Dusty Chalk
Head-Fi-holic: With headphones would just be a benny.
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Sorry, popping in late to this, so just throwing out a few random thoughts:
I agree with room treatments, if at all possible. I used to be in a similar room to what you described, and because of the interference from the reflections coming off of the wall behind me, there was a whole comb filter effect, depending on my position. Comb filter means it goes very quickly from bright to dull to bright to dull, etc., and this was based on my head position.
If you have to be in the same room as the speakers when they're burning in, face them towards each other. The waves that are synchronous (in the center of the stereo field) will balance each other out, and the total sound coming out of the speakers will be quieter.*
[size=xx-small]* There will be people who will tell you that you need to put the speakers out of phase when you do this -- DON'T LISTEN TO THEM. If you insist, try it both ways yourself. I found this out myself the hard way.[/size]
I agree with room treatments, if at all possible. I used to be in a similar room to what you described, and because of the interference from the reflections coming off of the wall behind me, there was a whole comb filter effect, depending on my position. Comb filter means it goes very quickly from bright to dull to bright to dull, etc., and this was based on my head position.
If you have to be in the same room as the speakers when they're burning in, face them towards each other. The waves that are synchronous (in the center of the stereo field) will balance each other out, and the total sound coming out of the speakers will be quieter.*
[size=xx-small]* There will be people who will tell you that you need to put the speakers out of phase when you do this -- DON'T LISTEN TO THEM. If you insist, try it both ways yourself. I found this out myself the hard way.[/size]