Elliot G.
Industry Expert
Ive built a whole bunch of listening rooms both in my stores/showrooms and in my home. I lived through the incredible difficult and expensive project done at Lyric in NYC( super overkill)with all kinds of "experts" and seen may individuals versions of sound rooms. If there is one thing I can say is there are many ways to do something and most of them aren't the only way or in some cases not a good way at all. I personally have found what works for me and how to do such in a reasonable time frame and at a reasonable cost.
Different speakers react differently in a room. FACT. Some speakers need more treatments in the room than others. This is not a mark of the sound quality but rather how they work, how they disburse, how the sound ways are launched, where the sound comes from all vary.
Ive listened at RH and his room works really well. His parameters I am sure are very different than Bob V's. I don't this but probably their expectations are very different as well. Neither is right and neither is wrong its just their personal choice. I personaly want to listen and be comfortable and I was that at RH and Mike L and Carlos M and Marty W and in my room. They were all different looking and all sounded really good with the gear that they have chosen. All of those rooms were tuned over time meticulously. I don't believe and in fact say this to my clients that one size fits all, that you need to choose a speaker than can work in the room you want to put it in not just how it looks or by how much it costs.
I also don't believe that a room ,no matter how well planned and built,won't require some treatment.You may hide it or see it but it needs to be there. Reflection points need to be addressed and what many call treatments are not.
When building a listening room the more things you do correctly the better the result will be. This includes the position of the gear, the seating, the placement and selection of the furniture and of course the technical aspectslike electricity, room design, size, treatment and the gear of course.
Sittting in a high backed chair against the back wall with a big glass coffee table in front kind of defeats the rest of the design.
Different speakers react differently in a room. FACT. Some speakers need more treatments in the room than others. This is not a mark of the sound quality but rather how they work, how they disburse, how the sound ways are launched, where the sound comes from all vary.
Ive listened at RH and his room works really well. His parameters I am sure are very different than Bob V's. I don't this but probably their expectations are very different as well. Neither is right and neither is wrong its just their personal choice. I personaly want to listen and be comfortable and I was that at RH and Mike L and Carlos M and Marty W and in my room. They were all different looking and all sounded really good with the gear that they have chosen. All of those rooms were tuned over time meticulously. I don't believe and in fact say this to my clients that one size fits all, that you need to choose a speaker than can work in the room you want to put it in not just how it looks or by how much it costs.
I also don't believe that a room ,no matter how well planned and built,won't require some treatment.You may hide it or see it but it needs to be there. Reflection points need to be addressed and what many call treatments are not.
When building a listening room the more things you do correctly the better the result will be. This includes the position of the gear, the seating, the placement and selection of the furniture and of course the technical aspectslike electricity, room design, size, treatment and the gear of course.
Sittting in a high backed chair against the back wall with a big glass coffee table in front kind of defeats the rest of the design.