Great post! My feelings exactly. Also I totally agree with Mr. Rives, although I guarantee he knows way more about it than me.
What I like to tell people is that the room does more damage to the sound than a 6 year old adjusting a graphic equalizer for you. I also like to say that this is a measureable fact.
Once I saw several pictures of various reviewers rooms. I lost all respect for their reviews. Why, because I've learned that without a good acoustical environment evaluating any gear is pretty impossible, at least to do it accurately. Acoustics just play to big a role for human to guesstimate what the room is doing. I realize some say they "know" their rooms. I say bull shit. I've been in this hobby since 71 and have owned tons of gear.
No doubt in the world people pay for wire or electronics trying to resolve issues that are caused by their acoustics.
I'm just happy to see others bring this up. I've seen too many mega dollar systems in seriously bad rooms. There's no doubt a 10k system can sound better than a 100k system in a poor room.
Thank you for posting!
What I like to tell people is that the room does more damage to the sound than a 6 year old adjusting a graphic equalizer for you. I also like to say that this is a measureable fact.
Once I saw several pictures of various reviewers rooms. I lost all respect for their reviews. Why, because I've learned that without a good acoustical environment evaluating any gear is pretty impossible, at least to do it accurately. Acoustics just play to big a role for human to guesstimate what the room is doing. I realize some say they "know" their rooms. I say bull shit. I've been in this hobby since 71 and have owned tons of gear.
No doubt in the world people pay for wire or electronics trying to resolve issues that are caused by their acoustics.
I'm just happy to see others bring this up. I've seen too many mega dollar systems in seriously bad rooms. There's no doubt a 10k system can sound better than a 100k system in a poor room.
Thank you for posting!