Recent content by tmuikku

I'm using icepower modules and t.racks DSP

Auditory system is wonderful! I think this is one of most important realizations one can do! Perception of sound that we have in our conscious mind is not sound that enters ear canal, but what the subconsious parts of brain, the auditory system, provides into existence, into perception...

Hah, I like that too, for some reason I have a mental picture of "audiophile" sitting on the throne for years never moving from it while chasing clarity and imaging and all that by buying new speakers and amplifiers. Only to notice the good sound he chased wasn't in the gear but in his own...

Yeah your photo illustrates the reality for most, practical positioning. This kind of practical positioning is fine most of the time because listening is often background listening, but, it's quite easy to take an extra chair and put it to a close proximity when ever there is time and...

Hi, very cool! this stuff is very rarely mentioned, yet change in listening distance changes all reflections, often quite considerably. When one moves closer to speakers delay of first specular reflections compared to direct sound increases. Also their spectra changes due to different angle from...

Hi, I tried to check why I would write that but could not recreate such chain of thought, so its a brain fart :D Perhaps it was something like this: Listening with short enough listening distance to supress effect of early reflections there is no "extra width" to perceived stereo image, so one...

Totally, thats the hifi sound for me as well. I get rid of early reflections effect to perceived sound with my stereo by reducing listening distance. I get both sounds on my system, good involving sound that totally captivates me, and the typical home stereo sound with heavy effect of the local...

Hi, it's about "how to listen". Can you hear singular early reflection, what does it sound like? If you turn on your stereo right now, do you localize the reflection and "hear" how it sounds like? How does it affect the whole perception of sound? I mean there is single perception of sound at...

Yeah, moving listening position is about the easiest and cheapest way to change sound!

Hi, put your system playing some low tone and walk around in your house. I bet you hear the bass in any room regardless there is holes or not. In my house most impressive bass is in the toilet on the hallway, while the system is playing in the livingroom. So, depends, just stick the sub...

hi, can you move yourself? if you can, move yourself closer to speakers and stereo sound improves dramatically as early reflections get more delay and attenuation in relation to direct sound. If you can move speakers closer to each other you should, experinent with toe-in. Put a temporary chair...

Hi, yeah I think your post after mine is good example of how difficult this stuff is communicate without us all sharing the same system together so that the communication would be augmented with actual real perception. I can partly relate to what you describe through my personal experience and...

^Yeah, the holographic sound is to me when the mono image is the focused and collapsed one as you represent. Brain providing magical perceptual effect that seems as if the sound is detached from the local room and speakers. Sorry anyone annoyed by my posts repeating like broken record, but I...

^ yep setup is the key thing here, fail in that and the gear doesn't matter, it's never gonna overcome need for setup :) Did listening position change as well, or did it remain at same physical location? In general, this stuff is quite easy to play around leaving the speakers where they are...

Elac Debut is not reasonable speaker then :) did you try them with very small listening triangle? What about the Martens you mention, do they have the sound also back of the room, or just around at the listening position?