16-May-2021, 12:16
@Pim ,
I'm one of those people who believes that everything matters, even the amp :-)
Everything matters. You're not hearing the sound of the amp, or the source, or the speakers, or the room. You're hearing the sound that is created by the combination of all of them. Pick any one of them individually and you won't get any sound. Pick any 2 of them together and there's still no sound. If you put the right 3 of them together (amp, source, and speakers) you can get sound without a room but it won't sound as good as it can in a room and it will be damn uncomfortable listening in the rain or snow or a heatwave. Put all 4 together and you're really starting to get something, add good setup and you've got a lot more. Room treatment helps some more again. Everything matters and any single part of the chain isn't going to matter as much as it could matter if the rest of the chain isn't up to showing what that part can actually deliver.
Snce you mentioned Jim Smith's "Get Better Sound" in your earlier post and also in your signature, you may want to chase back in his QuarterNotes newsletters to Volume 2 Issue #1. The final item in that newsletter is called "Demystifiying Room Acoustic Treatment". It's something I wrote for Jim at his request after he saw some of my postings on room treatment on the Audio Asylum site many years ago. Even though I wrote it back in 2010 I'm still happy with it today as a basic overview.
I'm one of those people who believes that everything matters, even the amp :-)
Everything matters. You're not hearing the sound of the amp, or the source, or the speakers, or the room. You're hearing the sound that is created by the combination of all of them. Pick any one of them individually and you won't get any sound. Pick any 2 of them together and there's still no sound. If you put the right 3 of them together (amp, source, and speakers) you can get sound without a room but it won't sound as good as it can in a room and it will be damn uncomfortable listening in the rain or snow or a heatwave. Put all 4 together and you're really starting to get something, add good setup and you've got a lot more. Room treatment helps some more again. Everything matters and any single part of the chain isn't going to matter as much as it could matter if the rest of the chain isn't up to showing what that part can actually deliver.
Snce you mentioned Jim Smith's "Get Better Sound" in your earlier post and also in your signature, you may want to chase back in his QuarterNotes newsletters to Volume 2 Issue #1. The final item in that newsletter is called "Demystifiying Room Acoustic Treatment". It's something I wrote for Jim at his request after he saw some of my postings on room treatment on the Audio Asylum site many years ago. Even though I wrote it back in 2010 I'm still happy with it today as a basic overview.
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