ob_kook;683111 Wrote: > From 2002 to 2010 I had an apartment in Tokyo because I spent so much > time doing business there. > > It was there that I bought my Dynaudio's and hauled over a vintage, but > not superb, Luxman integrated amp to drive them. The source was faily > low bitrate MP3's from the soundcard of a PC. (at least it was > aftermarket sound card!) > > By all measures, my current setup is vastly superior to what I had > there. Mostly FLAC now, Touch, dedicated DAC, monoblocks, and the same > set of speakers. > > But the music just sounded better in Tokyo... > > I am pretty certain that the reason for this is the natural acoustics > of the room. The dimansions very nice and square - just lie a speaker > laid on its side. Fully carpeted. a couple of large pieces of very > cushy furniture to sit on and nothng else. A 15 foot curtain along one > side, and the rest of the room wallpapered in this funky, slightly > spongy, porous wallpaper. > > My room today has a cathedral cieling, losts of beautiful architecture > angles, hardwood floors, and sparse wall coverings. What is there is > hard glass covered paintaings, a fired clay sculpture, and that's about > it. > > I would soooo love to treat the room, but there is just no way that > would fly. > > Actually I would so so so so so love to hear my current system in my > Tokyo room. Complete with a glass of 17 year old Nikka Yoichi single > malt. > > The room may very well be the most important piece of audio equipment I > don't have.
I think room acoustics is largely placebo. Here is why: if you take a good instrument, such as Martin D28 acoustic guitar, it will sound gorgeous no matter in what room it is played. On the other hand, a shitty instrument will sound shitty regardless of the room treatments. Ergo, the room hardly matters, if at all. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92936 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
