I have a three seat fabric sofa from where i do my listening, sometimes i lay down and do some serious listening, zzz.....
However, when sitting up the sofa just soaks up to much high frequencies, the sound gets to dry and i have noticed i sit slightly and leaning forward to get a better and more airy sound, maybe i should get a leather sofa instead or maybe a single seater, what do you think? What are you sitting on when listening actively?
However, when sitting up the sofa just soaks up to much high frequencies, the sound gets to dry and i have noticed i sit slightly and leaning forward to get a better and more airy sound, maybe i should get a leather sofa instead or maybe a single seater, what do you think? What are you sitting on when listening actively?
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couple of things...
1- when op says
"i have noticed i sit slightly and leaning forward to get a better and more airy sound"
This may not be from sofa at all. It may simply be that he is tilting ears at more forward angle. This can change HF hearing.
2- simply moving head forward even a few inches can in some rooms change the bass sound due to room modes. Sound can go from bass heavy to bass light with subsequent change in perception of clarity
3- I have noticed that the foam in a sofa can resonate at certain frequency. This will be felt in your body and can change perception of sound
1- when op says
"i have noticed i sit slightly and leaning forward to get a better and more airy sound"
This may not be from sofa at all. It may simply be that he is tilting ears at more forward angle. This can change HF hearing.
2- simply moving head forward even a few inches can in some rooms change the bass sound due to room modes. Sound can go from bass heavy to bass light with subsequent change in perception of clarity
3- I have noticed that the foam in a sofa can resonate at certain frequency. This will be felt in your body and can change perception of sound
it is about 90cm, i have moved the sofa back and forth and the problem follows
i have always though it to be important not to have the backrest go above ear level, but that chair looks like sitting in a parabol, that might be a good thing
i think it is sofa related since i have tried to move it back and forth and the problem stays with it, i have tested remove the cushions and the sound did open up, next thing i must try is to get the sofa out of the room
that is very true, i would like to try change the orientation of my setup, firing the speakers along the room length instead of the width
that i have not noticed
that looks very comfy, leather must be a good thing to get some high freq reflections
please can you tell some about your listeing position and near surroundings? any acoustic treatments?
is that a live-end/dead-end-room? what is your distance to listening back wall? thanks!
i have a narrow bookshelf full of stuff behind the sofa, i thought it to bring some diffusion instead of a bare wall, maybe it works more like an damper then a diffusor?
It may be a vertical directivity issue. When you're sitting up, you're at the null. When you're lying down, you're at the peak of the lobe.
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