What is the perfect room?


In this post I will share information about what my theory predicts is the perfect room once you have perfect speakers. 

My theory predicts that a perfect room would be an anechoic chamber which absorbs 100% of every single frequency from 20hz to 20khz. The reason this is not usually recommended is because its impractical rather than because it sounds bad. The truth is few people have tried it as theres no space to put a pair of speakers and a chair in most of these chambers as they are used to do measurements rather than listen. Most speaker companies dont even have an anechoic chamber. 
Therefore it is mostly sour grapes when you hear claims that it wouldn't sound good. 

All the reverb on a recording is already there on the cd. There is no need for further reverb from the room unless you enjoy inaccurate reproduction of music. Audiophiles often complain about bright sound. This is due to the room reflections. 

The most direct cleanest way for the signal to get from the speakers to your ears is in an anechoic chamber. No more standing waves, boomy bass and zero added reflections. Just pure heavenly music. 

If the goal of a hifi is to reproduce the signal with nothing added or subtracted, (which it should be) then it doesn't get any better than this folks. This is endgame level quality. 

80% of what you hear is room reflections. That means you are only hearing 20% of the direct signal. That means if you buy a 10k pair of speakers, you are only getting 2k worth of sound out of 'em.

If more reverb is desired, tough. If it's not on the recording, stop complaining. 

I believe my invention will allow people to hear their speakers and recordings for the first time without the 80% distortion that normally comes along with what we hear. If you want 100% signal, 0% reflections this is the answer. The problem with a reverberant room is that every recording sounds reverberant which is obviously not what you want. 

My novel anechoic room technology is the key. 
kenjit

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dear Kenjit, show us the math on the Anechoic wedge needed for 20 HZ absorption?
The math of the theory has shown that it would take a 20 metre thick wedge of high density fibreglass to supress this energy. 
However, at the lower frequencies, my infinity baffle in wall speaker technology could be used in conjunction. 
The anechoic room technology would mainly need to be applied from say 100hz up which would reduce the required thickness considerably. 
The room you describe sounds (no pun intended ) like headphones.
which is an indication that my invention is not wrong. 
My personal preference favors ambience...
Thats fine but that should be recorded on the recording because otherwise you will have ambience on every recording. 
or at least it is what I prefer.
We are not here to argue about preferences. But if you want perfect sound without this artificial room reverb, this technology would be your answer.

Assuming the ‘perfect’ room does sound similar to headphones... I suspect that many won’t prefer the sound because it differs from their own unique preferences

in which case you would need one room for every recording. Each room would be tuned to a particular recording. This would be more costly. 
Music is not produced in anechoic chambers.
yes it is. Most of it is done in the studios using artificial effects and instruments.