Thanks for the Krelp. Sorry, could not resist. I just took a crash coarse on room treatment. I was a front-of-house soundman during the nineties and also spent 1000s of hours in an extensively treated enviroment full production recording studio (Woodland West Studios in Olathe, Kansas)Wait, I lived there for a while. (Do you know how much it would have cost me, if I had not taken residence there? 1000s of hours?!) My purpose of that statement was not to boast or imply superior knowledge on my part, quite the contrary, as I am very untechnical. It was to claify my over-extended exposure to the 'studio' life and reason for my prefrences. Studios are acoustically 'dead'. Almost muffled. There is no space or imaging until you panned, overdubbed, etc. Seems like the sound just radiates directly from the monitors to your ears with no space in between. It is too perfect/sterile for casual listening but a necessity for prodution. The instruments all sound 'dead' 'bonedry', until you add sweetness. I dont want that in my listening 'space'. I am however going to get a test CD and SPL meter (gee, should'nt I already have one or five of these already?) and treat the corners behind the speaks. I used to finish soundcheck, tweaking the 'main' rig to the room. An empty usually very reflective surface (try high SPL heavy metal in corragated metal building w/concrete floor, oh yes, cieling arched from the floor). None the less, even in a venue/room that is acoustically friendly to mix in, it all changes when things heat up, and fill up...Wow, I got to get to bed. It is 4:00 in the morning...
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