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@dlcockrum Hi Dave. You hit the nail right on the head! I have none of my guitar amplifier cabs (or combos) in the room for just this reason. They will act as passive radiators.
The beginning of a new thread........ Hmmm. Perhaps.
Guitars and flutes and trumpets in the room can act as Helmholtz resonators but not in a good way. They are not the correct geometry for the job and not in the right locations even if they were. It’s the same reason why empty beer bottles in exhibit rooms at CES or anywhere foul up the sound.
Speakers are presumed to act as passive radiators, and not in a good way; hence the single speaker demo concept. But getting back to the can of worms for just a second, even a land line telephone or cell phone in the room are said to degrade the sound - supposedly because of the tiny speaker in them. I’m here to tell you (and I’m not hot dogging you) it’s NOT because of the tiny speaker, though. It’s something else. Something much more mysterious. It’s the same reason why a telephone book in the room degrades the sound. And why even a PICTURE OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT in the room degrades the sound. That’s the can of worms! Hel-loo! 😄