It doesn't look too bad. I'd move the loudspeakers to the very front edge of the stands, move the speakers about a foot more away from the side wall, and hang heavy but open drapes.
What can I do to improve my 2nd system?
My 2nd stereo system is in my 14 ft x 18 ft bed room. The system is placed on the short side as shown. The sound path is laptop/CD/SACD player -> DAC -> power amp -> speakers/subwoofer. All the details including the placements and cabling are shown in the picture. The subwoofer is connected from DAC to sub. line-in and line out to power amp thru a build-in HPF fixed at 80Hz 12dB/Octave, which I found the best way for integration bet. the main and sub. The bookshelfs are slightly toed in. After adding the sub., I like the almost full-range sound out of this system but wonder what else I could do to further improve it. Any advise is appreciated.
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@russ69 That was a very good idea. I was thinking about the heavy/thick drapes behind the speakers but what is "open" drapes? And what is the purpose of the openess? Let the sound wave pass through the drapes and be traped between the drapes and window? |
The minimum, in order:
Try crossing the speakers in front of you, that will minimize early side reflections. When you realize the advice above works absolutely stunningly consider GIK combination bass trap/diffusors for the side walls as well. |
@russ69 Thank you for the clarification @erik_squires I was thinking about "upgrading" to the SVS SB 1000 "Pro" version that has the 3-band EQ feature at a trade-off of losing HPF capability. Later I learned I could add an in-line HPF on the loop back to power amp but had a worry on the quality of in-line filter. It is a trade-off. The other option will be the miniDSP that you have alluded before on the other tread. I need to give it a bit more thought. Here comes with an interesting suggestion you have "crossing the speakers in front of you..." To be frank, I have never thought about that. The most toe-in I have attempted or suggested from other sources is pointing to the listener's position. The laterally reflected indirect sound is reduced but the speakers become too bright on my face from these Elac bookshelf. So I gradually reset it back and finally dialed in this slight toe-in angle. Without the absorption treatment, I actually experienced a bit more spacious sound stage (believe or not). I read about the "Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms" book by Floyd Toole. He actually pointed out that some people actually like stronger lateral reflection because of the augmented sound stage and I think that might be the effect I was experiencing with. Nevertheless, "crossing in front of the listener" is definitely something new and I will try that... |
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