No fighting. I am embracing.
Here are two different walls.
I am just a dumb audiophile who know no technical stuff Jeff. I just know how I want my system to sound. So, I had my acoustician sat, listened with me and I pointed exactly where the abnormalities were in particular section of instrument being played, cymbals, triangle, piano high keys, etc. Those were pretty much high frequency reflective distortions from glass windows. (This was after I identified that my absorber panels were sucking out musical info.)
Tang, I read this and think I am reading my own words about discovery. As I reflect, I now realize just how little I know, and how much there is to learn. I feel like I am throwing everything out the window and starting fresh. Gear seems only a small part of it, and yet, gear is what we all talk about.
Ked's visits and reports and videos are about gear, and great recordings. I would love to learn what observations he has made about set up and its role in the overall sound he hears from his audio travels. HIs travel logs are too focused on equipment and compares. They need some diffusion to get the bigger picture.
I do not think there is enough discussion about how information on recordings is lost somewhere along the way. Life, resolution, harmonics can be there and removed by things we do without knowing it. We tend to focus on things being added like certain artifacts. Sometimes it is better to do no harm.
Window blind up or down doesn't really make any difference that I could hear. To be frank I close it because my brain is telling me the glass is so reflective not my ears telling. My office is in a pretty quiet neighborhood so no sound coming in except when pigeons chirp right next the other side of my window...natural sound . Changing it to a solid wall probably improves sound to a certain degree but I leave it as is because I want to let the sun in. A lot of compromises in my room because it is an office.Thank you Tang. Speaking of adjusting angles, those slats on the right look to be about 45 degrees pointed down. Have you experimented with different angles or even pointing them up to the ceiling? How much sound gets through to the glass may be audible. Just curious.
Sunlight is overratedWindow blind up or down doesn't really make any difference that I could hear. To be frank I close it because my brain is telling me the glass is so reflective not my ears telling. My office is in a pretty quiet neighborhood so no sound coming in except when pigeons chirp right next the other side of my window...natural sound . Changing it to a solid wall probably improves sound to a certain degree but I leave it as is because I want to let the sun in. A lot of compromises in my room because it is an office.
Sunlight is overrated
I recently covered half of my 4,5m glass sliding doors with 5 inch mdf,
2 windows where’s fitted with mdf
shutters ( disguised as wall posters)
years ago. Maybe I will end up replacing the 3 layer thermo glass
with solid bricks
I trust your room is already good. What you need my friend is a bath tub or shower every once in a while after a long listening session.My MBL’s really like a solid wall behind them, and the windows where
just in the way, the mdf shutters
are hinged and can be opened.
The view of a couple of trees and
a field never rocked my world anyway. I only open them on
hot days with a lot off playing time.
In Denmark we only bathe once aI trust your room is already good. What you need my friend is a bath tub or shower every once in a while after a long listening session.
Window blind up or down doesn't really make any difference that I could hear. To be frank I close it because my brain is telling me the glass is so reflective not my ears telling. . . .
I can't but notice the floor pump. Are you a cyclist or is this related to an air bearing?
I totally understand this! The glass would bother me because it just HAS to be causing unwanted reflections (even if I couldn't hear any)!
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