TitaniumTroy
Well-Known Member
I sent an email to today to Steve Guttenberg who writes a column over at cnet, called the Auddiophiliac. I asked if he could do some articles on room acoustic treatments.
"I would love to see more articles on room acoustic treatments, for instance bass traps, absorption vs diffusion etc. Also which ones work the best with planer type speakers, as I have Magnepan 3.6's. Diffusion has greatly helped the clarity of my system, by taming the back wall, and is still a work in progress.
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> I am not one into audio tweaks but one I liked is using wood panels on the inside of Magnepans. As kind of like a folded back wing to lower the bass limits, currently it is as big as my 3.6.The difference was dramatic. It also helped when using phantom mode for home theatre, replacing my center channel. My room is rather narrow, which is why I folded the wing back, I do not have a wing on the outside due to space constraints. Plus I think that might interfere with the diffuse sound but I would like to test it out.
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> Thanks for your time."
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And here is the response:
Room treatments are a little too esoteric for the Audiophiliac blog
Besides, most audiophiles, including myself, don't have anywhere near the understanding of acoustics to make truly meaningful improvements changes, yes, improvements, no.
Trained pros aren't much better, ever hear how many tried and failed to fix the acoustic problems at Lincoln Center?
I'm glad to hear you've had success with your Maggies, best, Steve
Well it seems we have a lot of esoteric types around here with ( "changes"), and those audio gurus are not worth a fart in a hurricane. Go figure :eusa-whistle: :violence-torch:
"I would love to see more articles on room acoustic treatments, for instance bass traps, absorption vs diffusion etc. Also which ones work the best with planer type speakers, as I have Magnepan 3.6's. Diffusion has greatly helped the clarity of my system, by taming the back wall, and is still a work in progress.
>
> I am not one into audio tweaks but one I liked is using wood panels on the inside of Magnepans. As kind of like a folded back wing to lower the bass limits, currently it is as big as my 3.6.The difference was dramatic. It also helped when using phantom mode for home theatre, replacing my center channel. My room is rather narrow, which is why I folded the wing back, I do not have a wing on the outside due to space constraints. Plus I think that might interfere with the diffuse sound but I would like to test it out.
>
> Thanks for your time."
>
And here is the response:
Room treatments are a little too esoteric for the Audiophiliac blog
Besides, most audiophiles, including myself, don't have anywhere near the understanding of acoustics to make truly meaningful improvements changes, yes, improvements, no.
Trained pros aren't much better, ever hear how many tried and failed to fix the acoustic problems at Lincoln Center?
I'm glad to hear you've had success with your Maggies, best, Steve
Well it seems we have a lot of esoteric types around here with ( "changes"), and those audio gurus are not worth a fart in a hurricane. Go figure :eusa-whistle: :violence-torch:
