Building Paul McGowan's Listening Room

[MylesBAstor]

Know Al talked to Paul when doing his room.

[Garth]

I have seen these before they are very good but their are more than 4 parts to it if I remember right. It is good to see how others have done their rooms I am not sure there is a right way but the more informed you are the better chance you have of getting close.

[MylesBAstor]

I have seen these before they are very good but their are more than 4 parts to it if I remember right. It is good to see how others have done their rooms I am not sure there is a right way but the more informed you are the better chance you have of getting close.

Exactly. The more tools you have in your toolbox increases your chance of success. There is no one size fits all solution to room acoustics. Not to mention, the cure is often worse than the disease.

[microstrip]

Exactly. The more tools you have in your toolbox increases your chance of success. There is no one size fits all solution to room acoustics. Not tormenting, the cure is often worse than the disease.

The big issue it that most of the time we have no bridge between the people doing room acoustics and the audiophile community. Most acoustic experts have made their mind and taste to the needs of professional acoustics or home theater, that have different objectives and needs from the highly subjective and very listener dependent audiophile aspirations.

Just read audio forums. Audiophiles write long posts describing in subjective terms their equipment, their experiences, the recordings and the emotions. The acoustic people will tell you "great defined bass, articulated midrange and clear treble", Perhaps also pin point imaging and great dynamics. At maximum they will show you some meaningless frequency responses taken in unknown conditions.

And the more you read the more you find that nothing beats real experience - particularly because you will soon find that the experts disagree in fundamental aspects and will drive you crazy if you take their disagreement too serious. Just read what they say and have said about room size ...

[allenh]

The big issue it that most of the time we have no bridge between the people doing room acoustics and the audiophile community. Most acoustic experts have made their mind and taste to the needs of professional acoustics or home theater, that have different objectives and needs from the highly subjective and very listener dependent audiophile aspirations.

Just read audio forums. Audiophiles write long posts describing in subjective terms their equipment, their experiences, the recordings and the emotions. The acoustic people will tell you "great defined bass, articulated midrange and clear treble", Perhaps also pin point imaging and great dynamics. At maximum they will show you some meaningless frequency responses taken in unknown conditions.

And the more you read the more you find that nothing beats real experience - particularly because you will soon find that the experts disagree in fundamental aspects and will drive you crazy if you take their disagreement too serious. Just read what they say and have said about room size ...

Agreed. I went to someone's home treated by a professional acoustician. Very dry acoustically, as one would imagine a recording studio to be. If IIRC, the acoustician has a major studio to his credit. Think high end listening rooms should be a little lively...