Phil Leigh;582569 Wrote: 
> I'm not sure why you think room treatment is "crass", since IME it is
> the single biggest improvement you can make, once you have a basic
> system that works well... care to expand?

To me, room treatment is analogous to messing with various curtains.
Some curtains will make the room more shady, some will make it more
bright etc. But essentially all the objects in the room still remain
visible. It is just the matter of personal preference that dictates how
bright or soft a lighting you prefer.

The actual audio components (such as your source, your amplification,
your augmentation of the sound) basically dictate what 'objects' will
be present in your room. Without these components working properly, you
can keep treating your room till the cows come home, nothing will
magically emerge in it if it hasn't already been placed in there.

A small change in how you convert the digital signal to analog may
reveal lots of hidden details, which is analogous to bringing a pile
brand new objects into the room. How are you going to now expose those
objects is a matter of taste, as you do your speaker placement/room
treatment.

None of that, of course, matters one bit the moment you put your
headphones on.


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