Michael Fremer's system

Do you agree with his choice ? What would you change ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07NpWk_Xf8

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dodgealum Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,402 posts 12-12-2017 at 08:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I haven't heard MF's system but have heard quite a few megabuck systems in inadequate rooms (too small, large, irregular, bright, ETC) to know that he is not getting anywhere near the sound he has paid for in that space. I would posit that a system costing a quarter as much in a dedicated room sized to the speakers would sound twice as good. I'm sure many of us have been around long enough to recall how Stereophile and TAS would periodically profile the room and system of each reviewer so that readers could reasonably contextualize their conclusions. This should be standard practice--not a solution to the problem of reviewer/listener bias/preferences but it would certainly go a long way to helping all of us make purchasing decisions where an in home demo is not an option.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,706 posts 12-13-2017 at 02:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The video reveals that Mike is much more passionate about LP's and phonograph playing equipment than the rest of a system. As to the size of the room and bass reproduction, though the area he has the speakers in---back behind the aisles of LP racks---appears rather small for the Wilson's, the room itself is not that small. If the LP racks were to be removed from the room, it might appear much larger. I don't know how much those LP racks affect the propagation of bass frequencies, but I believe that is more determined by the dimensions between the room's walls---left-to-right and front-to-back, and perhaps it's floor-to-ceiling height. It may be that the long bass waves just pass over and around the racks, as if they weren't there. But the position of the speakers so close to the corners of the room can't be a good thing.
geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 12-13-2017 at 02:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Please bear with me a second. Not only is it bad for the sound to have SO MANY records in the room - or CDs, or books, any media - but it has NOTHING to do with absorption of Acoustic Waves or any such thing. The odd thing is that some of us have known about this for a very long time, at least 20 years, yet the average Joe Audiophile never heard of it. That’s probably why I have Advanced Audio Concepts in my name. 😃 It’s a Peter Belt (RIP) thing. Stereophile magazine even has two of Peter Belt’s products on their recommended components list. Come on, people! Wake up and smell the coffee! ☕️ “The great sound was in the room the whole time. You just couldn’t hear it properly.” Machina Dynamica Advanced Audio Concepts
shadorne Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,467 posts 12-13-2017 at 03:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Odd that MF ears are so golden he can hear huge differences in gear and even ordinary bits of wire but the clutter in his room apparently doesn’t matter. I guess he hears only what he believes. Perhaps there is no money in promoting room acoustics so it isnt a focus?
randy-11 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,913 posts 12-13-2017 at 08:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I hear he does all his listening with headphones...

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