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Changed Speaker Placement NOW BOOMY

Hello,

I have a bit of a problem. We bought new furniture for the living room where the stereo is and after replacing a couch, adding a chair and moving the speakers and audio rack down about 2 feet towards the corner and the speakers which where about 3 feet off the wall before are now about 14" off the wall.

I now have this unnatural sub boom and since I am using thiel 1.6 which have very little if any sub freq I can only assume its the room.

I understand that moving stuff around can do this, but its such a big change and I really dont have much room to play with.

Are there any cheap cheap cheap ways of fixing boom bass in a room.

The room is 12' X 26' with 9' ceilings.

If you look at my system pix the stereo is sorta in the same place with minor adjustments.

Any help would be super awesome.
thegoldenear
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thegoldenear OP
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LOL, ok I just moved the thiels about 6 more inches into the room and moved the chair toward the speakers just a little more than 1 foot off the wall and it sounds very pleasing.

I don't like the fact i have to move the chair but i guess it will do for now.

in fact the little extra bass response is nice. "Color Rit" has a nice little punch.

I have to run some more test before I say that my problem is fixed.
timlub
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Hallelujah! Progress is good, congratulations
gsself
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Goldenear, I can't help but wonder how the plywood, perforated, sound trap, burlap wrapped, corner hugging, stand in the corner, acoustic treatment will pass the Wife Appreciation Factor. No doubt everyone is waiting to see how this transpires as inspiration to own own dilemmas.

On the edge of my seat...

Really, best of luck!
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thegoldenear OP
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LOL yes thx Timlub, if I even attempted to bring anything remotely close to audio related into this house. I would seriously get my butt kicked let alone building a DYI panel. If I was alone forget it I would have a dedicated room, but that's not happening now.

We all have a problem. We are Audiophiles no matter the size or price of our system music speaks to use differently than most.

Thanks for all the help everyone.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
The Sumiko method will guide you to a position for the speakers that optimizes bass response (the basis for the method), and it will eliminate any guesswork about whether or not you have them dialed in.

It's worth spending the time to do it, IMO.
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