How many of you are satisfied with your space?

[Chrispy]

Not me.

Listen to the airflow and use a handheld to hear and communicate with other pilots and check airport weather.

Kinda what I thought, when I mountain bike I don't want other than what I'm experiencing.

 

[xanalog]

Kinda what I thought, when I mountain bike I don't want other than what I'm experiencing.

Same holds true for motorcycling; as music takes you away from matters-at-hand and in skiing; music tempo messes with cadence. [ymmv]

 

[Waxx]

I live in a a part of a very old (former fortified) farm complex, so very thick ceramic brick walls and old stone floors. My main listening space is 4x8x2.3m roughly, and needed a carpet to damp the reflection of the floor, but for the rest the room sounds ok, nothing i can't fix with eq (no dirac or so). it's not perfext, but it's quiet ok for the relative small space i got.

 

[xanalog]

My main listening space is 4x8x2.3m roughly,

Smaller spaces are more cost effective and better for WAF.
It prevents any potential conflicts about the size of your main speakers and cost of your amplifier!
Lest you start contemplating multi-channel provisions and inve$tment$.

 

[Waxx]

Smaller spaces are more cost effective and better for WAF.
It prevents any potential conflicts about the size of your main speakers and cost of your amplifier!
Lest you start contemplating multi-channel provisions and inve$tment$.

I don't have that problem, I live alone and my girlfriend (who lives a few villages away) owns a pair of JBL 4367"s for her living room. And we both are not into multichannel or HT. Strictly stereo or even mono music.

 

[blueone]

To me it seems that there is a huge gap between the first option ("Very and fortunate...") in the poll and the other options. I think this should be reworked.

I think the answer distribution is related to the likely income distribution of the forum members. It wouldn't surprise me if 75% or more of the membership was in the top 20% of the income or wealth distribution of their respective countries, generally required for larger listening spaces.

 

[xanalog]

I think the answer distribution is related to the likely income distribution of the forum members. It wouldn't surprise me if 75% or more of the membership was in the top 20% of the income or wealth distribution of their respective countries, generally required for larger listening spaces.

Stats aside, music (not hardware complement) appreciation has never been in conflict (or in agreement) with income or wealth distribution.

 

[Mart68]

I think the answer distribution is related to the likely income distribution of the forum members. It wouldn't surprise me if 75% or more of the membership was in the top 20% of the income or wealth distribution of their respective countries, generally required for larger listening spaces.

Lol I wish. If that were true I'd be typing this in my larger listening space in the Cayman Islands.

 

[Somafunk]

I think the answer distribution is related to the likely income distribution of the forum members. It wouldn't surprise me if 75% or more of the membership was in the top 20% of the income or wealth distribution of their respective countries, generally required for larger listening spaces.

Place me in the very bottom 1% then,

 

[MrBlueSky4470]

I don't see the connection between the size of a listening space and the satisfaction. It's like people assume that nearfield listening cannot provide the same listening experience / sound quality than a big setup and listening in the midfield / farfield. I would rather say the opposite is true and it doesn't take a fortune to get first class sound.

 

[blueone]

I don't see the connection between the size of a listening space and the satisfaction. It's like people assume that nearfield listening cannot provide the same listening experience / sound quality than a big setup and listening in the midfield / farfield. I would rather say the opposite is true and it doesn't take a fortune to get first class sound.

As with many things involving human perception, there aren't any absolutes. Having had, over the decades, both very large listening rooms and rather small ones, and some in-between, I can say I definitely prefer large rooms over small rooms. However, my desktop system based on my M4 Mac Mini, a pair of Audioengine A5+ powered speakers (2013 vintage) and a single SVS SB1000 sub (also from 2013) and some very careful EQ, choice of the crossover strategy to the sub, and sub placement, also provides a surprisingly good listening experience for less money than just the Benchmark Media DAC3L in my primary audio-only system cost me. It's amusing how most people who hear it are more surprised by the desktop system more than they are when hearing the big-room high-priced audio system. Perhaps because they expect the big impressive system in a big room to sound impressive, and most desktop systems really don't sound very good for one reason or another, so they are more surprised by the smaller set-up.

For several years I had a work apartment in California, and the desktop system was my primary entertainment provider. Together with the Mac Thunderbolt 27" display I still use (it takes a dongle on the M4 Mac), I watched many movies on it and enjoyed them.

I agree, you don't need an 8000 cubic feet listening room and a $35,000 system to really enjoy yourself.

 

[MattHooper]

Having had, over the decades, both very large listening rooms and rather small ones, and some in-between, I can say I definitely prefer large rooms over small rooms.

Fair enough.

I think I probably have a bias towards the type of room that I’m used to listening in.
Just in terms of feel and aesthetics I like my 13 x 15’ room because it feels cozy and comfy. If a room starts getting too big I start to feel a bit lost in it. And there’s a neat feeling of being in a small/medium size room, and feeling like the room melts away into different size spaces with different recordings.

 

[xanalog]

Fair enough.

I think I probably have a bias towards the type of room that I’m used to listening in.
Just in terms of feel and aesthetics I like my 13 x 15’ room because it feels cozy and comfy. If a room starts getting too big I start to feel a bit lost in it. And there’s a neat feeling of being in a small/medium size room, and feeling like the room melts away into different size spaces with different recordings.

Do boundary reflection/cancellation (et al.) effects become easier to manage in a medium-to-large living-room volume (not just square-footage)?

 

[Blake Klondike]

Lived in lots of different houses and other buildings in my teens and twenties, so even though I knew nothing formal about room acoustics at the time, I knew what I was after when buying a house.

Could ideally do with a couple of extra feet of width but otherwise main mode is way down at 19KHz and there's no problem modes so it's not bad.

Fairly heavily damped, although only small amount of dedicated treatment. Don't feel the need for any digital correction in the LF.

Live alone so can do what I like with the room. There's a lot of equipment.

One of my brothers was dating a woman who worked for EMI. He brought her round one time and as soon as she walks in she says 'Why have you turned your living room into a recording studio?'

I would think the answer to that question would be obvious for someone who worked for EMI! i would expect her to get it right away!

 

[Blake Klondike]

I think the answer distribution is related to the likely income distribution of the forum members. It wouldn't surprise me if 75% or more of the membership was in the top 20% of the income or wealth distribution of their respective countries, generally required for larger listening spaces.

this is a very sharp observation. i wonder what the numbers would look like if we ran them? there is a stereotype about audiophiles (are we just stuck with that word?) being retired and having a lot of money to throw at the project of listening to music.

 

[Blake Klondike]

Place me in the very bottom 1% then,

me too. i'm a music teacher.

 

[Johnkeizer]

I have probably the worst listening room,
8m long, 3.9 wide, 2.4 height and suspended wooden floor.
Why did I buy a house with this room?
2 small daughters, saw the area and thought if they weren’t safe here, they wouldn’t be safe anywhere, so the HiFi requirements came a long 2nd.

 

[Andysu]

i have to bare with the length 16 feet and mostly the width narrowed down to 9 feet 2 inches even thou room is 10.6 feet wide , ceiling typical shallow 7 feet 8 inches

listening to those oh my dvd star wars '77 with how cares who shot first . iconic Dolby Stereo , Dolby System noise reduction high-fidelity making movies sound better '

i wet to see it few years ago evening show at the dreaded dB unsafe odeon bh2 , screen 9 next to the atmos thee deafening unsafe dB screen 10 ,

i knew what i be listening to a wide width sound i think its maybe about 40 feet ? also the distance of front row seats being at least greater then my dinky sized room , i think its about 16 so feet for augment sake , ( my seating front row at home 9 feet , back row 12 feet ) ,

oh the width is sort of nice to hear again , september 2024 but i really couldn't have honestly cared less for some , audio hollywood snobs industry , uk audio cinema snobs or least my ego for some snobby star wars , since i lost my cat Magic only a week earlier and my head was still messed up and my heart broken

anyway odeon bh2 like some typical cedia shows demo rooms that sound " honky lousy " always i can hear this honky reflective sound bounce off untreated walls ceiling ( i odn't hear a peep of that in my room as its fully absorbed so i only hear what is on the soundtrack , so few plus and minus trade-offs , i wouldn't mind 15 feet feet width by 20 feet length and 8 half feet ceiling , see not too greedy for " my own space " in this expanding vast who knows how large this universe is , doesn't matter our lifespan is too short even to travel around this solar system ( let that sink in nasa )

same soundtrack as the first edition dvd release with fixed surrounds as the '97 version that is only one of its kind exists on laserdisc AC-3 is unfixed

stromtroppers blasters 1min 44sec blaster sound stage right and baster sound centre stage , timber matched ( if the centre in my home theatres sounds louder on center mismatched speakers ) then you have issues with your home theatres ( mine is matched since it's all a " five screen " JBL professional motion picture speaker system ) i heard the same at bh2 screen 9 all expect for the width of the screen is larger than mine ( and i have worked in 89 90's UCI and warner bros so been there done that and now retired , very much retired )

only part that was lousy was lake of sub bass output power ( peeped behind the screen dune 2 year , x2 of these laying on the floor slightly spread apart from middle cebtre stage above , JBL 4642A or 5628 as they look identical ) it was there within i guess the usua l+- 2dB tolerance , surrounds sounded decent , yet at home surrounds don't sound decent and the star destroyer has a plenty bass extension just for the stereo surrounds on x11 bed layer JBL 8330 mkII , surrounds used in screen 9 , could be JBL 9300 or 9310 i think x16 ?

just x2 JBL 4645c 4645 spread apart from centre stage in my room can if i wanted to rumble at over the +- 2dB tolerance levels or just keep it as it should be since most of audio professors are professional Dolby CP cinema processors or with at then , stormaudio isp32 mk3 and now a trinnov alt 32 36 channel

also smart-phone doesn't pick up stereo as good as ear/mind does , its meh okay , i have do a same video as recorded at bh2 , to compare the no ( " honky sound " ) well maybe not all 7 min 42 sec maybe a shorter version , i didn't have the phone set to ( wide ) so image bit cropped off

2min 49 sec pressure door " hisss " in the frequency , " here they come " i was listening out for that at bh2 #9 , THX the audience is listening . . . !

 

[izeek]

I have probably the worst listening room,
8m long, 3.9 wide, 2.4 height and suspended wooden floor.
Why did I buy a house with this room?
2 small daughters, saw the area and thought if they weren’t safe here, they wouldn’t be safe anywhere, so the HiFi requirements came a long 2nd.

carpeted? that'd be a plus. granite plinths under your speakers will do wonders set up well. reduces floor and wall resonance quite a bit.
if your floor is not carpeted, you'll need some dampening between the floor and plinth. mine is a sheet of horsestall mat(super dense). maybe even with carpet.

everyone's use case will vary but a lot is obtainable.

 

[kemmler3D]

My office is horrible, but I have vague thoughts on building some BAD diffusers to at least try and get the decay times in the midrange under control.