All:
For those that don't know, I moved my system from my main listening room; which contains other furniture, a television, etc. to a stripped room with nothing in it except my audio equipment, listening chair, and blinds and curtains to cover the reflective (audio-wise) glass on the solo window in the room.
This new room was smaller than my listening room, at only 8' wide by 13' deep, with a slight cathedral ceiling sloping from about 9' down to 8' and carpeted as well.
At any rate, I found the new experiment to fail. In short, there seemed to be a standing bass wave in the room that NO amount of speaker placement could remedy.
In addition, the soundstage had collapsed to practically a line, and even *behind* the speakers.
Now granted, I could have spent much more time and even money on optimizing this room...but I felt with such a horrendous base to start with, pun intended, I tore it all down and just moved it back to my original, tried and true location.
Thank God nothing in the move upset the sound I have been literally working on for months to grow to.
Lesson learned: the room IS absolutely CRITICAL to audio. If any listeners are absolutely *miserable* with their audio experience, or are looking for a drastic change in their sound, please by all means try a different room! This could change everything for you.
I would stress also from my learning experience that a minimum size room is mandatory. (I would guess due to the general rule of thumb speakers are usually 7-8' apart in many setups in "standard" sized rooms.)
In this case, I believe the width of the room at only 8' was the killer.
Hope this helps others.
Best Regards,
Ron
All:
For those that don't know, I moved my system from my main listening room; which contains other furniture, a television, etc. to a stripped room with nothing in it except my audio equipment, listening chair, and blinds and curtains to cover the reflective (audio-wise) glass on the solo window in the room.
This new room was smaller than my listening room, at only 8' wide by 13' deep, with a slight cathedral ceiling sloping from about 9' down to 8' and carpeted as well.
At any rate, I found the new experiment to fail. In short, there seemed to be a standing bass wave in the room that NO amount of speaker placement could remedy.
In addition, the soundstage had collapsed to practically a line, and even *behind* the speakers.
Now granted, I could have spent much more time and even money on optimizing this room...but I felt with such a horrendous base to start with, pun intended, I tore it all down and just moved it back to my original, tried and true location.
Thank God nothing in the move upset the sound I have been literally working on for months to grow to.
Lesson learned: the room IS absolutely CRITICAL to audio. If any listeners are absolutely *miserable* with their audio experience, or are looking for a drastic change in their sound, please by all means try a different room! This could change everything for you.
I would stress also from my learning experience that a minimum size room is mandatory. (I would guess due to the general rule of thumb speakers are usually 7-8' apart in many setups in "standard" sized rooms.)
In this case, I believe the width of the room at only 8' was the killer.
Hope this helps others.
Best Regards,
Ron