| There has a lot of discussion on stereo quality in | | | | for your room. Your sub woofer will work best in a |
| relation to the different aspects of your equipment. | | | | corner, believe it or not. But you can experiment with |
| Starting out with a good quality stereo sound is the | | | | the location of your speakers in relation to the position |
| first element in the quest for the best listening result. | | | | you will be listening from to get the best result. |
| But the listening environment is the next issue to | | | | The next two things to look at are the floor and wall |
| consider and can defeat even the best equipment. | | | | coverings (including drapes and windows). If the room |
| Most experts agree on three distinct factors on the | | | | is carpeted and you have large windows with floor to |
| impact of the achieving high quality stereo results. The | | | | ceiling drapes of some kind, this by itself will create a |
| size of the room, type of materials in the room, and | | | | non bouncing or dead scenario. If you have a drop |
| the placement of the speakers have the greatest | | | | ceiling with typical ceiling material it will dampen the |
| impact. Hard surfaces with mass will bounce the sound | | | | sounds further. Add in a sofa and easy chair, a few |
| waves, soft irregular materials like curtains and | | | | pillows strewn about and you will stop the sound dead. |
| carpeting absorb the sound and stop it from bouncing. | | | | If your room has a hard surface flooring like wood or |
| The trick is matching or at least finding that magical | | | | tile, no windows with drapes, and few wall coverings |
| mix that allows the best reproduction of the sound or | | | | the room will bounce that sound everywhere (if you |
| music. | | | | here any echo is a good example of live). The sounds |
| So many people describe these two factors as dead | | | | will bounce multiple times creating quite a mix and |
| and live, dead being when the sound doesn't bounce | | | | echo. This is most likely too much of a bounce |
| and live being when the sound bounces all around. | | | | environment even for appropriate music. |
| Some different types of music or sound work better | | | | There are easy ways to change up each type of |
| with live or dead listening environments. Rock and roll, | | | | room that leans too far to one extreme or the other. In |
| Hip Hop, Country Western reproduce will in live room | | | | the first example you can open the drapes, add some |
| due to the nature of the music and instruments. Jazz, | | | | mirrors or hard surface wall hangings, or add furniture |
| Classical, and Blues seem to sound a little better in | | | | or decorative items with hard surfaces. In the second |
| dead rooms. Of course this is very general and any | | | | example you could add a room carpet, put up some |
| individual music can be an exception. | | | | softer wall coverings, and add some furniture to |
| Unless you have an unlimited budget and lots of time | | | | absorb some of the sound. |
| to experiment, the ideal situation would be to find the | | | | How far you go is up to you but small changes can |
| best midpoint that allows a good blend of both factors. | | | | have a measurable impact. You can experiment with |
| The average living room or recreational room where | | | | different items and arrangements. Even changing the |
| many people listen to music is around 10 ft by 15 ft. As | | | | position you listen from and the location of your |
| long as you get good separation on your stereo | | | | speakers. If you listen to very specific music, you can |
| speakers (placing them at least 5-6 ft apart) and with | | | | almost tune in your room to match the sound you like |
| in 10 feet of the listener, you have a good starting point | | | | with a little effort. |