One thing leads to another

Before you begin fine-tuning your system’s sound with room treatments and seating changes, you should pay attention to ‘interactions’ further back in the chain, says Jim Lesurf

Hi-fi enthusiasts are familiar with the impact that the interaction between their listening room’s acoustic and the behaviour of their loudspeakers can have on the sound they hear. Even quite slight movements of the listening position, or the locations of the speakers, can make a distinct difference. Hence spending time altering these positions or making changes to the room’s furnishings, etc, can often produce improved results. However, there are other forms of interaction that tend to be overlooked. The listener assumes these are inherent to the speakers or amplifiers being used. In one sense, that is true, but potentially misleading if you assume it can’t be tweaked to give better results. The snag is that these effects arise before the sound leaves the speakers, and often for reasons most listeners…

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Hi Fi News (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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