Room acoustics - Spending and sound videos


HI all,
Because I’m one of their top social media influencers (hahahaha) GIK acoustics sent me a couple of videos which go to some topics we’ve had recently about budgeting for room acoustics and how a room sounds with/without room treatment. While I am a fanboy, these are vendor videos so take with appropriate skepticism.


Budgeting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFg2IXT9wU&feature=youtu.be

Sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u6rvWSTDM&feature=youtu.be

Even though this is a vendor video, the dollar amounts suggested here are far far less than we've seen in some discussions. 

erik_squires

Showing 1 response by mikelavigne

i’m in the middle of the ordering process with GIK for my separate Home Theater room and got those same videos.

i’ve spent the last 16 years tweaking my dedicated acoustically designed 2 channel room so i have some level of understanding about room acoustics, but don’t consider myself any expert. GIK seems to be pretty competent, and while not cheap, i view their products and services as good values.

we will see after i’m done what i think.

my 2 channel room in my barn (the one listed here on Audiogon) has almost the whole room with built in diffusion. so the ’bones’ are almost perfect. my Home Theater room in my main house is a more standard domestic room; with a large window and patio doors. all i can do is to improve things, it will never be perfect like my 2-channel room.

but also the Home Theater room had 15 speaker channels and 3 subwoofers (9.3.6) with an all dsp signal path (Trinnov Altitude 16) so the dsp can 'fix' things. my 2 channel room has a pure analog signal path. the room has to be right fundamentally.......no dsp to fix it.