On 10/01/2010 13:12, bcoombes wrote:
D.M. Procida wrote:
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:

As for the system as a whole, I think that it's a bit over-bright and
tiring now, probably because of the room, and especially with harsher
sources like the Internet radio. I'm not sure what to do about that.

Somewhere in the dregs of my memory I seem to recall that those speakers
used to found a bit overbright by some reviewers so low bit rate music
*could* accentuate that. Maybe you could try towing them in at different
angles or moving them relative to the walls etc.

Yes, though I'm not sure how any of that's supposed to work.


Moving speaker positions by 'not very much' can make a really noticeable
difference at a particular listening position. I'm absolutely sure of
this from experience. However if you listen to music while in various
positions or while moving around it may not be worth doing. As for 'how
it works'..well..wave reflection/cancellation/addition/ etc. etc. If we
could see sound waves no doubt many people would be surprised at how
they could improve their setups for not much effort.


Yes, but for all that I've had fun in the past by slowly rotating
speakers while people listened with their eyes shut and they were never
sure if they could hear any difference, even when the speaker was
completely reversed!

ISTR some magazine type (is/was there a Jimmy Hughes?) who advocated
turning speakers back to front for a while..??

Also, it makes no odds to me if my speakers get shifted about - the
sound is way out beyond them anyway!

Also, also, as I mentioned a little while back, you go into a secondhand
record shop and ask to hear a record and, with the speakers up near the
ceiling and invariably 90 degree on to each other (if not in separate
rooms), the sound is usually quite sublime....

.....and I believe the above mentioned JH pooted the postulation that
records would (for some obscure reason) tend to sound better in that
situation than when you got them back home and put them on to your own
(presumably superior) kit!

In summation - if the 'sweet spot' is so bloody small you can wreck it
by moving a speaker only slightly, you are using the wrong type of speaker!

Is my view....

;-)