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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If only anything were perfect. In your dreams maybe.

One can always run their imperfect speakers of choice outdoors well away from any walls and enjoy. Or at least find out what no room sounds like. I have actually done that in years past.

Easily done these days with bluetooth and streaming.

I have speakers out on my deck where there are no room acoustics attached to my main system via in wall wires so I can actually compare that to other speakers I have connected similarly in three different rooms.

How does that sound? Here’s a hint: Not perfect.




Studios are not anechoic chambers.  Also the end result of a studio recording is artificially mastered and produced. 

Listen to a Mercury Living Presence Recording.  Many of those are good examples of what live music in a live venue sounds like and you can't hear that without room acoustics.  

Sorry Kenjit your theory is dead wrong.   But I'm sure it will get you a lot of attention. 


Music is not produced in anechoic chambers.

The trick is to make your room and its acoustics work best for you not to try and eliminate room acoustics which is a big part of good sound.