by Paul McGowan
Many of my readers have asked for some setup help in these posts and what works for me is to simply throw one in here and there as the mood strikes.Perhaps one of the most fundamental setup procedures is speaker and listener placement in any given room. You have to have a starting point when you setup a system and using the rule of thirds, originated and popularized by one of the best in the industry Harry Pearson (HP a true high-end treasure), is by far the best.Our goal will be to achieve a disappearing actin your living room where you can't pinpoint the location of the left and right loudspeaker when they're playing music (unless you're like the customer I wrote about yesterday).Using the rule of thirds is simple: place your loudspeakers one third the total distance of the room from the rear wall and your listening position the same one third away from the opposite wall. For example, let's say you have a room that's 15 feet long and 12 feet wide. The loudspeakers would be placed 5 feet from the rear wall and your couch would be 5 feet out from the opposite wall. That's it.Remarkably simple and surprisingly close to what you will wind up with in the end. Now what's left if for you to make minor tweaks - how far apart are the speakers, how much toe in, etc.We'll cover more specifics in a future post.
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“Just because I wrote the song doesn’t mean I know what it means.” – Lou Reed
In this issue: I talk with Steve Morris of Streamline HiFi, who hand builds stereo consoles for the modern age. I offer my memories of audio reviewing legend Anthony H. Cordesman. Paul McGowan makes time for music. B. Jan Montana covers the 2024 NAMM Show and Thomas Fogel goes behind the scenes at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards. Octave Records has two new releases. Reason by pianist Erik Deutsch, vocalist Theo Bleckmann and instrumentalist Sly5thAve is a live excursion into adventurous post-modern jazz. Audiophile Masters Volume IX is the latest in Octave’s series of sonic reference discs. Wayne Robins contemplates music for growing minds.
Ken Kessler visits the last Warsaw Audio Video Show. I fall in love with Korean TV show soundtracks. Ray Chelstowski interviews New York rocker extraordinaire Steve Conteon his upcoming album, The Concrete Jangle. Jay Jay French relistens to his past with the Youngbloods’ reissue of Elephant Mountain. Ted Shafran has high praise for live music. Ken Sander remembers when Alice Cooper caught a ride hitchhiking. PS Audio wins a bunch of Editor’s Choice awards. We conclude the issue with synesthesia, job opportunities, and winds of change.
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