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Yeah, but is that all that changed; the relative alignment of the fronts of the 3 speakers? How far were your fronts from the front wall of the room before you made the change? How far are they now? If your speakers were a few inches from the wall before and are more now, I would suspect that much of the change you hear is from that, not from a change in alignment. Most speakers and walls don't get along so well. Rear-ported speakers are especially sensitive to this.I previously had my three front speakers aligned across the front. Then sometime last year, I changed the location of the left and right fronts to match those in the diagram shown in the earlier post in this thread. I did it just as an experiment and have not gone back to the earlier configuration. The improvement in overall sound was very significant; (and my wife hasn't tripped over the left front speaker cable which would surely put an end to it! LOL)
Its funny isn't it, that they're producing systems with more and more speakers to tighten up the placement of special effects and background music in films, & mixing the soundtracks accordingly, and people buy them. But when it comes to music the same companies shy away from producing 5.1 mixes, saying nobody wants to be surrounded by music
I think it is more the case that (statistically) nobody listens to music. For the vast majority of the music-buying public, music is just the backing track for some other activity. Ask 100 people whether they ever sit down to listen to music, where listening to music is the activity in the same way that watching a movie is the activity, and you will see some pretty pitiful results. When asked, some people will even look at you like you are from Mars, as though the prospect of listening to music in that way is completely absurd. We "nobody's" who do listen to music, unfortunately, have to live in their world.
Music is not a high priority in our culture, and what is presented for sale and pumped out on the radio reflects exactly this.
I think it is more the case that (statistically) nobody listens to music. For the vast majority of the music-buying public, music is just the backing track for some other activity. Ask 100 people whether they ever sit down to listen to music, where listening to music is the activity in the same way that watching a movie is the activity, and you will see some pretty pitiful results. When asked, some people will even look at you like you are from Mars, as though the prospect of listening to music in that way is completely absurd. We "nobody's" who do listen to music, unfortunately, have to live in their world.
Music is not a high priority in our culture, and what is presented for sale and pumped out on the radio reflects exactly this.
Yeah, but is that all that changed; the relative alignment of the fronts of the 3 speakers? How far were your fronts from the front wall of the room before you made the change? How far are they now? If your speakers were a few inches from the wall before and are more now, I would suspect that much of the change you hear is from that, not from a change in alignment. Most speakers and walls don't get along so well. Rear-ported speakers are especially sensitive to this.
I think it is more the case that (statistically) nobody listens to music. For the vast majority of the music-buying public, music is just the backing track for some other activity. Ask 100 people whether they ever sit down to listen to music, where listening to music is the activity in the same way that watching a movie is the activity, and you will see some pretty pitiful results. When asked, some people will even look at you like you are from Mars, as though the prospect of listening to music in that way is completely absurd. We "nobody's" who do listen to music, unfortunately, have to live in their world.
Music is not a high priority in our culture, and what is presented for sale and pumped out on the radio reflects exactly this.
The past wasn't better - just different. I know we are way off topic but I want to counter ProgRules post. The opportunity is always here; it's never gone. I'm an old-timer too but we all only live right now and there is always more to discover.
Not much of a counter, though, since you missed the point of my post. I never said the past was better- just that for every gain we make, there is a cost. And the sum total of those costs will lead to our demise. How long that will take is of course unknown, but one way or another, our demise is inevitable. Nothing lasts forever.
Don't get me wrong- I love my technology. I think back to the days when I first got into music and am amazed at how far we've come in our ability to enjoy it, both in quality and quantity. I imagine what it would have been like to have had all this music and technology when I was a teen. But then if I was a teen now, I probably wouldn't be into music like I am, since the culture is so different. What is needed is a time-travel machine, so I could take all this good stuff back to that music-loving teen.
Not sure what you mean by the opportunity is always here, but there are some opportunities from back in the day I really miss. Like concerts that were readily available and reasonably priced and a plethora of live music in clubs and bars to dance the night away. As much as we bemoan the changes in music appreciation and listening habits, to me the worst effect of music being devalued in today's culture is the lack of cheap and readily accessible live music.
If, we had all this when we were teens, we would still be out! In the 70's a good system cost as much as a car. In my world a stereo did not get you what a teenage boy needed the most, and it's not music! Besides, then, who could afford it? Not me!
The reason I hung out and eventually worked at an FM station. I knew one person who had a real nice setup for music.
It would have been great to have high res. then. When I did get a decent system, you had tracking and feedback howl to contend with. records get damaged so easy-and the sound was nothing to compare to now.
Can you raise the TV by wall-mounting it? And position the speakers so that tweeters at ear-level when sitting in the listening position.Now, this is getting fun.
I may have to re-think the layout of the room.
The few Living Stereo 3 channel SA-CD's I have sound new.
The 5.1 discs I have live. The Beatles 'Love' makes great use of the center channel for vocals.
Whole new ball game now.
Well, I didn't have a great system, but back then my HK330C cost about $300, another $100 for a decent Sony TT and $200 for a pair of Electrovoice speakers. It was a good system in my mind and was far below the price of a car- at least a decent car (I drove a Pinto! when I was a teen). And while a good stereo might not get you a girl, once you had the girl, some good music helped set the table...
Can you raise the TV by wall-mounting it? And position the speakers so that tweeters at ear-level when sitting in the listening position.
Can you raise the TV by wall-mounting it? And position the speakers so that tweeters at ear-level when sitting in the listening position.
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