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Old 23rd Mar 2019, 9:22 pm   #541
emeritus
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Default Re: Audiophoolery?

I became aware of the effect of room acoustics on sound one evening in the 1970's when I had nodded off listening to the radio and was woken by the stereo test tones that used to be broadcast on Radio 4 after shut-down. As I moved myself to get up from the sofa to turn the radio off, I found that moving my head affected the loudness of the test tones. By suitably positioning my head I found I could completely null out the sound in either ear. I guess that you would need to clamp your head in a fixed position to ensure a proper comparison between systems, and even then, all the other items in the room wold need to be identically positioned too. I guess that, other than when comparing speakers, to eliminate room acoustics you would need to use a good set of headphones.
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