Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak?

lexphin,

I forgot to mention to place one on the ceiling -- at the crossing of the diagonals from one corner to the other, in the exact middle of the ceiling -- as per SR. Zilplex also uses the same location.

geoffkait,

Franck Tchang has saved us a lot of trouble by homing in for us -- identifying the best locations for his Acoustic Resonators. This works well for my own cone-style resonators a la HFT. SR, Zilplex and Audio-Magic following with their own location maps for their resonators, bowls and bells. Of course, we can add or subtract as needed using a meter and/or trial and error.

One mans dirt cheap tweak is a others man arm and leg. Keeping all cable connections clean is great. Getting speaker cables off the floor is one more that i feel helps. Replaceing wall out lets with audio grade plugs is al so great, but not really cheap depending on which one you use. I have found the biggest bang for the buck High Fidelity MC O5s easy to use. May be not dirt cheap but a tweak that delivers a sonic improvement.
enjoy Pete

Sabai, Franck’s guide to locations for resonators is just that - a guide. Even he says that. Every room is different. If your location is off by 6 or 12" that can make all the difference in the world, as you missed the peak. The real locations vary from room to room, system to system, speaker to speaker. Speakers radiate different patterns so there cannot be one size fits all. And that’s why you’re only guessing if you don’t use a SPL meter. And I'm not even getting into the RFI angle.

geoffkait,

In my system Franck's basic diagram works very well. Franck eliminated a lot of the guess work for me. YMMV.

So, anyway, has anyone played around with 1/2" diameter bowls? Just curious....