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In Reply to: RPG Speaker Placement Software posted by F. Sonic Smith on November 8, 1999 at 10:37:45:
I've got a copy of Room Optimizer, run it on a P166 / Win95 at work (we're Mac at home). Its a nice package and certainly worth the price, but isn't perfect. The first thing to note is that it, like Visual Ears (which I also have), can only work with a rectangular room. To my mind the best feature of the RPG software is its automation. You enter your room size, speaker parameters, and any limitations on placement of the speakers and / or listener, and the software then runs through hundreds and hundreds of placement models to find the one with the least and smoothest boundary interference. Visual Ears is completely manual. You have to move the simulated speakers and listening position around in the room model, and it'll show the boundary reinforcement and standing waves for each placement. Thus its up to you to see if patterns develop when you move the speakers (for example, does each move away from the wall improve the frequency response or make it worse). On the other hand, you can use VE to find intentionally "bad" placements where boundary reinforcement or a standing wave might extend your speaker's bass performance a bit. The RPG Room Optimizer always looks for the lowest deviation from flat response.Given that placement can have huge effects on the sound of your speakers, and finding the best placement can be a very long process, I'd say that these software tools are both more than worth their relatively modest price.
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