Illustrating FR from a different spot with IR is not really a good example.
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Did I do that?
Illustrating FR from a different spot with IR is not really a good example.
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Did I do that?
I was asking specifically about reflected sound. Say you have some hard surface that gives a delayed secondary peak and you somehow use DSP to correct that. that correction would only apply at one spot in the room, wouldn't it? At a different spot in the room the reflection would arrive at a different time and won't be cancelled out.
@ahofer your home is beautiful and you have lovely furniture, but you need to rearrange things if you want more than casual background sound. Those speakers need to be in front of where you sit, not behind. The way things are right now, EQ is premature. One speaker is close to a side wall the other is far away. That doesn't make for good imaging. My guess is place them on either side of the fireplace, rotate the couch a bit to get in front of them and hope nobody else complains. Next step is get a calibrated microphone like a UMIC-1 and learn how to use REW. You don't need any additional hardware because once the necessary EQ is determined it can be applied in many software players. For example JRiver has a built in parametric equalizer.
As an alternative to room treatments you may be able to acquire woven items to hang on the walls and some nice drapes for the windows. I have one of those benches, by the way.
Thanks. Just a clarification, I sit in the mission chair to listen: in front. The rest.....yeah.
I have never tried to use room correction for a couple of reasons. First of all, currently I have active monitors at nearfield distance (about 1m) when sitting by the computer, so I don't really see much point. The second is that when I listen to music I sometimes like to move around and not sit "with my head in a vice" (as Paul Mcgown likes to say).
Is room correction relevant to those two situations?
There are some recognizable bass bumps, but it also a space that rings a bit when you clap.
Listening to music I find the high end a bit harsh. What can be attributed to the JBL horn tweeter and the room is obviously harder to know. We’ve thought about a curtain by the left speaker, but we are very fond of the sun and large view from those glass doors, if not the cold they bring in winter.
So here is my system in my weekend place. The two attached photos show the system and living area, and then turn back and show where I was taking the photo (standing on the window seat).
As you can see, nothing but reflective surfaces, including an angled, high, hardwood ceiling. And very few options for system placement. I generally sit in that Morris Chair where I get a decent image *over* the couch. Still, left speaker is next to a window.
I’m considering getting a DSP front end to tackle some of the room effects. Looking at MiniDSP and RME. Having never used DSP before, what do forum members recommend?
I’m also extremely fond of the living area as it is, so I’ve been reluctant to look at room treatments. Hopefully you see why.
Eventually those JBL L830s will be replaced with another pair of Harbeths. They make a good, clean image but don’t have the timbral accuracy or image scale of my Harbeths in my NYC apt.
I appreciate any advice you might have to offer.
PS, yes that is fairly expensive audiophile cable I bought in a moment of weakness in 1993. Don’t hurt me. I just keep using it.