How do you listen to music in the home? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Usually just my 20$ Philips headphones I got from Walmart. LOL

(They're actually quite clear sound-wise--and they match my red iPod.)

If I'm outside I borrow my sister's iPod dock.

If I'm home alone, I use the ample stereo system our family has.

HD800's a blasting!!!

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

Yes! Speaker placement makes a huge difference! I'm an enthusiastic proponent of placing woofers at chest height at the minimum. Put the sub on the floor.

dynaco THE FISHER Marantz Sansui Nakamichi Line Magnetic Oppo Yamaha Dynavector Sumiko Grado Denon Pioneer Advent Klipsch/Crites

Eh, might as well.....

Current bedroom set-up:
Amp: HH Scott LK-72 ("lab kit" version of the 299-C)

CDP: Marantz CD5003
TT: Luxman PX-100/cart: Ortofon 2M Red
Cans: Klipsch RB-41 II's
Klipsch SW10 II powered sub

Just got the RB-41II's. They fill the room perfectly. Wall mounted & out of the way too!

dynaco THE FISHER Marantz Sansui Nakamichi Line Magnetic Oppo Yamaha Dynavector Sumiko Grado Denon Pioneer Advent Klipsch/Crites

Well i use my 5.1 system. I usually listen to music in the night, time I consider to be morning :) Tongue

Knobby wrote:

Dean wrote:

. For example a 20Hz note has a wavelength of 17.17m (19yds), so no surface in a typical living room is going to be far enough away to cause any problems. This means you can put a sub just about anywhere.

This sounds convincing, yet I've heard time and again the opposite - that subwoofer placement is critical.

I was talking specifically about reflections off hard surfaces in regard to the previous question of height above the floor and the colouration of the sound . Where you place a sub does not affect the colour of the sound (you cannot change the tone of a sub by moving it around a room). However, corner placement can have an effect of amplifying the sound coming out of a sub but this is purely a loudness thing that is no different to turning up the signal levels on the speaker, it does not affect the colouration of the sound - it doesn't sound more bass-ey, it just sounds louder overall. Other than that it does not mater where a sub goes, we cannot determine directionality of low frequency sound (because the average human's ears are only 0.15m apart), which is why you only have/need one monaural subwoofer in any setup and why to doesn't matter where it goes.

What?

I used to run a 2.1 setup and placed the sub all over the room, never made a difference to me. I have since gone to a straight up 2.0 setup....I often found myself just not enjoying all that low-end with the sub.

I'm not a sub guy I guess....

After i put a sub in my main set up and realized how much fuller/better it sounded than before, i eventually put a sub in every system of the house. It's a no-brainer.

And if you can hear the sub "working," you need to re-adjust your levels. You may need to adjust your sub levels with different recordings while geting used to your new sub. Best to be as minimal with your sub as possible, but still get the benefits of using one. It takes a while to get it just right....

Edited by libertycaps - June 12 2013 at 14:54

dynaco THE FISHER Marantz Sansui Nakamichi Line Magnetic Oppo Yamaha Dynavector Sumiko Grado Denon Pioneer Advent Klipsch/Crites

^ I know you are enjoying that LM CDP......Would like to hear it some day. If I ever go crazy and go all digital, that one is on my short list.

I listen to songs in my home theatre system with full volume and the in bas mode.