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Room Correction

I have been having a tough time choosing speakers, a lot to do with a somewhat difficult room. Good size, but tight speaker placement within an area not allowing for a lot of space off back and side walls. Plus a lot of windows and hard surfaces (flooring, etc.)

I listen on a much more casual listening and not one specific sitting area within the room.

I listen to a lot of vinyl and streaming.

The idea of running analog through a digital room correction seems very strange to me, and does not sound appealing. Although I can be easily convinced otherwise if this is just a misconceived idea in my head. 

The speakers are in my main living room so a lot of significant treatments are really out of the question. 

What would you do to get the most out of your speakers in this setting?

What are some of the best room correction devices? treatments? items?

If budget gets limited after system purchase, what items will give me the most bang for my buck in the room?

Thanks so much!
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erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
I should also say, if you are interested in DIY solutions, the LM-1 is ideal because it is specifically designed for near-wall and bookshelf placement.

https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-lm-1-bookshelf-version.html

It has relatively narrow dispersion, and unusually high sensitivity due to it's design considerations.

Best,


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willemj
1,036 posts
 
I agree that good acoustics are important. However, below the Schroeder frequency this is basically a matter of the size/dimensions of the room. The bigger the room the lower the Schroeder frequency, and the more the inevitable room modes can be kept away from the main listening frequencies. Unlike above the Schroeder frequency, at these low frequencies normal damping material will not help - you need large and ugly bass traps.
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shadorne
7,333 posts
 
Above all avoid speakers with very narrow dispersion - they have very small sweet spot and never sound natural except in an open space.
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
I find the GIK Soffit Traps and lesser bass panels quite attractive, and better performing.

Also, as written by experts in room acoustics, bass traps allow EQ work. The combination is unbeatable.

Above this however, tight bright rooms need help too.

Best,

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auxinput
1,538 posts
 
Nyquist Shannon theorem

Yeah, I read about that years ago.  It doesn’t hold water as I can clearly hear differences between 44.1 sampling and 96khz sampling.  You are also not realizing that not every DAC is created equal.  The conversion from DAC square stepped output to true analog waveform is where DAC circuits have huge differences.  If you believe in those theorems and statements about pure measurements, the fine.  There are many others here that can hear minute differences that are not documented by these measurements you like to post.
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