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Moving the sweet spot

Moving the sweet spot.

I was just walking behind my sweet spot chair, and I had noticed that I can hear more of the high frequency, just before I arrive in the center of the listening position, then I move back and forth to pinpoint the place. Then I move my chair at that new spot, one foot farther back, one foot to the right, the chair pointing between the middle of the speakers. So, It seems that if I am sitting at the sweet spot, there is a high frequecy cancellation. My room is an open space, and my left ear is not as good as I was young.


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georgehifi
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audiosens OP
I was just walking behind my sweet spot chair, and I had noticed that I can hear more of the high frequency
You were probably on axis to the tweeter behind the chair and off axis in the chair.
Also use a mirror get your better half to go along the side walls with it against the wall till you see the tweeter in the reflection from your listening chair. Mark those spots on either side and hang something thick and soft there, to stop any secondary tweeter reflections which smear the highs reaching your ear.
You can also do the ceiling (and floor if hard surface) if your up to it.

Cheers George
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georgehifi
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Sorry not secondary reflections, 1st reflections.

Cheers George
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lowrider57
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audiosens, do you have any room treatments? Absorbion and diffusion in key areas can help immensely.

audiosens OP
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lowrider57, Yes (4) Cathedral Panel, facing the rear and front wall on the lenght of the room.  I found it help to have a better focus sound.  Thank you
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I wonder how many of us have hearing damage in our left ear because of driving with the window down…

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