"02-26-15: Sabai
Zd542,
You stated, "One thing that you can do, and I highly recommend it, is to set your system up in a different room just as a test to see if the problem goes away." That's an interesting suggestion. I would never thought of that."
It all depends on what you're trying to do. I made the suggestion because of what the OP said here.
"Here is my issue. When music is dynamic my equipment sounds like it has an emphasis on the treble at the expense of the midrange.
I have chosen neutral sounding speakers, cables, amps.
Now I'm wondering if I haven't overdone my room treatments.
Music without a lot of high impact dynamic treble - think Norah Jones, Nick Drake, Bill Evans - sounds fabulous. Great tonality, a you are there sound. Harder music sounds a little edgy and this is on a pristine vinyl rig and Audio Research CD 9 cd player. Doshi pre and mono blocks. Various cables, Several pairs of speakers and amps. Lower volumes are better but 95 db things get shriller. Imaging is to die for, it's tonality in the top end or supression in the midrange that is the issue"
It didn't seem like he was too sure what the root of his problem was. And given that it was in the upper frequencies, I thought trying the system in a different room may help figure out what the problem is. Its much harder to fix HF problems by tuning the room because they're so directional. In most systems, you have a direct line of sight from the tweeter to the listening chair. So, for example, if you have a sibilance problem that's equipment related, I find that the problem will follow the system regardless of the room. I'm not saying the system will sound exactly the same, just that you should still hear the sibilance issue regardless of the room and how the room is treated. If the OP had a different kind of problem, such as a bass issue, moving the system to a different room probably won't help all that much in diagnosing the problem. Keep in mind, though, that this is the nature of trouble shooting. My suggestion is just 1 of several possible causes, so I could be wrong. But the more causes you can rule out, the closer you get to isolating the problem.
Zd542,
You stated, "One thing that you can do, and I highly recommend it, is to set your system up in a different room just as a test to see if the problem goes away." That's an interesting suggestion. I would never thought of that."
It all depends on what you're trying to do. I made the suggestion because of what the OP said here.
"Here is my issue. When music is dynamic my equipment sounds like it has an emphasis on the treble at the expense of the midrange.
I have chosen neutral sounding speakers, cables, amps.
Now I'm wondering if I haven't overdone my room treatments.
Music without a lot of high impact dynamic treble - think Norah Jones, Nick Drake, Bill Evans - sounds fabulous. Great tonality, a you are there sound. Harder music sounds a little edgy and this is on a pristine vinyl rig and Audio Research CD 9 cd player. Doshi pre and mono blocks. Various cables, Several pairs of speakers and amps. Lower volumes are better but 95 db things get shriller. Imaging is to die for, it's tonality in the top end or supression in the midrange that is the issue"
It didn't seem like he was too sure what the root of his problem was. And given that it was in the upper frequencies, I thought trying the system in a different room may help figure out what the problem is. Its much harder to fix HF problems by tuning the room because they're so directional. In most systems, you have a direct line of sight from the tweeter to the listening chair. So, for example, if you have a sibilance problem that's equipment related, I find that the problem will follow the system regardless of the room. I'm not saying the system will sound exactly the same, just that you should still hear the sibilance issue regardless of the room and how the room is treated. If the OP had a different kind of problem, such as a bass issue, moving the system to a different room probably won't help all that much in diagnosing the problem. Keep in mind, though, that this is the nature of trouble shooting. My suggestion is just 1 of several possible causes, so I could be wrong. But the more causes you can rule out, the closer you get to isolating the problem.
