Hello everyone,
What a wonderful community you have here. I'm a gear head and musician from Germany and am so glad to have found a forum about audio equipment with a scientific/measurement focused outlook to help me navigate the murky seas of online information.
I am going to receive a pair of Genelec 8341 soon, which I am very excited about. Reading through the forum has now given me the brain bug of wanting to set up a surround system, mainly for producing and listening to music. My wallet is unhappy about this as the purchase of the Genelecs has basically broken my bank — so I'll have to find a more affordable option for the rest of the speakers and start saving up. The 8320s seem like a great option as I could use the GLM with them, too, plus they're much more reasonably priced. What I'm wondering about is how much of a problem, if any, the narrower vertical directivity of the 8320s might be. I don't have any experience with the likes of auro 3d, etc., and am wondering if it were a correct assumption that the main work is usually done by the front left and right speakers in common surround setups? This would lead me to believe that if I moved out of the sweet spot of the 8320s, the effect would not be too massive, as I'd mainly still be hearing the 8341s in front of me? I hope I'm making sense. I am planning on a super near field setup, I would usually be sitting somewhere between 50-100cm from the speakers, to reduce volume so as not to upset the neighbours and reduce room interference. I'd be setting up the system via software instead of an AVR.
I'd also be interested in general opinions on whether you'd consider a surround system in a well treated room preferable to a stereo setup in a less treated room. As far as I can gather the former would provide a more immersive experience that stays closer to the intended sound of a recording, while the latter lets the room colour the recording more — is that a fair way of looking at it or am I totally off track here? I know that opinions on this differ quite substantially but I'm very interested in hearing some more views on the matter.
Any and all help is much appreciated — as you can tell I'm not too knowledgable on any of this, so forgive me if my questions might be somewhat naive.
Cheers and have a good one,
Will
What a wonderful community you have here. I'm a gear head and musician from Germany and am so glad to have found a forum about audio equipment with a scientific/measurement focused outlook to help me navigate the murky seas of online information.
I am going to receive a pair of Genelec 8341 soon, which I am very excited about. Reading through the forum has now given me the brain bug of wanting to set up a surround system, mainly for producing and listening to music. My wallet is unhappy about this as the purchase of the Genelecs has basically broken my bank — so I'll have to find a more affordable option for the rest of the speakers and start saving up. The 8320s seem like a great option as I could use the GLM with them, too, plus they're much more reasonably priced. What I'm wondering about is how much of a problem, if any, the narrower vertical directivity of the 8320s might be. I don't have any experience with the likes of auro 3d, etc., and am wondering if it were a correct assumption that the main work is usually done by the front left and right speakers in common surround setups? This would lead me to believe that if I moved out of the sweet spot of the 8320s, the effect would not be too massive, as I'd mainly still be hearing the 8341s in front of me? I hope I'm making sense. I am planning on a super near field setup, I would usually be sitting somewhere between 50-100cm from the speakers, to reduce volume so as not to upset the neighbours and reduce room interference. I'd be setting up the system via software instead of an AVR.
I'd also be interested in general opinions on whether you'd consider a surround system in a well treated room preferable to a stereo setup in a less treated room. As far as I can gather the former would provide a more immersive experience that stays closer to the intended sound of a recording, while the latter lets the room colour the recording more — is that a fair way of looking at it or am I totally off track here? I know that opinions on this differ quite substantially but I'm very interested in hearing some more views on the matter.
Any and all help is much appreciated — as you can tell I'm not too knowledgable on any of this, so forgive me if my questions might be somewhat naive.
Cheers and have a good one,
Will
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