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In Reply to: RE: Attacking the problem at the wrong end posted by JBen on February 25, 2011 at 22:50:14:
I agree that introducing changes into the listening room affects the sound. That's not what I'm questioning here. Even though it is very obvious to me that every and any change in the room (new piece of furniture, another person entering or leaving the room, etc.) affects the sound, I'm still not convinced that this is the place where we should expend most of our money, time and effort.
Here is why: I'm a guitar player, and I spend a lot of time playing my guitar. I've noticed that, as I change my position in the room, the guitar naturally sounds different. Still, it is the same old guitar, with the same old familiar sound. The added coloration that affects the guitar's sound as I move around the room is there, but it does not affect the instrument's character even one bit. This is an extremely significant fact.
If I go and get a shitty guitar, no matter how carefully I may choose the optimal spot in the room as far as the acoustics go, that guitar will continue to sound like shit. And vice versa -- if I get an amazing guitar (Martin D28, for example), no matter where I am in the room, and no matter how I treat the room acoustically, that guitar is continue to sound abso-bloody-lutely amazing!
That is what I mean by the ultimate importance of the source. Shitty source will continue sounding shitty even in the best possible room. Fantastic source will continue delivering impressive sound even in a shitty room.
The moral of the story? Same as I would advise you to go and spend at a minimum a few thousand bucks on a decent guitar if you want the instrument to sound musical, I would advise you to spend at a minimum a few thousand bucks on a decent source (including the amp). Once you get there, sure, by all means, expend the extra effort to create an optimal listening room and to position the speakers optimally. But remember -- source first.
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- RE: Attacking the problem at the wrong end - magiccarpetride 21:07:27 02/26/11 (3)
- Well... - RickeyM 21:45:58 02/26/11 (0)
- RE: Attacking the problem at the wrong end - esande 21:41:14 02/26/11 (1)
- my neighbor doesn't like my music collection, - RickeyM 22:28:05 02/26/11 (0)
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