EP 014 HiFi Acoustics – Big improvements in HiFi sound from small changes.

Have you ever wanted to sell your speakers and try something else because they just don’t sound the way you thought they would? Maybe the something else you should try is acoustics. Part One of this episode goes in depth into human perception of sound and why we hear what we hear.

Part Two of this episode, David gets practical with simple changes that make a big difference to the sound of our systems.

Discussing Acoustics with David Spargo Acoustician from Praxis Acoustics

“The result was….”Oh, my God, Oh, my God, Oh, my God. What did you do!” What David Spargo from Praxis Acoustics did was simply make small changes to the geometry of the system so that it wasn’t interacting with the room modes so strongly. There was a bit of offset so the arrangement was changed to asymmetrical rather than the equilateral triangle we all think we need.

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"The most expensive gear in the world is not going to sound great in a bad room. A quite modest system can be really enjoyable. Other rooms you walk into and you just go "this sounds terrible, and you are insane." because there's half a million dollards worth of gear in here and you cnanot hear what's going on" David Spargo

PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

David Spargo - Praxis Acoustics

Andrew Hutchison - Host

Brad Serhan - Serhan Swift

Floyd Toole - Author/Acoustician - Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms

BRANDS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Praxis Acoustics

Serhan Swift

THIS EPISODE

Andrew Hutchison - Host

Sharron Hayden - Editing Copywriting