I have EQ'd a few places in a professional environment and have experimented with eq's in audiophile systems. There is no doubt that if you have a spectrum analyzer and a mic that you can eq a room to be perfectly flat. It is a must in a church or even a night club. My experience in the audiophile home setting is not as good. There is always a grain involved or even though bass is now flat and accurate, the amp seems to have lost attack or mid range is natural, but has lost a sparkle or warmth. I prefer room treatments first and a RTA & EQ last. I am a electronics buyer (among other things) by profession, so I still go to quite a few shows. Recently I came across a well known mid to high end line (sorry, I forgot which one, I'll write if it pops in my head)that had an RTA and Mic Built into a Receiver, this is a line that I normally thought of as seperates. They eq'd the room fairly quickly and I have to say that I was quite impressed. No, not hard core Hi end, but Nice bottom, smooth mid, a high end that was not nasty and had a sound stage. So, I believe that it can be done. Maybe I haven't found a good enough eq.
Changed Speaker Placement NOW BOOMY
Hello,
I have a bit of a problem. We bought new furniture for the living room where the stereo is and after replacing a couch, adding a chair and moving the speakers and audio rack down about 2 feet towards the corner and the speakers which where about 3 feet off the wall before are now about 14" off the wall.
I now have this unnatural sub boom and since I am using thiel 1.6 which have very little if any sub freq I can only assume its the room.
I understand that moving stuff around can do this, but its such a big change and I really dont have much room to play with.
Are there any cheap cheap cheap ways of fixing boom bass in a room.
The room is 12' X 26' with 9' ceilings.
If you look at my system pix the stereo is sorta in the same place with minor adjustments.
Any help would be super awesome.
I have a bit of a problem. We bought new furniture for the living room where the stereo is and after replacing a couch, adding a chair and moving the speakers and audio rack down about 2 feet towards the corner and the speakers which where about 3 feet off the wall before are now about 14" off the wall.
I now have this unnatural sub boom and since I am using thiel 1.6 which have very little if any sub freq I can only assume its the room.
I understand that moving stuff around can do this, but its such a big change and I really dont have much room to play with.
Are there any cheap cheap cheap ways of fixing boom bass in a room.
The room is 12' X 26' with 9' ceilings.
If you look at my system pix the stereo is sorta in the same place with minor adjustments.
Any help would be super awesome.
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