I asked Adam Audio tech support about that for my pro monitors, just thought I would try it as an experiment to see how it affected impulse response, sub integration etc, but they were clearly insulted and not happy at all about that proposal as the ports are a big, integral part of the (active in my case) speaker design;-) Of course I tried it anyways and the phase looked really weird afterwords and caused huge timing issues/delays in the impulse... So now I use socks mainly for my feet...
I don't think you need to do that. I have large rear ported speakers and have them up against the rear wall. Sounds awful without RC but with RC (either RP or Trinnov) not a problem at all.
That's my experience anyway.
Speaker cable would be aftermarket as Lyngdorf do not supply speaker cable.....down to the dealer to decide what to use / their preference or which they supply to their customers.
Speaker cable would be aftermarket as Lyngdorf do not supply speaker cable.....down to the dealer to decide what to use / their preference or which they supply to their customers.
I am naive enough to think that some people who sell cables believe that they can increase SQ... My wife has encouraged me to buy better cables since she could hear the difference, so then it was easy and I ended up being a Wireworld and Nordost "fan" (sorry @Steve webber 413). And those fancy cables do add significantly to the geek factor when your mother in law comes for a visit, so that could be worth a few pennies by itself...
Not hear either..
I was running surrounds as direct radiating and was too directional now have switched them to Di-pole and this does give me sense that the volume has dropped but once a good surround scene kicks in nope all is good.
But with tri-poles they must be magic I've always wanted them.
So if I choose 0.8 delay time on the Lyngdorf, this means that the Lyngdorf will delay the main speakers to match the REL subwoofers?
Do you like this approach?
Of course I tried it anyways and the phase looked really weird afterwords and caused huge timing issues/delays in the impulse... So now I use socks mainly for my feet...
I'm not sure it will change it to a sealed 'design', that would depend on the speaker. My speakers never came with port bungs because they weren't designed to have the ports blocked. So stuffing something into the ports will seal them but that doesn't mean the that the speaker was ever designed to be used in that way.
Not hear either..
I was running surrounds as direct radiating and was too directional now have switched them to Di-pole and this does give me sense that the volume has dropped but once a good surround scene kicks in nope all is good.
But with tri-poles they must be magic I've always wanted them.
That’s exactly what I’m experiencing. I cannot compair with direct radiating speakers but when I put the dolby Atmos trailers disc the surrounds seem fine. When I put a movie the surrounds seem more quite, maybe it’s just how it suppose to sound
I'm not sure it will change it to a sealed 'design', that would depend on the speaker. My speakers never came with port bungs because they weren't designed to have the ports blocked. So stuffing something into the ports will seal them but that doesn't mean the that the speaker was ever designed to be used in that way.
Nevetheless if the port is closed it will function as a sealed design.
Likely not optimally; woofers for ported have lower Q than for sealed (because the port will raise the system Q), so the bass will likely be overdamped.
To my knowledge, I never saw speakers placed in the corners like this pic. I assume that are talking about subwoofers BUT in the text they say SPEAKERS. Even if you check the 2170 manual it says the same thing.
Apparently, Lyngdorf recommends placing speakers against the wall, which seems counterproductive given everything we've all been told about soundstage width and especially depth.
I am wondering if any of you did compare different speakers' placements with the Lyngdorf amp?
'... the optimal position of traditional box speakers is against the wall, where there are practically no modes."
That is amazingly incorrect - wall placement maximally excites the length modes, while full (trihedral) corner placement maximally excites *all* of the room's modes.
'... the optimal position of traditional box speakers is against the wall, where there are practically no modes."
That is amazingly incorrect - wall placement maximally excites the length modes, while full (trihedral) corner placement maximally excites *all* of the room's modes.
There are speakers designed for corner placement. Go and check pi speakers.
There are others too, which take advantege of the gain provided by a corner to improve efficiency.
What I notice with lyngdorf speakers and room perfect is that the sound stage grows behind the front wall and it is a bit confusing visually as we ear the sound coming from behind the a wall and Our senses fool us. I have gotten used to this though and it makes for a great sound IMO.
'... the optimal position of traditional box speakers is against the wall, where there are practically no modes."
That is amazingly incorrect - wall placement maximally excites the length modes, while full (trihedral) corner placement maximally excites *all* of the room's modes.
Placing a speaker against the wall does not increase the room mode, it only changes our perception of it in the listening position.
Moving it out into the room creates peaks and dips in the frequency response which might make the speaker sound better in the listening position, but then you have to deal with the reflections.
Placing a speaker against the wall does not increase the room mode, it only changes our perception of it in the listening position.
Moving it out into the room creates peaks and dips in the frequency response which might make the speaker sound better in the listening position, but then you have to deal with the reflections.
To my knowledge, I never saw speakers placed in the corners like this pic. I assume that are talking about subwoofers BUT in the text they say SPEAKERS. Even if you check the 2170 manual it says the same thing.
Apparently, Lyngdorf recommends placing speakers against the wall, which seems counterproductive given everything we've all been told about soundstage width and especially depth.
I am wondering if any of you did compare different speakers' placements with the Lyngdorf amp?
'... the optimal position of traditional box speakers is against the wall, where there are practically no modes."
That is amazingly incorrect - wall placement maximally excites the length modes, while full (trihedral) corner placement maximally excites *all* of the room's modes.
Exactly, room modes (what's in a name) are room dependent, not speaker dependent. Except for exciting them that is. Cancellation is another matter.
If I had to say something negative about RoomPerfect, it is that is doesn't fight room modes fully. I expect this is because its algorithms prevent from correction (attenuation) above a certain value. With room modes, sometimes very strong attenuation (together with a very high Q value) is needed. I do this manually in Roon with PEQ.
There are speakers designed for corner placement. Go and check pi speakers.
There are others too, which take advantege of the gain provided by a corner to improve efficiency.
What I notice with lyngdorf speakers and room perfect is that the sound stage grows behind the front wall and it is a bit confusing visually as we ear the sound coming from behind the a wall and Our senses fool us. I have gotten used to this though and it makes for a great sound IMO.
Placing a speaker against the wall does not increase the room mode, it only changes our perception of it in the listening position.
Moving it out into the room creates peaks and dips in the frequency response which might make the speaker sound better in the listening position, but then you have to deal with the reflections.