Jim Lesurf wrote:

A bit like amplifiers, I suppose.

In my view, yes. However in both cases the user might *want* the
player or amp to alter the sound in a specific way as they may prefer
the sound that results. In this case 'better' may mean something that
does not approach the same common ground. Matter of personal choice
and circumstances.

I'd imagine that one would have to know the limitations of the other parts
of the system. That said, trying to find somethng that would compensate for
something like the dip in my speakers' bass response seems
counter-intuitive. On the one hand, it's 'correction' or 'equalisation', on
the other, it's 'two wrongs trying to make a right'. :-) I have to say that
I'm more attracted to the idea of building new bass cabs with a smoother
response.



Buy electrostatics. 8-]
Aren't they rather big?

No, no. Your room is too small. :-)

But, smaller speakers are cheaper than a bigger room... :-)


Having said that, yesterday I moved a pair of ESL63's into our living
room to try out with out TV/DVD system. This room is quite small, so
the speakers dominate the room. Placed either side of the TV, they
span about 90 percent of the width of the room, and the room is wider
than it is long.

Is there an ideal way to arrange speakers in a rectangular room
(hypothetically, at least)? Pointing down the long dimension or across the
width?


Despite that, SWMBO likes the appearance[1], and we both found the
sound on last night's broadcasts (BBC4) of Chopin and (BBC)
Nutcracker! to be superb. At last, pianos that sound like pianos when
we watch TV/DVD!!

AAMOI, what was the source for these? (I'm thinking of connecting my
Telewest digibox to the hifi for the purpose of listening to some classical
broadcasts in the hope of getting better sound than the tuner, but haven't
done so yet, due to having no preamp or switchbox - cable-swapping is a pain
and something I don't want to do too much.)


[1] This is a turn-around. She resisted having large speakers in the
living room for some time. Then a week or so ago she suddenly
suggested we give it a try. I think she has over time become
accustomed to good sound, and hence fallen victim - like myself - to
the idea that the sound matters more than the clutter. :-) The
down-side is that I'll now have to buy another pair of ESLs for the
main hifi in the other room.

I have large speakers *and* clutter. :-)


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