opaqueice wrote: > Robin Bowes;296032 Wrote: >> I would *always* do extended listening, even if I didn't think I liked >> the sound initially. > > That must get inconvenient...
Nah, I don't change systems very often. >> I recently picked up a Behringer DEQ2496 and plugged it into the >> "effects loop" of my Transporter using fw40 to do room correction. >> >> <snip for brevity> >> >> Initially, I didn't like the sound - it sounded so different to the >> non-eq'd system. But I stuck with it for a few days and now there's no >> going back - the non-eq'd system sounds awful in comparison. >> > > That's what's called burn-in... only it's your brain that's burning in > :-). Yeah, you get used to it. This is one of the reasons why I maintain that a better quality source is more important than speakers. Sure, you'll hear more of a difference with a change of speakers, but your ears soon get used to that. Whereas a smoother, more musical source is so much easier to listen to - less fatigue. > I've had the same experience. But try listening to a track with some > acoustic walking bass with and without room correction, and you'll hear > an improvement that you would certainly notice even without "burn-in". > In my room many bass notes are fat and distorted without RC, and that > gets greatly improved. > > Changes to the balance at higher frequencies are more a matter of taste > - personally, I've more or less stopped using room correction for > anything above a few hundred Hz, because the wavelengths are just too > short for it to be effective (unless you're really always listening > from one precisely fixed position, which I'm not). > > It might be interesting to start a thread on RC, since many people here > seem to use it. Yes, that would be interesting. I need to re-visit my RC setup, i.e. re-measure it properly, one speaker at a time. I'd be interested in hearing other people's experiences and tips. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
