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hampshire schrieb:

Acoustics are a characteristic of the environment around sound sources and have nothing to do with the sound quality of the source itself.

It was surprising how our open-plan living area, with its acoustics, was transformed by the hi-fi receiver with calibration microphone into a good audio experience (home cinema) for TV and music.

Interlübbke Cube and Bulthaup wall-mounted low and sideboards match my taste and the above-mentioned design, but unfortunately they do not fit into my budget at the moment :-(

Nida35a schrieb:

It was amazing how our open-plan room, with its acoustics, became a great sound experience (home theater) for TV and music thanks to the Hi-Fi receiver’s auto-calibration microphone.

I have been using a 5.0 KEF setup connected to a Yamaha receiver for a few years now, calibrated through microphone measurement. It’s a dream. Every instrument, every voice, every sound effect is precisely accurate. It wasn’t cheap either, but definitely built to last.

Currently, I’m leaning towards ordering a few upper cabinets from the kitchen manufacturer with a matching countertop, similar to those in the hallways but in Lava color to match the kitchen. That way, I’ll have a continuous countertop as well...

Only the Samsung TV Connect Box and Apple TV will be connected there anyway, so there’s no need for glass for an IR remote. We’ll see; it’s pretty far down on the priority list 😉

Of course, with two devices, it’s negligible. But with five devices, not anymore. The convenience of a single remote control is amazing. I press just one button, the TV turns on, the surround receiver powers up, and the Apple TV starts. Then I operate everything as if it were just one device. It doesn’t matter. I’m a nerd. I love it.

Tarnari schrieb:

I have been using a 5.0 KEF setup connected to a Yamaha receiver for a few years, calibrated with a microphone measurement. It’s amazing. Every instrument, every voice, every sound effect is pinpoint accurate. It wasn’t cheap, but it’s also built to last.

Correcting a room’s acoustic shortcomings with digital equalizers only works within certain limits, and it’s even more challenging in modern living spaces that are often designed with hard surfaces. Reverberation, standing waves, and similar issues cannot be properly fixed digitally but require careful planning during the design phase as well as treatment with absorbers and acoustic elements.