Tagged: room treatment
6 articles we've published with this tag.
Why your headphone desk needs acoustic treatment tooEven on headphones, your room leaks in through open backs and bone conduction. Here's what actually changes the sound at a treated desk.By Eleanor Shaw- Plinth-to-wall distance: the turntable spec nobody checksWhere you put the turntable on the rack matters as much as the rack itself. Here's how boundary distance and shared surfaces feed feedback into the cartridge.By Hannah Reid
Open-back headphones on a desk: why the "room" still mattersOpen-back headphones don't seal you off from the room. Here's why your desk, walls and even your monitor are still part of the sound.By Hannah Reid- Acoustic treatment at the statement level: what six figures of speaker buys you in a bad roomEven reference loudspeakers can't out-engineer a bad room. Here's what serious acoustic treatment actually buys a statement system, and where the money should go first.By Sofia Laurent
- First reflections explained: what they are, why they matter, and how to treat themFirst reflections are the single biggest source of imaging smear in a domestic listening room. Here's the physics, the measurement, and the fix.By Marcus Vale
- Where to spend your speaker budget: a room-first guide to diminishing returnsSpending more on speakers rarely solves the problem you actually have. Hannah Reid maps where every dollar earns its keep — and where it quietly disappears.By Hannah Reid