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Your stereo might sound awful if moved into another room

Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on February 1, 2007 at 09:30:21

In Reply to: I Prefer Tubes & Women Like Halle Berry posted by thetubeguy1954 on January 31, 2007 at 07:54:35:

... and his stereo might sound a lot better if located in your room.

Your stereo located in another room might sound like Blose Acoustimess Shreikers connected to a $79 Pioneer receiver.
My apologies in advance if you use Blose speakers (I've heard they sound much better with tubes and many tube-lovers use them!)

There are so many room differences:

Many people are used to the reflections off 8' to 10' tall ceilings and could not tolerate the echoes off 15' to 20' tall ceilings.

Many people are used to sitting 8' to 12' from speakers and would not enjoy spoeakers placed 4' to 8' from their ears (distance from speakers affects the percentage of reflected versus direct sound heard by the listener ... and affects the treble frequency response).

Listening positions/ speaker locations further from walls and corners will tend to have weaker bass.

Some people are used to a 70Hz. bass peak frequently excited by bass drums and bass guitar notes (caused by the floor-to-ceiling standing wave in a typical 8' tall room) ... and find the bass too weak in a room with a much taller ceiling that places that bass peak under 50Hz. which is below the most common bass notes and not excited as often.

Some people prefer lively rooms, while others prefer dry rooms.

Rooms are a major factor in overall sound reproduction. I think they are the most important factor in obtaining above average sound quality (which seems impossible to obtain with below average room acoustics).

How loud you prefer the music is another variable: Smaller speakers that sound good at a 75dB average SPL ... may sound very congested and distorted at an 85dB+ average SPL.

Also, there are huge listener-to-listener differences in high frequency hearing ability due to normal hearing deterioration (aging) and abnormal hearing deterioration (hearing damage) that make one listener say the speakers are "detailed" while another says they are "much too bright"

Not to mention different overall frequency response preferences.
I must have full range bass frequency response to be happy, for one example.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007

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