Ron's Favorite Private Rooms + Systems of All Time

[bonzo75]

'Best lists' are often acts of diplomacy towards money geyser fanatics, naked consumerism or buddies as much as any estimation of sound quality.

Brilliant

 

[Carlos269]

Really? We're back to this video silliness about understanding the sound of a room I've never been to from a video?

No thank you!

Okay since you don’t want to play along with your own song then here is a video of a multi-million dollar system in a custom built and well treated room:

Here is my humble version, from tonight’s listening session:

 

[Carlos269]

Carlos audio/ listening to music is not a competition/ has never been one

I’m just taking Ron’s theory, from his original post, to task.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Oh my god ,..... video competition again .
I d rather see some nice pictures of the rooms Ron mentioned , may be people can learn something

 

[bonzo75]

What's reasonably big in your estimation?

I would say 5 - 7m wide, 8 to 10m long. I wouldn’t mind if it has opening to one side after that. I wouldn’t need treatment apart from a carpet, and curtains if the room had lots of windows. Could try the odd diffuser here and there based on the room.

 

[Ron Resnick]

Okay since you don’t want to play along with your own song then here is a video of a multi-million dollar system in a custom built and well treated room:

Here is my humble version, from tonight’s listening session:

Please kindly don't adulterate another thread -- this thread -- with more video wars.

Thank you.

 

[Ron Resnick]

(2) R3 - YouTube

Please don't adulterate another thread -- this thread -- with more video wars.

Thank you.

 

[Chop]

The room is a very important factor but not as important as excellent set up. Over the years I have built two quite different rooms for the my system with Avantgarde Trios. The current room with cathedral ceiling should be worse sounding than the first rectangular box (though IMO it now looks nicer), but because of better set up skills the current room sounds far better.

BUT BUT BUT
The best sounding system I have heard bar none is at Unique Audio, Mik's place. The amount of clutter from kit in there has to be seen to be believed, but the sound quality he achieves is incredible. He's not wildly fussed with space in front of the speakers, he just knows how to set a system up far better than I ever will.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

my untreated cluttered living space from dining table end

 

[DasguteOhr]

The size of the room determines how good the bass reproduction is (air volume cubic meters).
I have found time and time again that rooms higher than the European standard of 2.5m are particularly good at displaying the soundstage and the realistic size of the musicians and instruments. Even significantly cheaper components far exceeded their price level.
Unfortunately, I'm in the basement

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

my open volume is about 250cubicmeters or equivalent of 100sqm room with 2,50m height
reg FLH pressurizing room, my FLHs and subhorns have ventilated/pressure balanced rear chamber vs horn and act more like dipoles and don´t excite roomnodes at all

 

[DasguteOhr]

my open volume is about 250cubicmeters or equivalent of 100sqm room with 2,50m height
reg FLH pressurizing room, my FLHs and subhorns have ventilated/pressure balanced rear chamber vs horn and act more like dipoles and don´t excite roomnodes at all

Good choice work as dipole bass ...
In 30years of hifi i never had such a good bass responce, after fullrange, corner horns,or large multi-way speakers. I have arround 100 cubikmeters good enough for 30hz

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

separate room for sources was also a contributing factor to "tidier" sound

 

[Argonaut]

my untreated cluttered living space from dining table end

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Kedar just left for the station then Leif … Is there anything left in the fridge

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Kedar just left for the station then Leif … Is there anything left in the fridge

got some low carb dog pellets left

 

[Johan K]

Cool sources room you have there Leif…
Fun playground for us boys, he he.. !

/ Jk

 

[Lagonda]

my untreated cluttered living space from dining table end

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Is the house brick or wood outer construction Leif ?

 

[Johan K]

Is the house brick or wood outer construction Leif ?

VINYL !!!!

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Is the house brick or wood outer construction Leif ?

Leca blocks ground floor
Rest is wood

 

[Carlos269]

Please kindly don't adulterate another thread -- this thread -- with more video wars.

Thank you.

I disagree. The submitted video comparison is relevant to the subject of this thread. The quality of the sound in both videos is pertinent to the statements that I made earlier in this thread. In the M9 video “you have it all”, which your original post claims is needed for good sound: the world class system, the custom built & treated room, the professional recording & production, yet to my ears it falls short, by comparison, in terms of sound quality, to my new reference horn system, located in an upstairs den in my house.