May I suggest to everyone interested in this subject that they take the time to investigate what is acoustics. I would particularly like to point you to the work of Bruce Lindsay and his Wheel of Acoustics. Forgive me if my nomenclature is slightly off, but I believe that information is enough to give direction. You should discover that the field is far more variegated than has been presumed here. In my background I have enough experience to know my limitations. In my youth, growing up in the Boston area, my father was an RCA engineer and was on the periphery of BSO recordings at Symphony Hall. A data point for good acoustics. In college I was involved in revamping the sound reinforcement system as the Seatte Opera House. A data point for not so good acoustics. During those same college years and after graduation ~1970-1980 (with time out for Vietnam), I sold highend hifi and started setting up turntables, and learned a lot about setting up systems in the home. Nothing like acoustics as mentioned above. Side note, in the Navy I learned about sonar, an important subset of the field of acoustics. Anyway, there it is. Acoustics is complicated. Even professionals get it wrong. I do not believe it is a good topic for an Audiogon forum. I do believe a lot of well meaning misinformation could cost needless harm.
Should Room Acoustics be an Audiogon ‘topic’?
The available topics on Audiogon do not include Room Acoustics. This area is as important as any other, and has a far greater impact on what we hear than amps, preamps, and cables put together, IMO. Does anyone know how to lobby to include it? Do I need to start a petition? ; )
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You present yourself as an expert and imply that even at your level of experience and knowledge, acoustics is so fraught with failure that neither you nor anybody else should ever attempt it, even with the advice of other experts, such as Vicoustics, GIK and others. Pretty much guarantees the odds for success are zero.
My attitude is nothing takes the place of persistence. If you break it, figure it out and fix it. Perhaps you have just not tried hard enough.
Also, there are many conversations and suggestions on this board that can do more harm than good. Just peruse the digital threads. Trust but verify. And trust your ears.
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@tcutter I apologize if I gave the impression that I am some kind of an acoustics expert. I am not. What I am is a person who has experience and a lot of it bad with supposed "experts" in the field. A lot of things can go wrong and do. Be careful. Your idea to verify is not practical because every room is unique. |
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