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Gilf

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11/06/24 at 23:58:10

My employer and career require me to move every few years. This has given me a lot of experience listening in different spaces and a lot of turmoil as well. I currently find myself in the early stages of moving again and at the moment my listening room is being dismantled.

I have sold my BDAs as they are just too heavy and bulky to move. Likewise, several diffusers and wall/ceiling panels of oc703 went to friends. Currently I have my raw system with 4 ft of diffusion between the two speakers and the gear on the floor. Things will stay this way for the next month or so in order to keep my natural daily listening requirement and stress relief but no frills.

I’ve worked really hard over the last few years to get my current arrangement really dialed in so it’s actually been kind of cool to rewind and take pieces of treatment out one by one and remember what each does and what sonic breakthroughs occurred with the installation of each piece. I could be sad about how flabby the bass is now or how the Jupiter caps do sound “dark” but on the bright side, I know what to do in my next space to make things sound good again. It’s also really cool to listen to my system in an empty room and, despite where I’ve come from, listen and say “this is different but dang it sounds good!”

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Re: Un Treatment
Reply #1 - 12/30/24 at 21:54:38

Moving, every so often, now that is something that I can identify with. In a lot of cases, the new room was less than good to start with. I have had L shaped rooms, vaulted rooms, Square rooms, and now a rectangular room. As much as it seems an unlikely winner, the vaulted room was by far, the best. I couldn't begin to tell you why except that this room incorporated much more than just 2 story vaulted ceiling. There was a staircase and adjoining rooms involved. No other room in that house would have sounded as good.
For room treatments, I stuck with using drapes and sometimes hinged acoustic panels. I have never been a room since that didn't need so little help. Since then there has been nothing but resonances to deal with along with sidewalls and all of the other crap that 'speaks' to you. If you don't have the right road for your car, how do you intend to enjoy the ride?

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Gilf

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Reply #2 - 12/31/24 at 01:34:24

I think a lot has to do with the overall feel of the space and surroundings too. Some of my job assignments have been better than others and it certainly has a psychological effect.
My newest space is really good. It is 16x30 with 8 ft ceilings. The walls are cinder block. My previous experiences would say start treating. Dennis at Acoustic Fields actually likes concert walls for the mass and I am really enjoying what I am hearing so far. I don’t even have my w15’s in my baffles or my DAC. Just a CXNv2 into a heavily modded UFO25 into f15’s and the sound is just sublime.
I agree on the vaulted ceilings. I’ve had a couple of spaces like this and both the overall psychological spacious feel of the room and the sound are both amazing. It makes sense. Who wouldn’t want a mini cathedral?

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4krow

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Reply #3 - 12/31/24 at 18:24:38

Yes, what we 'feel' in a room does matter. Some rooms are uncomfortable for unknown reasons. It could be visual/auditory. Lighting also matters. There are many times where I do like to listen in the dark to reduce the distractive effects of the listening environment too. I have found myself staring at a speaker instead of actually listening to the music. Obviously acoustics are a top priority but necessarily the only priority. Look at the framing of a painting for example. Then look at where it is hung. Kind of the same thing but visual.

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