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Importance of Listening Room Speed

Published On: May 17, 2024Tags: , , , , , ,

Why do I need a “fast” room?

Remember: the room is the last link in your audio playback signal chain so we realize the importance of listening room speed You’ve exerted tremendous effort to maintain the purity and linearity of the signal all the way to your speakers – why would you neglect the final stage? If you want tight and accurate bass, your room needs to be fast.

What is “Room Speed?”

Below, on the left, we see a slow room that does not track level changes well. The right trace shows a much faster room that tracks dynamics appropriately.

slow and fast room speed graphs

ASC Founder and TubeTrap inventor Art Noxon, Acoustical PE has much to say about it in this three-part series.

  Room Speed pt. 1
  Room Speed pt. 2
  Room Speed pt. 3

Thanks for watching!

~Team TubeTrap

slow and fast room speed graphs

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