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I built a little "house" out of acoustic panels, big enough to sit entirely inside it. I put it where it can remain standing for a while. Same parts, Infinity Entra 1 speakers, Cary SLI-80, home depot speaker wire, grovers white, SB3 running Inguz EQ plugin. I have to sit on the floor, because a 18" chair seat makes me too tall to fit inside the 48" ceiling. Still looking for well padded 10" chair.
Maybe the bucket again???
The sound has taken another step forward, being in a larger volume there is less boomy bass, and more distance for the drivers to merge. EQing a little with Inguz dials it in nicely. I have never heard such a deep soundstage - at least in the center of the image. Sounds panned to the sides get magnetized into the speakers, I think due to their mid fi pedigree. The tweeter is a tough cookie to crack. I have some of the buzz knocked out of it with EQ, but there is no doubt it was designed for a larger space, and $150 price point.
It needs more distance than 18". Midrange sounds are awesome, very addictive.
I highly recommend tinkering with the Inguz EQ plugin, even if you don't use its room correction function, I haven't tried that yet. The plugin is very useful and I could hear no artifacts of processing, even in the electron microscope den of silence. It has "width" "balance" "quietness" and 6 parametric EQs. The only thing missing is Q adjustment for the EQs, but that would be asking a bit much. Nice job Hugh! It takes about 5-15 seconds for the EQ changes to kick in. Maybe a more powerful PC or more RAM would speed it up? I use P4 2.66GHz 333bus, 512RAM. With the slow response it helps to know how to EQ or else it will take some time to tweak. EQs can be saved as presets. Sonos can't do this!
The weirdest thing about this experiment is to listen to something with a huge ambient soundstage and "get into" the space, get totally convinced that you are there. Then after it is done, clap my hands to hear the real acoustic I am sitting inside of is totally dead, that is a mental shocker. I feel no need for more room ambience whatsoever.
I also like listening to the outside sounds in the silence between songs. Kids fighting, AC blowing, it is all 50dB down. But how do I fit my Legacys in there? haha Ventilation is also an issue.
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