Four walls, a ceiling, and a floor make a box. Place a set of loudspeakers inside that box and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how sound would bounce around and be different than if those same speakers were outside. We sometimes go to great lengths to reduce a room's impact on those reflections by adding all manner of tweaks and cures. Sometimes, all we really need is a bit of careful setup and some furniture to bust up the sound waves.
The majority of great sounding systems I have heard relied on a minimum of sound enhancing tricks and gimmicks. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. Some of the most confused sound I have heard comes from a well-intentioned tangle of room correctors.
A minimalist approach to room treatment is often the best medicine for good sound.
Treating the room
Four walls, a ceiling, and a floor make a box. Place a set of loudspeakers inside that box and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how sound would bounce around and be different than if those same speakers were outside. We sometimes go to great lengths to reduce a room's impact on those reflections by adding all manner of tweaks and cures. Sometimes, all we really need is a bit of careful setup and some furniture to bust up the sound waves.
The majority of great sounding systems I have heard relied on a minimum of sound enhancing tricks and gimmicks. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. Some of the most confused sound I have heard comes from a well-intentioned tangle of room correctors.
A minimalist approach to room treatment is often the best medicine for good sound.
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