Posted by Terry Koehn on October 01, 2002 at 22:03:23:
In Reply to: photos posted by Brian Walsh on October 01, 2002 at 15:54:09:
Interesting...The amps in that position may help brake up the ESL panel back bass wave...Sort-of-a-Reef Barrier Principal....
And My first question is: Why so much attention to Exotic cables,bird perches,pointy feet on expensive massive bases ..With almost no attention to Acoustic Room Treatment...Not even a SALLIE...or two..? Or 4...
The ESL's are a good 6 + feet from the hard flat plaster back walls,so they do get a chance to breath for bass...But other than the partially carpet floor.....& window slats....
The room is a Large Echo Chamber...Probably experiencing 85%+ Reflection!
The 4 ESL's are visually impressive,but in reality One Set, of Sound Lab ESL Speakers are really to big for that room,let alone two pair...! I wish you had included shots of the back listening areas of the room...Are the rear walls flat Full-Reflective Plaster also ? Cathedral Ceiling could help open the sound if the carpet sucks up it's reflections...
Flat Plaster Walls bounce Sound Reflections in much the same way as glass mirrors facing each other bounce Light Reflections !
Multiple Repetition Image Reflections...Till the excess energy ends up in the curtains / carpet / heat...!
Bottom line...This room could not audition Any Amplifier, Or Speaker,because the room has introduced a Dominate Acoustic Personality to the Audition...
If you test the room with a Real-time Analyzer ,the room will measure very bright peaks from 3khz-8khz,dull above, and probably have some bass rings to it also, around 150-200 hz... As most smaller parralled wall un-treated rooms do...