Room absorbers..anyone ever tried?

[colinB]

Dont know if it helps any Mike but i have a Technics deck and Arcam cd

Amplification is Icon Audio phono stage running through a Rotel integrated.
Speakers are AVI neutrons

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I would have thought the humax box doesn't have the definition in the sound to place what is going through it out into the room in the same way the hifi sources do. Also when you watching the tele your stronger senced eyes are helping your brain compensate for what's missing out o the sound.
I would ignor the humax sound situation - if both hifi sources are causing similar issue then it's most likely the room! Try what Dave said with the douvet on the wall etc ...

[Snoopdog]

Colin

One of the best things I ever did to allow my system to focus and create a tangible soundstage with depth of image and proper balance was to experiment with and install room tuning devices. My current system layout utilizes Acustica Applicata DaaD' (very expensive!) and GIK panels (cheap as chips!) to compensate for first and second relections and focus stereo image. Hre is a view from the listening seat.

[YNWaN]

Do you find that placing your speaker cable boxes on little acrylic stands makes much difference?

[Snoopdog]

Do you find that placing your speaker cable boxes on little acrylic stands makes much difference?

In the case of MIT network boxes which contain active circuitry, I have found a benefit to raising them on the MusicWorks ReJig acrylic supports, which were designed for the purpose of providing resonance control to such components as power supplies, netwrok boxes etc.

Many will scoff, but when these network boxes are placed necessarily close to loudspeakers which produce alot of energy in all planes, then they can use all the help they can get.

The effect of these supports can be clearly demonstrated and manifests itself as a tighter, more tangible focus to the soundstage.

[YNWaN]

When you say they contain 'active' circuitry - do you actually mean that they are powered? If you mean that the speaker signal 'actively' goes through the electronics, then they are actually passive (not active).

[Snoopdog]

When you say they contain 'active' circuitry - do you actually mean that they are powered? If you mean that the speaker signal 'actively' goes through the electronics, then they are actually passive (not active).

Whatever

[Clive]

Use of the word active in this context usually means "powered by an external supply" but I can understand what you mean in your statement....let's face it there are cables with boxes on them that do nothing, it seems you were trying to differentiate your MITs from these?

[colinB]

Im going to try the duvet tonight.
Steve , are those GIK panels in the window, and are they absorbers?
Did they contribute to the image focus or is that effect more from first reflection correction?

[Clive]

Is that a mirror on the left at the first reflection point?