Mrs Loop, without realising it and certainly without intention, (alas, she totally doesn't 'get' my obsession) has massively upgraded how my system sounds.
We used to have pretty heavy curtains in the room where my HiFi is and Mrs Loop wanted a change. She opted for some new American style shutters for the windows and got rid of the curtains.
I noticed an acoustic difference right away in the room right away. It sounds slightly echo-ey and more 'live'. This filled me with dismay as i assumed it would make my Hifi sound too 'bright'.
I was completely wrong. Clarity has improved, but so has Bass response and timing. Everything is also smoother and more coherent. I find myself listening to things I thought I was bored with and revelling in things I know and love well. It's like I've had a massive component upgrade somewhere!
This happened a couple of weeks ago and at first I thought I was just excited by a different (maybe not better) sound. But no, I am convinced everything sounds better and cerainly would not want to go back to how things were before....
I just wondered if anyone else has had such a dramatic effect by doing something as simple as swapping their curtains?
We used to have pretty heavy curtains in the room where my HiFi is and Mrs Loop wanted a change. She opted for some new American style shutters for the windows and got rid of the curtains.
I noticed an acoustic difference right away in the room right away. It sounds slightly echo-ey and more 'live'. This filled me with dismay as i assumed it would make my Hifi sound too 'bright'.
I was completely wrong. Clarity has improved, but so has Bass response and timing. Everything is also smoother and more coherent. I find myself listening to things I thought I was bored with and revelling in things I know and love well. It's like I've had a massive component upgrade somewhere!
This happened a couple of weeks ago and at first I thought I was just excited by a different (maybe not better) sound. But no, I am convinced everything sounds better and cerainly would not want to go back to how things were before....
I just wondered if anyone else has had such a dramatic effect by doing something as simple as swapping their curtains?