Asymmetric Room
I have a semi treated asymmetric room & am getting some hash/glare from certain artists. I performed a frequency sweep from Qobuz using “Audio Line-Up Test Tones (Calibration Reference Check)”. I am getting a wavering tone in the 1khz and 1.25khz range.
chatGPT made several recommendations… speaker toe in, seating placement, ceiling treatment & treatment of the pool table on the left side (open area of the room). I can’t change seating position (large L shaped couch) & toe in had no effect. I very much prefer not to treat the ceiling (but will if I have to).
My system & room layout is loaded. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks
@steakster Listening within 1foot of the speakers revealed the room while it may not be helping, is not the cause of my problem as the distortion remained the same. Your recommendations are well founded. I did try covering my coffee table. Thanks @reubent @knock1 While not my current problem, will implement the dowel quilt solution. Thanks |
@OP While not necessarily the cause of your problem, you will get comb filtering from reflections from your sofa as well. So a throw on it will help as well. If you are hearing the problem within a foot of the speaker, check that it's not a resonance in the speaker itself - check that all the drive units are properly torqued. |
@signaforce covering the TV will most likely not solve the issue. 1. Toe in more towards listening position - this will minimize reflection on the right from the window 2. engage the warm filter on the Qutest DAC. I remember this filter being my favorite when I had the Qutest 3. Try different digital cable. Not sure what cable you’re using now. I liked Audience USB on Qutest. |
