liverpool_for_life
Well-Known Member
It's all about the speakers. Wrong!
Unless you are extraordinarily lucky (or built a room from scratch taking acoustics into account), it's mostly about the room, especially for those of us living with concrete all around us. If you don't measure and address the issues with your room (either treatments and/ or room correction solutions), you aren't really listening to the speakers you bought after extensive auditioning. You are predominantly listening to your room.
Bottom line: Whatever your budget, apportion a reasonable amount (on a percentage basis) to help with your room. I've seen numbers as low as 5% to as high as 20% of the cost of your audio system. It truly is that important.
Unless you are extraordinarily lucky (or built a room from scratch taking acoustics into account), it's mostly about the room, especially for those of us living with concrete all around us. If you don't measure and address the issues with your room (either treatments and/ or room correction solutions), you aren't really listening to the speakers you bought after extensive auditioning. You are predominantly listening to your room.
Bottom line: Whatever your budget, apportion a reasonable amount (on a percentage basis) to help with your room. I've seen numbers as low as 5% to as high as 20% of the cost of your audio system. It truly is that important.