Don't Do This! - Gear Location - www.AcousticFields.com

[@jacobgoerz1953]

This channel is under-rated. Thank you for sharing wisdom.

[@AcousticFields]

You are very welcome

[@brown-eyedman4040]

Thanks Dennis. And thanks to the person who shared their room so we could learn from their issues.

[@AcousticFields]

You are welcome.

[@rickadams9]

I sure can't afford that set up. I try to max out what I do have. A couple of hanging pictures that I took the glass out of. TV gets covered up when doing 2-channel. My wooden coffee table also get a blanket. I try to balance each side of the room as much as possible. I do have some treatment. First reflection, behind the TV, rear wall, and ceiling. Sounds pretty good to my ears. The room can be your best friend, or worse enemy.

[@AcousticFields]

No wiser words have been said.

[@sloboat55]

Excellent

[@AcousticFields]

Thank you.

[@orrman5]

In my room I can pick only one wall that my speakers and rack can be next to. Is it better to have the rack between the speakers or in one of the corners behind the speakers?

[@AcousticFields]

Between the speakers is fine if the equioment height does not exceed 12" You must stay awat from the mid range driver dispersion pattern.

[@sidvicious3129]

Very good information here!!!

[@AcousticFields]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danaj9336]

There are limitations due to the rooms you have to put the gear in. Unless you can afford to have a whole room custom built as a sound room, you are going to be forced to deal with the limitations as best as can be. The other issue I see, which you perhaps don't, is that some people spend hundreds of thousands on the gear, and they want to show it off. Don't blame them either, after all, if you have a hi-end car, do you keep it in the garage? Of course not. My nephew does custom installations all the time, and has to deal with these issues.

[@AcousticFields]

The goal with any hi fi system that purports resolution is for the music to come forward over the nonsense of humans. Showing off does not improve resolution. It only adds to ego distortion. We must stay focused on the music.

[@daiblaze1396]

That photo pretty much shows what not to do for getting the best sound. All that expensive gear right in the face treated like a mere multimedia system. A bit sad! We do not need great gear to get great sound too! Less is more.

[@AcousticFields]

Great gear is not as critical as a great room.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

i have very little options unfortunately as the set is in my livingroom. i did do a Lot with speaker placement. the funny thing about the coffee table.... its glass. but i found vilt placemats which now cover most of the top. and you can Actually hear the difference :) my room shouldn't work, but it sounds fantastic lol.

[@jamiet74]

is it your room in the picture?

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@jamiet74 oh no, not that rich lol. and actually my speakers are placed better ;) much more forwardbfrom the wall.

[@AcousticFields]

If you are enjoying your music then mission accomplished.

[@AcousticFields]

No. Our studio rooms are only focused on the music. You can see our rooms on the proect page of our web site.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

@@AcousticFields ye, absolutely agree. And no doubt i could change a 100 things, but it is a compromise in a non dedicated room. and it sounds great :) i can say, using isoacoustic feet, after checking with monitor audio (my speakers), and Lots of experimenting with placement made it sound so much better... love this hobby so much:-)

[@MrBonger88]

This reminds me of some of the audio reviewers on KZbin that have a huge fireplace in between their front speakers

[@AcousticFields]

We have measured the frequency response distortions of fireplaces. They tend to be in the 200 - 400 hz. range which is right in the middle of voice.

[@MrBonger88]

@@AcousticFieldsinteresting thanks. Just another reason to take what some of these reviewers have to say with a lump of salt

[@AcousticFields]

@@MrBonger88 Maybe a grain instead of a lump with the rooms I have seen.

[@MrBonger88]

@@AcousticFields lol, true

[@danield2000]

The worst sin in this photo are the speakers so close to the wall. I have a recording studio unfortunately it's full of gear, racks and keyboards.

[@AcousticFields]

Never place an energy producing source next to a wall.

[@litoboy5]

Cool

[@AcousticFields]

Probably not cool for the music.

[@jeff3575davison]

One thing you forgot.... the Wife factor. all those items mentioned CAN NOT be done if the wife has other thoughts about the only possible listening area in a home.

[@AcousticFields]

How true. Today we just had our 210 time in 17 years where we spent hours with a client resolving his room issues. He was satisfied with the results and the room treatment was effective. He said he had to discuss with his wife. The answer was no. We are now 210 / 0 in 17 years for the WAF .

[@jeff3575davison]

@@AcousticFields We had her Mom and sister move in with us, taking over our two spare bedrooms, on of which "was" my dedicated listening area.... Had to put all my gear in the family room, I was lucky she allowed me to have one wall for all my records, CD's and gear. It violates most of the no - nos you mentioned. It was a good run.... but now I feel lucky just to be able to listen...... but I DO feel luckier to be married to the best woman in the world, and that my friend is priceless... -

[@dashcammer4322]

That setup looks like it belongs to someone who makes very good money, but lives in a staggeringly expensive city like London, loves good audio gear (and can afford it), but can't afford anything bigger than a pretty small 1BR 1BA apartment, unless they want to live in a very unsafe area. Thus they live in a small 1BR 1BA apt in a very secure building where their tiny all-purpose living room has to do it all. They dream of the day when they can buy a big 60M euro townhouse in Belgravia that has big rooms, one of which they can dedicate to audio.

[@AcousticFields]

A dedicated room with the correct dimensions as a starting point to minimize lower frequency distortions is always the best choice.

[@erics.4113]

It looks like an American suburban basement of a 60-something year old to me.

[@MichaelJamesLorinReviews-wg8br]

From We are the World documentaries to Any Winehouse, I'm amazed how professional sound people keep it simple. This is the set up for Amy Winehouse in the Back to Black documentary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaTYZaRrm7t6h8k How would you describe this particular acoustic set up?

[@AcousticFields]

We do not get involved in the recording processes. Our goal is to reduce room distortions so the engineers do not have to work around room issues.

[@MichaelJamesLorinReviews-wg8br]

@@AcousticFields What I meant was, if you fast forward to the end of the video you can see their set up. It is an acoustic set up with sound blankets, etc. I wanted to see if you could describe what they were using.

[@Hemshemsems]

A lot of hifi to highend is placed in waf rooms. And if your hobby is hifi and music, get the room to a good standard, or find another hobby. I do hate that room treatment done right is quite invasive, and very expensive too..

[@AcousticFields]

Most rooms are dedicated to destroying the quality of music and voice. Even drywall has a negative impact on voice. You must decide how important the playback of music is in your life and choose the room that will provide you the resolution that your life requires.

[@Hemshemsems]

@@AcousticFields It is important to me. My new space will endure several diffuser and bass absorbers from your diy plans. Tho stuck on the bass Dph bass traps, since i need a sub for your elusive carbon..

[@TriAmpMyFi]

You're wrong........................ Stacking all the gear possible between the speakers makes for better thumbnails and thus more VIEWS $ $. Since the Noobs follow the experts, they do it too. Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊

[@AcousticFields]

One must decide what is more important. Is it more important to look at your gear or hear the most from that gear. Our goal is to make the room and the gear "disappear".

[@TriAmpMyFi]

@@AcousticFields . I was speaking facetiously, of course. Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊

[@AcousticFields]

@@TriAmpMyFi Didn't catch that. I spend so much time trying to undo falsehoods in my industry, I have difficulty seeing humor.

[@TriAmpMyFi]

@@AcousticFields . Well, to your credit, mine is of a rather dry variety. See ya' 'round. (edit) Oh, btw, An award should be given to you for pointing out this very strange fad of piling all the gear on the ground between the speakers. I've been irritating people for months about it and all I've ever gotten back was "Shut-up Troll. Your just jealous!" (you're is always misspelled). So nice work.

[@aemaury]

"i dont want to see the equipment" - every hifi nerd's #1 ethos

[@AcousticFields]

I want to hear the music.