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Serge Auckland wrote:
This is the best advice I've yet read on this NG. I should have written
it myself, but Don got there first. I would only add that the acoustics
of the room make a *huge* difference, and it will pay you to treat an
excessively lively room before making a final choice on 'speakers. I
have never found a normal domestic room to be excessively dead,- there's
normally enough diffusing materials around- so it's normally excess
brightness that needs treating.

Best advice going - but likely to be ignored. The fashion for bare wood
floors was the worst thing that could happen, sound wise.

The very best stereo I've ever heard was in a large near dead room - a
disused radio studio which was originally a chapel. Just about any half
decent speakers gave a good result and good ones incredible.

Unfortunately, this doesn't fit in with many 'Hi-Fi' enthusiast's
priorities. Decent carpet and thick curtains etc don't come cheap. Far
better to spend that money on a new gismo.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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