Room tuning or listen to as is condition?


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Today’s topic is simple. When you purchased a new pair of speakers, do you consider room tuning according to them? or just put the speakers as balanced as possible(e.g. same distance)?

I recently set up my personal Devore Fidelity 96/Orangutan speakers in my office listening room set up while I sent my demo unit SuperMon Isobaric to a friend. Yes I do own many different speakers other than Mon Acoustic Audio speakers as my audio life began before I met Mon Acoustic 😘

In my room, I have a square room (appr. 25ft x 15ft), when I first had this room set up, I could not hear the bass of SuperMon Isobaric as we have set up at AXPONA 2022. Since this is a new office in Artesia, CA, I decided to do some more thorough learning of my own space.

I need to learn how to post with an image here. I wanted to share my measurement graph from REW, not sure how to do this here.

Anyway, I found out I only needed one bass trap and an acoustic panel that reduced huge dip in my bass from right speaker. This side has a glass window that is causing weird cancelation of bass. Which I improved. Before the measurement, I had a bass trap for both speaker sides.

So please share your story on what procedures or what steps you go through when you set up your system.

 

 

 

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Room tuning first.  A well behaved room is a lot more speaker friendly and will make you happier with a lot more speakers.


I need to learn how to post with an image here. I wanted to share my measurement graph from REW, not sure how to do this here.

Without the graphs this is as interesting as your web site…

Please figure out how to get those images placed in, so it is not a story without the proof that what happened was a thing of goodness. It will greatly improve the experience for many here to do that.

You probably need them posted on another URL service, and then that link is inserted here.

About 20 yrs ago, I had a small windfall and bought the most costly speakers I've owned -- Revel Ultima Studio. (I am a scientist, not a doctor, lawyer, or tycoon -- so no Wilsons or YG or Magicos.) I got them delivered, and they sounded just like the old cheap speakers.

Somehow, I realized the issue was room acoustics, and I got a plan from ASC. I wound up spending about 50% of the speakers' cost in acoustic treatments, and the improvement wasn't 50%, it was 500% in clarity, smoothness, and evenness.

I have never gone back and make room treatment a priority in my audio room ever since.