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Posted by tonemaniac (A ) on November 21, 2006 at 09:30:54

In Reply to: Re: "Ancient technology used by the Greeks" posted by geoffkait on November 21, 2006 at 06:42:30:

and the second nice thing is that you can move them for specific adjustments in ways that no equalizer on the market is capable of... there have been some reports that the "basic" copper-silver alloy actually removes vibratory modes... I suppose this is possible if it can absorb enough kinetic energy and spectrally reshape it in a way that the ear does not perceive... seems that the little wooden pedestals have something to do with this... I've tested them nekkid, no pedestal, and they are quite different w/o the maple base... on the major positive side of the equation, they don't deaden the room like fibergalss batts will.... in the final analysis, you WILL need three or four room tuning modalities, some tube trap, some QR products, some wall panel, some Tchang... I have never heard a room, and I've visited some damn expensive rooms, that succeeded from overkill of any one product or approach... unless you're considering a full on Russ Berger custom interior which will cost you some heavy coin and a few years wait time.... if cost is a factor, clean up your corners first... my first choice would always be tube traps in the corners, that's where the real junk is emanating from, then I'd consider some wooden QR squares on the first reflection points of the side walls, the fiberglass acoustic bags on the wall behind, THEN worry about the resonators.... in the meantime you might consider a *basic* or two behind the speakers to clear up the "sog" ... the rest depends a lot on you listening style, what you listen for, how long you like to listen, what kind of material turns you on... just like I love carbon fiber interconnects and tolerate their deficiencies in compensation for what the do so well, with that set up, a *silver* resonator about 1 foot outside of each speaker, positioned between the woofer and tweeter, and on the same plane as the speaker face (not on the wall behind in this case) was awesome.... really awesome...

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