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Posted by pburant (A) on December 21, 2004 at 06:36:57

In Reply to: I am full aware of how important room posted by kavakidd on December 20, 2004 at 12:43:37:

someone who's settled in an will not likely move any time soon, if ever. Someone in that postion can afford to pay less attention to the room and focus more on gear.

One of the big reasons that I'm a fan of starting with a reasonable room is that I know I won't be in my current house for more than another year or two, and then I'm moving on. If I don't pay attention to my room first, and start choosing or tweaking my equipment so that it sounds good in my current room, what am I gonna do when I move and the same gear doesn't work in the new room because the new room's character is different?

I'm not disagreeing that sometimes the answer lies with the gear and not the room, but part of the reason you start with the room is to remove any question of where the problem lies. I feel that trying to tune a system before the room issues have been investigated (not necessarily solved, but at least investigated), is somewhat like a person with poor vision trying to focus a projector without his glasses.

No amount of room treatment will fix a hardware or setup problem - I'll give you that. All gear that I have played with has exhibited a range of performance, and how close you come to the maximum performance of a piece of gear depends on how you set it up.

A well treated room has an additional benefit - I greatly prefer to spend time in my treated room than others when I'm NOT listening to music. Every other room in my house, although it's a small house with things hanging on the walls, sounds boomy and. in a way offensive to me. Being in the listening room feels more relaxing than the other rooms, even if I'm just reading. It's also great for conversation.

-Pete

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Topic - Howcum we're always so quick to blame the ROOM?? - kavakidd 07:48:59 12/17/04 (15)

Because the room affects the sound a LOT - jbmcb 12:37:46 12/20/04 (3)

I am full aware of how important room - kavakidd 12:43:37 12/20/04 (2)

Your perspective seems to be one of..... - pburant 06:36:57 12/21/04 (1)

Re: Your perspective seems to be one of..... - kavakidd 06:53:07 12/21/04 (0)

I placed three leather recliners in my listening room the previous month... - avian 23:15:24 12/19/04 (1)

No question - - kavakidd 06:10:39 12/20/04 (0)

Re: Howcum we're always so quick to blame the ROOM?? - Julien43 09:35:59 12/19/04 (0)

I think it is mainly the room, but agree that room correction devices don't work - Norm 15:29:01 12/17/04 (2)

How I long for... - David Aiken 22:02:45 12/17/04 (1)

Mine is at least symmetric. nt - Norm 11:26:30 12/18/04 (0)

evolution ... or flavour of the month - dave c 14:44:38 12/17/04 (0)

Re: Howcum we're always so quick to blame the ROOM?? - David Aiken 13:00:56 12/17/04 (3)

Sure there is - and I've had a lot of experience with it - kavakidd 22:08:43 12/17/04 (0)

Re: Howcum we're always so quick to blame the ROOM?? - Julien43 13:39:45 12/17/04 (1)

Re: Howcum we're always so quick to blame the ROOM?? - DaWoofer 21:18:42 12/17/04 (0)

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Re: Your perspective seems to be one of..... - kavakidd 06:53:07 12/21/04 (0)

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