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Is it time to consider computer audio?

Yes, get your speakers and chair positioned as best you can, correct for room issues with room treatment and/or EQ/DSP. These will make the biggest 'night and day' differences. After that, check out cables, isolation, power supplies and all that often expensive stuff that can make a difference...

The Audiolab 8000A has tone controls - didn't this help?

There are machines like the Brennan that are supposed to be easy to use: https://www.brennan.co.uk/ I've no experience of this but perhaps others have.

Mostly I think improved sounds at off peak hours is due to lower ambient noise.

The disadvantage I see in streaming is you need to be online. My PC with ripped CDs is off line and I like to keep it that way. If the OP is already using JRiver I presume he already has some ripped music? I use JRiver 18 on a Windows 8.1 fanless (no noise) PC and I've found this extremely...

This is the answer. It is known as Equal Loudness Curves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour There is a theory that as the mixing engineer listens at 83db or so, when we listen at lower levels we lose a bit of bass and treble as a result of this phenomenon. In the old days...

:) It is a fact that recordings can lack bass or treble and I find this frustrating. If on some recordings you can hear some nice rhythmic percussion, and then on another one you can only hear it if you cup your ears, something is at least different, if not wrong, with the recording. I'm less...

Looking at the equal loudness curves, I estimate a 3dB change at 100z as you increase from 70dB to 80dB. I listen at a range of around 70-76dB measured at my ear. If it's true that mixing is often done at 83dB then loudness difference at 100Hz is significant - turn up the volume by 3dB and the...

Fletcher - Munson, properly know as equal loudness curves, can have quite an impact on the levels you listen at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour Firstly, when you turn the volume up or down. Put simply when turned up you hear more bass and treble, when turned down, less...

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I've no real understanding of RT60 plots. Here are the before and after graphs: green - Totp, turquoise - EDP, black - T20, purple - T30: The negative on the Spectogram is noise from road traffic - I live on a High Street. Any sound produced before the REW signal will show up. If you have...

Have you got no NZ producers. I believe there are some in Australia - might that be cheaper? This is an Aussie forum that seems friendly: https://www.stereo.net.au/forums/forum/222-room-acoustics-construction-and-design/ Unfortunately there are inconsistencies in the production of music...

As well as the twenty-one Soffit Bass Traps, in the four wall-wall corners and the four ceiling -wall corners, four Monster panels on the front and back walls plus two 242 panels that are meant to stop side wall reflections, which I've found I don't like. As I said, probably over the top but I...

And some full range results. Blue - no treatment, turquoise - two soffits, red - four soffits. No treatment There seems to be a difference down to 3kHz but not much after that. These are GIK soffit bass traps without limiters - they weren't available when I bought them. Where do you...