Firstly, this is inpired by a thread on HifiWigwam, here.
I am not sure of the protocols here, linking to another forum, but I am being quite transparent and I think it is very interesting.
To summarise, this thread suggests that, given the modest size of most listening rooms and the understandable reluctance of many to indulge in heavy acoustic treatment, it is very easy to overload the room with 'too much speaker'
This is a phenominom that I find to be very common, the current 'philosophy' of putting the emphasis more on speakers seems to be at least partly to blame for this as indeed is the trend towards floor standing speakers.
The effect of putting too much, mostly bass energy into a room, has an unpleasant effect of bloating the bass and 'muddying' the midrange, even at quite modest levels, at kigher levels I find this unlistenable.
The proposed solution is to use a good pair of compact, two way standmounts with a subwoofer (or 2) a solution that I rather like and one that I intend to persue once I have moved home.
Insider9 - I know you are aware of the original thread, maybe you would like to add something?
I am not sure of the protocols here, linking to another forum, but I am being quite transparent and I think it is very interesting.
To summarise, this thread suggests that, given the modest size of most listening rooms and the understandable reluctance of many to indulge in heavy acoustic treatment, it is very easy to overload the room with 'too much speaker'
This is a phenominom that I find to be very common, the current 'philosophy' of putting the emphasis more on speakers seems to be at least partly to blame for this as indeed is the trend towards floor standing speakers.
The effect of putting too much, mostly bass energy into a room, has an unpleasant effect of bloating the bass and 'muddying' the midrange, even at quite modest levels, at kigher levels I find this unlistenable.
The proposed solution is to use a good pair of compact, two way standmounts with a subwoofer (or 2) a solution that I rather like and one that I intend to persue once I have moved home.
Insider9 - I know you are aware of the original thread, maybe you would like to add something?