10 more thoughts on my NEW LISTENING ROOM ✍🏻 ('Dear John')

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A new city, a new home and a new listening room

Samsung The Frame 2022 65"

IKEA Vindum rug

IKEA Vimle sofa

Zu Soul 6

NAD M10 V2

Buchardt A500

Buchardt loudspeaker stands

Room EQ Wizard

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

#roomacoustics #reverb #hifi
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[medecindamour]

I have a similar situation with echoey stairwell and I just added a curtain and it's the cheapest most significant sound improvement I've ever done. Game changer. Look at a simple curtain solution for your stairwells!

[joewillie]

Let me be one of the few viewers and patreon members to say congratulations on your new home. I am sure you will get that room sorted out in good fashion. But what is important is that you get settled in to your new place and that you like. That is really all that matters. Good Luck in

[FlyGuy]

First, I wish you well and the best of health. Second, this is a fantastic journey for those of us who are starting over or starting out in our journey. Every decade, I sell every piece and start from scratch. At 60, Im not certain I have many system changes left. I follow with enthusiasm. Peace.

[Arrionflows]

I'm broke" Respect John. Keep it real

[steffen_rothammel_photos]

Thanks again for your fantastic, sympathetic work !! You are anpart of my audiophile life !

[adambrown]

A lot of stereo receivers from the 70s & 80s had reverb settings to add reverb to the sound.

[PedroMalheiro]

Welcome to Portugal!! All the best for this new life chapter and hope you can feel at home at this new home! (Don't forget to visit Porto 🤭)
Ps: you should have move 2 years ago or more, the houses prices increased a lot in the last year's 😅🫣
Keep up entertaining us with your nice videos and being genuine!

[ericsamson]

Dear John,
This is one hell of a topic! How to correct and improve a crappy-sounding room.
A few notes: in the first video, you keep mentioning how the sound reverberates and that we, the viewers, must notice as well. I must say: it depends. I watched to the first part on my iphone, and it was not so obvious. But for part 2, I was in front of my TV, connected by a 3.5 mm/RCA cable to a pair of Audioengine A5+ and wow! It was as if 10 Johns were speaking at the same time! (side note to the note: these speakers should be included more often in entry-level system discussions. My wife actually enjoys them more then the LS50W upstairs). Also, if the room is actually more (or very) important to sound quality than your amp or source, it think it would be interesting to mention the price of room correction, like any other component. I certainly do not want you to reveal how you choose to invest your money. But it would help people make choices, same as with hifi components. And maybe push it further: maybe some brands are better than others. Just like some plants block high frequencies better than others...

[Jcanu]

in my experience books do a lot to help in the acoustic environment. if your reading person using phsycal media having a bookcase with books or even record collection helps the acoustics of a room

[DisjointedConversations]

Looking forward to the room correction video. Is it the same firm you used in Berlin? Will you be showing pre and post measurements? Glad to hear Olaf is still part of the team!!!

[haroldhaandrikman]

In my opinion there's nothing wrong with the furniture/concept of Ikea, also in terms of the footprint on the worldwide environment. I'm very happy with my combined Ikea audio rack/record storage. The total (dead) mass is so high, that (sound) vibrations have no significant influence/feedback on my sound setup (especially my turntable). Spending less on expensive furniture saves more money for my/our hobby. And let us be honest, everyone has a budget ;-). And I'm not an employee of Ikea, if you might think so :-).

[igsterspamster]

You're now in the right country for acoustic treatment!! Getting some Vicoustics like in Berlin? You could do an episode in their facilities. That would be interesting

[ibassnote]

Some of these comments are just off the wall (should we call some of these people “nodes”). You display a well-developed sense of restraint here. Looking forward to this new project!

[davidtroughton]

Hi John, thanks very much for another great video. Perhaps you could tell us about how room correction technology such as Dirac is able to help with your room reverb problem. I cannot see how it can help a situation where the room is adding an echo, I would have thought it could boost frequencies that are missing but not artifices being added by the room.

[dubieshel]

The room looks promising. It is great to start with new room and make it properly acoustic. Will you trim the grass....(the rug...)

[paulleggett]

Wow some people are really mean considering that room is actually someone's home.

[psydafke]

Nice one on the “Listenbon”, but I would do a English/French contraption “Listenbonne” referencing to “Good listening” (while also more matching in pronounciation). Was also thinking about poor Olaf left behind in Berlin… but good to hear he’s not unemployed while you are in Lisboa 😂.
Totally agree with the NAD choice, and curious about the results Dirac (full license) made on the room.

[grumpy]

you may be staying in Lisbon for longer than you planned if getting the room acoustic dialed-in is a high priority. best of luck! { & there's always super-near field listening & headphone reviews}

[Bruno-Melo]

I can’t wait to see the end result. BTW I’ve just bought the Advance Paris PlayStream A5 integrated amp. I believe you never did a review of any of their products but I might be mistaken. Is it a brand that appeals to you, what are your thoughts? Last but not least, we Portuguese are obliged by law to say this to everybody that moves here, as a fellow Lisboeta, if you need something I’m here for you!

[stephendixon]

Hey John, meant to comment on this in the hope of some feedback - but was kinda late when I watched and didn’t want to wake the Mrs typing away! Anyway, the timing of this subject is very interesting for me as we’re about to move too to a new place where I’m expecting similar problems (though probably not as bad as yours sound). Hope you can share either some of the costs involved in the sound treatment process and/or some ideas on how to achieve some of what they do on a lower budget. Other thought is that, irrespective of the fact that you don’t need to worry about neighbours downstairs, have you thought about speaker isolation to help de-couple the speaker energy from transferring into the floor? Would be interested to know if or to what extent it could lessen some of your problems. Also looking forward to hearing if or how much Dirac etc can help mitigate reverb issues - though unless you’ve already attempted and run tests, it may be too late to try before the room treatment has been done 👍