03-Mar-2015, 15:25
(03-Mar-2015, 14:38)Confused Wrote:(03-Mar-2015, 10:51)Rodney Gold Wrote: I then used the miniDSP to "shape" the bass to integrate it and to taste (flat bass at sitting position is not ok , it needs a lift , if you eq flat , you will have no bass..)This comment interested me. When I last checked the frequency response in my room with room correction software, it indicated a bass "hump" in the sub 100hz range. To me it sounds fine! Although on paper, it would suggest I need some room conditioning, bass traps etc. Perhaps I shouldn't worry to much!
I know Rodney is a specialist in room equalisation and has posted about it on several forums.
I have a different belief and experience.
I am a believer in one's ears ability to sort most of the bass problems out inside your head.
If the walls are hard and echo-y it just sounds bad, but IMHO, as long as you are prepared to do a bit of speaker position optimisation the bass humps can be maintained below a level that our automatic psycho-acoustic selves compensate for. We automatically "know" that bass will be uneven in a room because a lifetime of listening to people talking and music playing in rooms has been imprinted in our subconscious.
I have a DSPeaker 2.0 and have tried using it in my room and I do not hear its "correction" as an improvement.
If my daughter plays her cello in here I am sure the room effect is exactly the same as with the hifi, but it still sounds like her cello to me.
A lot of music is played in this room, both on the hifi and live instruments.
I haven't switched my DSDeaker 2.0 on for months...
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