Is my room doomed? Pic

Ken/Lasercd,

Yeah let's definitely keep in touch on how your Aquilas are going. I just moved the side firing woofers so they point each other to try it out. I think there was a definite improvement on tighness and punch as well as overall balance. I still have to do some more careful listening and playing around with speaker positioning and see how it works out.

My theory on the lack of great hall space is the lack of sidewalls, i.e the lack of time delayed reflections that gives you the sense of space and depth. I'm going to try some diffusion on the front wall behind the spakers to see if it helps.

RTN1 - agree it's the accumulation of small changes that will make a huge difference over time. We'll see I guess.

The idea to use Omni directional speakers is an intersting one. I may explore that if all else fails.

Cheers.

Has your dealer been involved in your speaker setup or offered any suggestions?

Enzo....I am so sorry to inform you that your room is in fact doomed....you should box up your system immediately and ship it off to me for storage.... :-)

All good advice above, but maybe look into an acoustic engineer who could look at the space and advise you...with a system like yours, it would seem to be a reasonable investment...

Enzo,

Best 1K I ever spent was a Rives Level 1 consult. I freely admit that I spent much more on the solutions but my "Rig" reached levels that were hard to comprehend.

YMMV but I am a very satisfied Rives Audio customer.

Can you build some sidewalls?

To really nail this, you're going to need to bring in an acoustics expert. With a Rives level 1, just be aware that the only deliverable is a blueprint, the actual results are a shot in the dark. If the results are up 20DB here and 15db down there, you are on your own to figure it out. To do it right is an iterative process based on measurements and listening.