do understand that in some cases, things like aesthetics and WAF prevent doing some things... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
