Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Equalizers and (...) Message-ID: <8222@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 23:04:04 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8222 Posted: Sun Feb 10 23:04:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:32:37 EST References: <639@burl.UUCP> <1971@fritz.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 > It is also easier to adjust a system if you have a designated > 'listening spot' in your room. If you try to get the best sound all around > the room, you'll find that you must compromise. > > There won't be a major improvement if your room happens to be very 'good' > acoustically already. If that's the case, you may want to save your money. > Recording studios have pretty much given up on accousta-voicing things in this manner. Once you've set up the EQ, as you have noticed, things are very dependent on the position of the source and observer. While your living room with it's fixed speakers and one fixed listening chair might be helped by this method, most serious people have given it up for finding rooms appropriately sized and furnished. -Ron