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Originally Posted by Mumblesound  I must be in some real psychological trouble because I feel like I'm really starting to get a handle on some of this stuff. I am getting way more into it than I ever intended to be. |
And you're only half way. One thing we never mention, but is the source of
all our problems, is the speakers (at least for control and listening rooms).
I've come to the conclusion, as you have, that the whole room is a system.
But the system doesn't stop on the outside of the speaker enclosure. It goes
right on in.
For example, if your monitors are designed with a particular positioning in
mind and you put them somewhere else, you'll never get your room to sound
properly. I've seen the frequency response of the monitors mentioned a
couple of times but never the idea that you might be able to do something
about it.
The way forums are set up works against this integrated view. We have
forums for gear, forums for acoustics, forums for speaker and electronics
building. There isn't much mention of speakers in an acoustic forum, just
like there isn't much mention of acoustics in a speaker building forum. And
sometimes if the subject is brought up the poster is urged to take the
subject to the proper forum. So as not to clutter every forum we'd need
a forum dedicated to the interaction and intergration of all the pieces.
Paul P
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PS...
I had a similar aha moment yesterday. I was thinking about the large doorless
opening that's between my music room and our dining room. Up until now
I've been thinking of ways to close off the music room so it wouldn't interfere
with the function the dining room. All of a sudden I saw my entire music
room as a sound source of music
for the dining room. Instead of having
a door to close the room off, the opening would be like the big end of a
horn.
The fascinating part that came after this enlightenment is that now I can
treat the dining room so that the sound coming from the music room will
sound its best. The dining room is now part of the system and I don't see
a problem in justifying acoustic treatment in it when the purpose is to
have fantastic music (and very clear conversation) while seated at the
dining room table. Whereas before I was looking at using the dining room
to make my music room sound better I can now see the dining room using
the music room as a music source, like a stage.