Have you ever had anyone come over and tune you're system

[taters]

I talked to a gentleman today that goes out and hears people's systems and tunes them for optimal performance. He brings over different cables, Isolation platforms, acoustic damping, power conditioners, power cords, etc, etc. I told him I thought that was a great Idea and I was surprised other dealers didn't do it. He said that most dealers were lazy and weren't willing to Invest the time.He said he stays busy 6 days a week doing this and that you can't stay at your showroom waiting for customers to come by. I'm going to have him come by sometime in January and see what he comes up with.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I talked to a gentleman today that goes out and hears people's systems and tunes them for optimal performance. He brings over different cables, Isolation platforms, acoustic damping, power conditioners, power cords, etc, etc. I told him I thought that was a great Idea and I was surprised other dealers didn't do it. He said that most dealers were lazy and weren't willing to Invest the time.He said he stays busy 6 days a week doing this and that you can't stay at your showroom waiting for customers to come by. I'm going to have him come by sometime in January and see what he comes up with.

I'd be more willing to accommodate him if he had a different toolkit.

 

[edorr]

I inquired with a few respectable names (some from the Home Theater world, other from the pro-studio design world) about coming down to my optimize my room, mostly through speaker placement and custom setting, may be acoustical treatment, and setting in my Trinnov. No one seemed to be particularly interested to come down for a fee. May be they prefer to do bigger projects that involve selling hardware, or from the ground up design services.

 

[Bill Hart]

This is what Jim Smith does- more about proper set up than adding conditioners, etc.

 

[A.wayne]

Damn , in the old days they used to do it for beer and burgers ....

 

[Gregadd]

Yeah I usuaully throw them out. Physician heal thyself.:b

 

[Bruce B]

Bob Hodas did mine and Winston's rooms. Well worth it!

 

[A.wayne]

Did you get the diffuser everywhere treatment ....?

 

[Bruce B]

The only diffusers I have are RPG diffractals on the back walls.

 

[JackD201]

Damn , in the old days they used to do it for beer and burgers ....

We still do but sometimes it's tapas and wine or dimsum and tea or pizza and rootbeer.

Order a flagship product and I'll bring a whole roast calf and a couple of Kegs! LOL!

 

[garylkoh]

Yeah I usuaully throw them out. Physician heal thyself.:b

Proper placement, not tweaks and tricks, will make the biggest and most positive difference in most of the rooms I've been to.

I usually offer this: http://genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepaper/Genesis_Loudspeaker_Setup_Procedure.pdf

It works for speakers other than Genesis as well.

 

[cjfrbw]

One of the ironies, guys spend boo hoo money for consultants and custom built rooms, then don't like them. Ultimately and unfortunately, throwing money at a problem is no substitute for sweat equity performed with experimenting over time to personal taste and tendencies. If you move and get a new room, you get to do it all over again.

 

[Ethan Winer]

I talked to a gentleman today that goes out and hears people's systems and tunes them for optimal performance.

I do that for local customers, though I focus on acoustic treatment and layout rather than wires and power products.

--Ethan

 

[A.wayne]

Proper placement, not tweaks and tricks, will make the biggest and most positive difference in most of the rooms I've been to.

I usually offer this: http://genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepaper/Genesis_Loudspeaker_Setup_Procedure.pdf

It works for speakers other than Genesis as well.

Gary,

Are you using this setup for the linesource gen1 or just the point source models ..?

 

[audioguy]

I'd be more willing to accommodate him if he had a different toolkit.

Speaker placement, seating location and room treatment are WAY more important than what he brings. I agree with Kal.

 

[garylkoh]

Gary,

Are you using this setup for the linesource gen1 also or just the point source models ..?

Yes, it also works with the line source models. Sound is a wave.......

 

[A.wayne]

So your only concern is the ocean ....

 

[garylkoh]

So your only concern is the ocean ....

Waves on the ocean are only 2D, sound is a 3D waveform.

 

[rblnr]

I'd be more willing to accommodate him if he had a different toolkit.

+1000

 

[MarinJim]

I talked to a gentleman today that goes out and hears people's systems and tunes them for optimal performance. He brings over different cables, Isolation platforms, acoustic damping, power conditioners, power cords, etc, etc. I told him I thought that was a great Idea and I was surprised other dealers didn't do it. He said that most dealers were lazy and weren't willing to Invest the time.He said he stays busy 6 days a week doing this and that you can't stay at your showroom waiting for customers to come by. I'm going to have him come by sometime in January and see what he comes up with.

Does he also bring amp, preamps, speakers, and source?