Hello, i have this room:
Room itself is very small, about 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.1 meters. 10 cm acoustic insulation on every surface, except floor.
There are 4 subs total at corners, 12 inch. 2 front and 2 at the back, about 40 cm lower than front (not in this picture). Subs not inverted, though back subs are looking at wall, without any delay.
Its budget setup with AVR Denon x3600h outputting 5 speakers and 4 subs, using EQ APO on PC.
I've been listening in this room for over a year, and thought it was very good, mostly stereo.
Due to circumstances i left this house and now live in another.
I bought myself 7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2 IEM and JCALLY JM20 MAX Headphone Dongle. Initially, speakers in this room and Zero:2 sounded very similar, but after listening Zero:2 for more than 2 months, i can clearly say that i hear much cleaner bass in Zero:2, especially when watching movies at louder volumes.
Now i have opportunity to create similar, improved room.
I started researching Double Bass Array and it quickly became obvious that DACs and Amps will be very expensive. Since i need 7 speakers and 8 subwoofers, all from PC. My only option is to hire a specialist, who will design and construct DIY DAC + Amps for my purpose, its much cheaper than buying ready solutions, though still quite expensive for me. I'm talking about ~4000$ vs ~1500$.
And now I'm wondering if DBA is really worth it. I've been reading forums about DBA, some have measurement, lets compare it to mine, in this room, with this setup.
DBA vs my room are relatively close.
Here is the rest of my measurements:
From what i can tell, looking at these, perhaps i have problematic decay from 20 to about 800 hz. Because, from about 800 and up decay is limited by mic noise, so it probably extends even lower than 30 dB (from 105 dB!).
At my default listening volume, 86 dB at peak, 0 dBFS, this room and headphones sounds roughly same for me. But when comparing 105 dB peak, at movies, difference is day and night, in bass only, rest of the sound is roughly same. I can hear every nuance in bass, in headphones. Bass in room is all muddy, compared to headphones. Of course, bass in whole room, which you can fell, is cooler for movies.
So, i was wondering, will adding another 4 subs (to a total of 8) and setting them up as DBA will be worth it? Will it bring bass to headphones level, or at least near, compared to this room?
Room itself is very small, about 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.1 meters. 10 cm acoustic insulation on every surface, except floor.
There are 4 subs total at corners, 12 inch. 2 front and 2 at the back, about 40 cm lower than front (not in this picture). Subs not inverted, though back subs are looking at wall, without any delay.
Its budget setup with AVR Denon x3600h outputting 5 speakers and 4 subs, using EQ APO on PC.
I've been listening in this room for over a year, and thought it was very good, mostly stereo.
Due to circumstances i left this house and now live in another.
I bought myself 7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2 IEM and JCALLY JM20 MAX Headphone Dongle. Initially, speakers in this room and Zero:2 sounded very similar, but after listening Zero:2 for more than 2 months, i can clearly say that i hear much cleaner bass in Zero:2, especially when watching movies at louder volumes.
Now i have opportunity to create similar, improved room.
I started researching Double Bass Array and it quickly became obvious that DACs and Amps will be very expensive. Since i need 7 speakers and 8 subwoofers, all from PC. My only option is to hire a specialist, who will design and construct DIY DAC + Amps for my purpose, its much cheaper than buying ready solutions, though still quite expensive for me. I'm talking about ~4000$ vs ~1500$.
And now I'm wondering if DBA is really worth it. I've been reading forums about DBA, some have measurement, lets compare it to mine, in this room, with this setup.
DBA vs my room are relatively close.
Here is the rest of my measurements:
From what i can tell, looking at these, perhaps i have problematic decay from 20 to about 800 hz. Because, from about 800 and up decay is limited by mic noise, so it probably extends even lower than 30 dB (from 105 dB!).
At my default listening volume, 86 dB at peak, 0 dBFS, this room and headphones sounds roughly same for me. But when comparing 105 dB peak, at movies, difference is day and night, in bass only, rest of the sound is roughly same. I can hear every nuance in bass, in headphones. Bass in room is all muddy, compared to headphones. Of course, bass in whole room, which you can fell, is cooler for movies.
So, i was wondering, will adding another 4 subs (to a total of 8) and setting them up as DBA will be worth it? Will it bring bass to headphones level, or at least near, compared to this room?
. Was that with DBA or without? If without, then truly you don't need it.
