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Another set of variables is the shape and volume of your listening
room. Large rooms require more bass energy to excite waves within
them. Small rooms need less energy, but reflect it differently. And then
there’s the fact that most rooms don’t have four walls anymore, but
open into dining rooms, lofts, cathedral ceilings, etc. All of this means
that predicting sound interaction patterns is very difficult due to the
irregularities of the room shape.
As you can see, room acoustics is an important but complicated
subject To learn more about room acoustics, get a copy of
AudioControl’s Technical Paper 107, “Small Room Acoustics De-
Mythologized”. You can download this paper from
www.audiocontrol.com or if you’re still into the printed page, call us
and we’ll mail you a copy. The overall point that we’re trying to make is
that the various rooms in your home function as gigantic mechanical
equalizers, boosting or cutting certain frequencies depending on size,
shape, volume, acoustic treatment and the position of the speakers.
Audio Analysis Using Pink Noise
It may take several series of adjustments since there is some interac-
tion between each control. We have included some sample settings here
and general descriptions of each control’s function further on page 15
or here.
After initial adjustment the only time you would change the control
settings are 1) if you connect different speakers into the system, 2) if
(assuming the speakers aren’t built-in) you move them significantly,
such as from a bookshelf to floor stands, or 3) if your room
acoustics change through rearrangement of furniture, wall or
floor coverings, large hairy dogs, etc.
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Audio Analysis
Using Pink Noise
Example Settings