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RE: Several times a friend with a Crown T60 (I think) analyzer measured my system.

We tried several other realignments which had some effect on the frequency response flatness. Again it sound better.

Careful Norm! You almost associated a *measurement* with something audible! Remember, measurements can't tell you anything about how a component will sound.

But it still looked terrible. I said something about it being hopeless and he pulled out many other rooms and measurements he had done. They all were at least as bad as mine. He said, that he had never seen a room or theater that looked very good and centered his criticism on rooms and especially speakers.

Yes I know. Almost every audiophile system I've heard sounded terrible, because the owners are science ignorant/rejectionists.
Most audiophiles are much better off not showing measurements of their system. Instead of buying better speakers, they would rather spend money on placebos like cables an jelly beans and other magic doo-dahs with cannot counteract the basic laws of physics of the soundwaves emitted into their rooms.

This is why I have little interest in measurements. The technology of speakers and room corrections is limited and we can get little benefit from them. For electronics it is another issue, namely that we cannot measure what is truly important. Even if we had such measures, the existing ones would suggest our ears are more sensitive than the instruments.

:-).

cheers,

AJ

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