r/audiophile - Move Your Equipment Rack Out Of The Way!

r/audiophile - Move Your Equipment Rack Out Of The Way! - www.AcousticFields.com

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@geoffreydebrito7934 3 ай бұрын

It's rare to have this useful info shared with fellow audiophiles. I've been into this hobby since the early 70s and until recently I'd never heard of the importance of avoiding furniture, fireplaces and eq. racks between the speakers. Recently I donated my huge display stand upon which I had my equipment and replaced it with a 20" high media stand. Suddenly I had a soundstage. For years I thought I needed ever better gear...

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

Remember pressure and reflections. Stay away from obects that produce spurious reflections, especially between the speakers and the sidewalls.

@Music_time82 3 ай бұрын

I'm too addicted to these videos. Also the calm voice works in their favour too. I would like to see the videos longer. I don't think this format should ever go. Needs to stay.

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

What have your learned?

@Music_time82 3 ай бұрын

@@AcousticFields I will sit and write my reply to that tonight. As I'm at work now.

@Music_time82 3 ай бұрын

@@AcousticFields So, I've always been a big advocate for getting the room right, before being too concerned about gear, so some main learning points would be. Don't go and spend your hard earned on audio gear, amps,speakers etc etc if you haven't attacked at the key fundamentals being room and the acoustical environment! Specifically minimising room modes, comb filtering and flutter echo's. Because all you will have is a series of distortions that will effect the way the system performs. I am lucky to have a lot of free space around my speakers but have a short ceiling of 8 foot.. 6.1 meter wide room and 7.4 meters long. So basically with your help via these videos I will be embarking on a mission to create the best acoustics I can with what I have. Also, I will be emailing you soon after the last part of the room is completed . Then hopefully I can pay for a room analysis and key tips to creating something great! Regards Mat

@thinkIndependent2024 3 ай бұрын

I am Convinced!!! most people fell in love with Mono the 1st round of true Stereo capable equipment didn't hit America until the 70s. After that it was still a guess on how the 1930s invention actually worked Alan was an engineer and designed stereo to work like a rear projector to front opposite the movie screen and life size. Early High Fidelity took a completely different path! So we are left with so many misconceptions to replace and workout you are the most dedicated minds on this subject matter to be found on KZbin... For that I thank you

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

I personally prefer mono over stereo. I spend hours listening to mono since it is the best format when studying room resolution. I then swith to stereo and quickly notice that stereo sounds phasey almost like a gimmick.

@bayard1332 3 ай бұрын

The third setup, middle of the video... fine example of how to absolutely debase the sound in a way the owner will never figure out. He's put the whole shebang in front of what amounts to a wall of bad resonance generators topped off with a window dead center to add add high frequency resonances to the low frequency ones made by the book shelves and also add in the jagged vibrations of the glass. People don't seem to comprehend just how much energy speakers put out into the room and how that energy vibrates -everything- and any 5 sided box -will- generate resonances at their specific frequencies.

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

You are correct. Most do not understand the basics such as wave and ray energy. When you understand the basics, everything else falls into place. You either have a pressure or reflection acoustical issue. Hi - Fi and its associated treatment types is a constant management of those pressure and reflection issues.

@recordman555 3 ай бұрын

Dennis, as an educated audio engineer with my own home studio, I completely understand - and appreciate this information. However, like you mentioned, space is rare - I work in an 11' by 12' room>.I set my monitors at the "sweet spot", which means they are 21/2 feet from the side walls, and 2 feet from the front wall. I believe I have remedied any issues by placing low-end absorption and diffusion behind the monitors. In your opinion, am I on track? I have a really good ear, and the room sounds very good. Is there anything else I could (should) do? Thanks!

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

Have you measured your efforts. Stay tuned for a simple real time room measurement video series.

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 ай бұрын

I still wish that you offered equipment recommendations. I have speakers that have a hole in the back to generate bass. I also have Magnepan panel speakers which are bi-directional. Are these a big "no no"?

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

If you treat your room correctly, any price point of gear will sound correct. The differences in gear resolution are much smaller than in room resolution.

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 ай бұрын

@@AcousticFields I understand, but is it better or worse to have a bi-directional speaker or mono-directional speaker within the perfect room?

@alexmacias3837 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been watching rate my home studio videos recently. You’d probably shake your head and laugh through the entirety of the videos. It’s hilarious how many have spent well over $10k on outboard gear for their home studio and they either have bare walls or only crappy foam on the wall. Even with so much information on this platform about the REQUIREMENT for room treatment to be able to mix. They’d rather watch compressor shootouts and post comments why it’s essential to buy the $4k compressor and how the $400 clone is vastly inferior. Yet their room is completely unusable. Huge screens between studio monitors disrupting the phantom center. One channel in a corner. One channel missing a wall. Window behind one channel. I benefit from it though because these people drain their account buying new gear and I get to pick up their used gear cheap on FB Marketplace after they give up because they haven’t been able to mix successfully. I’ve spent most of my time and energy treating my room. 12 months calculating building and adjusting and 80% of my budget so far. Probably won’t ever be done. I actually enjoy that more than buying gear.

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

Its the journey that takes the time. Once you reach the end, you will know it.

@bayard1332 3 ай бұрын

Me too. I love solving acoustic issues and general hifi things, and I am so over buying new gear and then being disappointed by it. Way more improvements in setup and acoustics.

@redneckrocker2911 3 ай бұрын

It always blows my mind that people can’t hear the reflections in the corners.

@AcousticFields 3 ай бұрын

Go stand in the corner of a room and speak to someone in the room. Come out of the corner and say the same thing. If you can't hear that distortion in the middle frequencies, bring friends in to perform the same test.