Complete system for $10k that will sound good all day long.
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As if speaker positioning is unimportant or avoiding vast expanses of glass is unimportant as well.
Let's see a picture of your setup for comparison. I would like to see a proper setup.
Of course yashn , Physical things like echos and stuff dont apply to a self proclaimed theoretical audio god
All of the flattery is making me blush. I'm truly honoured you put me up on a pedestal like that in your mind. But in reality, there's even room reflections at my place. But not much of an issue as they are toed in slightly, and the off axis dispersion seems to be absorbed quite effectively into the heavy cotton drapes. Blinds probably help as well. But I have not claimed this to be the ultimate listening room. It's just a casual listening area. The real setup is downstairs.
meh...
Diagnosed my room response with REW and a condenser mic and built my own Acoustic panels and bass traps.
Built my own isolation stands for the Bookshelf loudspeakers and built my own stand for the subwoofer for isolation and standing waves reduction.
This is what allows me to listen to my gear rather than a heavily distorted sound of what my gear is capable of.
Yeah I just use a plant and a drape. The carpet and furnishings help as well. I plunked everything down in the room and it sounds awesome. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'm happy with the sound, and I've heard a lot of setups. The 14' ceilings open to a vast open space help as well. No boominess at all. Just tight, solid, clean bass. The DxD version of the Sheffield drum and track disk is shocking how powerful it sounds. But I do have 1400W per channel of Hypex Ncore amplification driving them with 4 Hypex SMPS1200A700 supplies
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No nasty floor to ceiling reflections buggering up your soundstage either.
To YashN, congrats on your home acoustic improvements. I do also use some room treatment but mikes gaff sure looks better than mine, nice place to chill out with his family and friends rather than some man cave that looks like a science experiment gone wrong.... I am sure music sounds great in there. Having not herd his speakers or his room it's hard to say what effect treatment would have! It's not a typical room what with the ceiling and all. Certainly lots of air volume to play with...
Oh I never said speaker placement was unimportant, or that no care needs to be taken considering reflective suffices. Those big drapes will be doing a few things for sure, plus no pressure issues. I could pick fault of course but given mikes been building speakers for twenty years I would have to be a bit of a chump to do that.. Not to mention rude.
To YashN, congrats on your home acoustic improvements. I do also use some room treatment but mikes gaff sure looks better than mine, nice place to chill out with his family and friends rather than some man cave that looks like a science experiment gone wrong.... I am sure music sounds great in there. Having not herd his speakers or his room it's hard to say what effect treatment would have! It's not a typical room what with the ceiling and all. Certainly lots of air volume to play with...
Oh I never said speaker placement was unimportant, or that no care needs to be taken considering reflective suffices. Those big drapes will be doing a few things for sure, plus no pressure issues. I could pick fault of course but given mikes been building speakers for twenty years I would have to be a bit of a chump to do that.. Not to mention rude.
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Yea I don't do bad do i!
All you need is some straws in the ports lol, oh and take the TV out
Hang on,if you take the TV out then it won't be a multifunctional family living space!
I think you have been making friends again on CA, I detect a little history between you both
Oh well, you sure do make a impression Mike
Nice to see Rodney pop by, seems to be accusing you of being a police officer!? Oink oink??? Your not the filth Are you mike?
All you need is some straws in the ports lol, oh and take the TV out
Hang on,if you take the TV out then it won't be a multifunctional family living space!
I think you have been making friends again on CA, I detect a little history between you both
Oh well, you sure do make a impression Mike
Nice to see Rodney pop by, seems to be accusing you of being a police officer!? Oink oink??? Your not the filth Are you mike?
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I would go with white Rhino
Maybe that can be his company name? What do you think mike? Cool and kind of descriptive!'
Well rhino and horse while very different seem to get on ok... A example to the world
Maybe that can be his company name? What do you think mike? Cool and kind of descriptive!'
Well rhino and horse while very different seem to get on ok... A example to the world
Yea I don't do bad do i!
All you need is some straws in the ports lol, oh and take the TV out
Hang on,if you take the TV out then it won't be a multifunctional family living space!
I think you have been making friends again on CA, I detect a little history between you both
Oh well, you sure do make a impression Mike
Nice to see Rodney pop by, seems to be accusing you of being a police officer!? Oink oink??? Your not the filth Are you mike?
Oh that Rodney. Still doesn't realize what jitter and S/N ratio means, so he takes it out on me. Oh well to each their own.
Yes I know the TV shouldn't be there. But until I'm finished my experimenting, it's hiding all of the electronics. That's where the mad scientist work of art 4 layer PCB's are of all my electronics. Eventually it will be mounted on the wall with the bottom at the speaker height. All electronics will be hidden in the vibration isolated subenclosures on the back of the woofer cabinets. This is why they are so deep. Then I'll sell them off at not much over cost and someone will have a turn key system that can compete with a $40k system all day for around $8K.
Here's when I first dry fitted the pieces together before sanding:
Glue and clamping the top cabinet:
Inside is built like a pyramid with each layer tuned to a different frequency. this way each layer cancels out resonances from the next layer. also makes for no parallel internal walls for dealing with standing waves. Viscoelastic damping adhesive was used between each layer to further dampen. Walls are 4" thick toward the back:
Sanding:
Oh and about CA, I was banned from there for making too many friends already
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Yeh.. a rhino , thick skinned , 1/2 blind and charges anything that moves. Im just the ox pecker
Sexy machining Mike, nice! They look fine!
More pics, intelligently thought out Mike! They look sexy on the inside too.
Got banned! Too kool for Skool? Really your universal popularity must of intimidated the management, online you have at magnetic personality, Except your magnet seems to be the wrong way round for a lot of folks
More pics, intelligently thought out Mike! They look sexy on the inside too.
Got banned! Too kool for Skool? Really your universal popularity must of intimidated the management, online you have at magnetic personality, Except your magnet seems to be the wrong way round for a lot of folks
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Referring to your photo Rodney..,
That's some arse hole in the background... Even blurred out it steals the show!
That's some arse hole in the background... Even blurred out it steals the show!
Sexy machining Mike, nice! They look fine!
Got banned! Too kool for Skool? Really your universal popularity must of intimidated the management, online you have at magnetic personality, Except your magnet seems to be the wrong way round for a lot of folks
Well I think I've finally found a home where I can be accepted for who I am:
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