24-Apr-2019, 11:52
@David A , I like your second to last paragraph. It's certainly true that experimenting yourself is a tremendously important learning curve. I still find it interesting though that just about every other part of the system gets outsourced and the room doesn't. I must say I do enjoy playing with speaker placement to a point but ultimately I just want the sound I want and enjoy the music. If I could outsource getting the best out of my system to someone who can do in a day what takes me a month, I wouldn't hesitate for a second.
I do a lot of stuff myself that I could outsource. I've done more building work on our house than most people would ever dream of. I enjoy learning how to do new things. But along the way I've also learned there are certain things you should leave up to the professionals to do. I think the success of any project stands or falls by your own understanding of your shortcomings. The reason I started this thread in the first place is to get some understanding of how hard it is to do my own room treatment. There are quite a few room treatment threads on Stereonet Australia that I've read and to be honest, it gets a bit much.
I might buy the Floyd Toole book. I've seen a youtube video of him and the man makes a lot of sense.
I do a lot of stuff myself that I could outsource. I've done more building work on our house than most people would ever dream of. I enjoy learning how to do new things. But along the way I've also learned there are certain things you should leave up to the professionals to do. I think the success of any project stands or falls by your own understanding of your shortcomings. The reason I started this thread in the first place is to get some understanding of how hard it is to do my own room treatment. There are quite a few room treatment threads on Stereonet Australia that I've read and to be honest, it gets a bit much.
I might buy the Floyd Toole book. I've seen a youtube video of him and the man makes a lot of sense.
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Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
