Room Acoustics

You can spend all the money you want on audiophile electronics and audiophile speakers but your room acoustics are the single most important factor in how good your audiophile system will sound. Deal with your first order reflections, bass absorption and diffraction and you can make far less expensive audiophile equipment sound better than the most premium gear if stuck in a lousy audio environment.

Getting to Know Your Audio Room

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“Play the system, hear the room.” Those words resonate in my head as if spoken by some evil sorcerer bent on driving me...

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How Making Things Worse Can Improve Sonics

Audiophile, Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson explains how making his system sound worse actually made it sound better......

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Good Sound is 1% Inspiration and 99% Moving Furniture

Room Acoustics

Steven Stone looks at the best free improvements you can make to your audio system…

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How The Listening Chair Is More Important Than You Think

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson looks at his seating......

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Ten Pounds of Sound in a Five Pound Room

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Steven Stone wonders why audiophiles are so overstuffed......

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When Your Room and System Are Finished, What’s Next?

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson wonders what he should do now that his listening room is complete…

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Is Your Audio System Set Up All Wrong?

Room Acoustics

Steven Stone looks at one of the most common placement errors......

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How to Position Speakers with Side Mounted Woofers and Non Standard Shapes

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson examines the issues with speakers with side mounted woofers and one method to correctly position them. .....

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Simple DIY Acoustics, Part 5

Room Acoustics

Christopher Klein continues his series on DIY room improvements…

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Simple DIY Acoustics, Part 4

Room Acoustics

Chris Klein looks at how to improve room acoustics......

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Simple DIY Acoustics – Part Two

Room Acoustics

Christopher Klein continues his series on DIY room improvements......

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Simple Do-It-Yourself Acoustics – Part One

Room Acoustics

Christopher Klein begins a new series on listening room acoustics…

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Trust Your Ears

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson learns to trust his own ears.......

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My New House Saga Ends

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson finally gets all moved into his new home......

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Time to Move In – The Moving Saga Continued

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson continues his trials and tribulations in moving his home and audio system…

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Time to Move In – The Moving Saga Continued

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson continues his trials and tribulations in moving his home and audio system......

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Buying a House for an Audio Room

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson looks at the problems related to moving and how an audio system fits into the mix......

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DSP vs Room Treatments- Making the Best Choice

Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson thinks about the merits of DSP vs acoustical panels…

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Hi-Fi Shopping for Value Part 9: Making Sure It’s Right

Room Acoustics

Roger Skoff writes about making big improvements for little money - this week he goes mono......

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