It's the Room, Stupid


Great article in the Wall Street Journal today related to great recording sites. I think it reinforces the idea that your listening room should get 90% of your attention and bucks. Ah, if we could bring back Columbia's 30th Street Studio. I had the joy of a visit there during a recording session when I worked for CBS. Al Schmitt quoted in the article "the best equipment in the world can't overcome a rooom that has no life in it". Never better said.
buconero117
What Fmpnd said!! If you haven't dealt with your room's acoustics, all the equipment upgrades, new cables etc. will never get you where you want to be.
We all need someone to look down on and ridicule - the audiophile that provides a vital psycho-acoustic role in society.

Clearly, audiophiles also need rooms well padded with foam.
Mr. Shadorne . . . I FART in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-eh!