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If you want lame advice DON'T do this!

Have you ever seen a member ask for advice about their system and don't understand why they need to make a change? Mistakes in this hobby are generally expensive. Does a list of components tell you how they sound together as a system? No Does a picture of a room tell you how the system sounds in the room? No. Think about the dollars that have been flushed away because the problem was the room and no matter what you stick in there or how much it cost it won't git er done. A flat in room frequency response is a starting point before changing anything. So, why don't more people post measurements when asking for advice? If you want lame advice DON'T post your system in your profile. If you want good advice post your system and a pic. If you want excellent advice include your in room FR measurements (which almost all modern receivers provide or REW can do for free). 

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polkalover
128 posts
 

You know there are many variables that make a system sound good so why not just be gracious and ask the poster questions.  All of this is subjective even if technically it says otherwise.  

boxcarman
451 posts
 

I would never put my TV and surround system in a dedicated listening room, regardless of what somone else does.  You are compremising one or the other.

kota1 OP
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@oldrooney 

but it is not easy to master if you’re not familiar with acoustic measurement taking.

You already learned to move your MLP and what did that cost? Time, maybe a learning curve. Imagine if you didn't have that information and attempted to "fix" it by buying new equipment. It would be money down the tubes. I went through the same thing, instead of flushing dollars I went to doing what you are going through. Moved my MLP forward so its equidistant from the back wall, placed my speakers a t precise angles using a tape measure and a laser pointer, measured again and it was better, critically listened and WOW. Not bad for an afternoons work and I didn't need to buy new gear.

kota1 OP
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@macg19 

WTF...I thought this hobby/indulgence was supposed to be fun and relaxing

There is casual listening and critical listening, they both can be fun.

kota1 OP
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@terry9

"Every professional installer

Every competent professional installer

You are of course correct about bad installers, and I see the bad ones on youtube, ouch!

This video is about proper calibration:

https://youtu.be/CN0HGuE7s7Q

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