Having built more Helmholtz resonators than the average bear 🐻 I think I can say they can be made to be relatively broadband. Otherwise they wouldn’t do much, no? But the very low frequencies are a tough nut to crack 🐿. No doubt about it. If your system goes down to 20 Hz that would be one helluva system. Sounds like you’re a good candidate for the DIY Room Lenses. They are broadband resonators. I’m a fan of Tube Traps too. Various resonators are in my product line up, too. They are also broadband. That’s what they skeptics used to say about the tiny little bowl resonators -"They’re TOO SMALL to have any effect on bass frequencies!" 😄 Even crystals can affect low frequencies; it’s all energy and they’re not biased. Just to add: you really should map out your room in all three dimensions using a test tone or two and a SPL meter to get an idea of the acoustic anomalies you're actually facing.
Speaker Placement - When it's perfect!
So many audiophiles have commented that when your room treatment is completed, your electronics set up and tweaked and most importantly, your speakers are set up in your listening space correctly that you'll know it because everything just sounds so "right" and natural. I just accomplished that feat in the last two weeks. I say two weeks because I needed to play a wide variety of recordings to be sure that I'm there. It is so great to have finally hit just the right set up.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that it has taken me well over a year of experimentation to get to this point. It's not that other placements yielded poor quality sound its just that now everything sounds like a live event (as much as any of our systems can).
I would really appreciate hearing about your journey to the promised land of audiophile/music lover bliss. How long did it take, what were the most difficult aspects of the journey? And if you have yet to get there, what do you think is the "brick in your wall"?
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that it has taken me well over a year of experimentation to get to this point. It's not that other placements yielded poor quality sound its just that now everything sounds like a live event (as much as any of our systems can).
I would really appreciate hearing about your journey to the promised land of audiophile/music lover bliss. How long did it take, what were the most difficult aspects of the journey? And if you have yet to get there, what do you think is the "brick in your wall"?
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