The life of audio tuner

Is it a curse or a blessing? 

Like minded audio enthusiasts believe a good sounding system direly require a tuning. Full stop. Where else the gearsluts keep upgrading their equipment believing it is the real sonic gain. Two lines with no meeting point, hence, there is no common ground to have a decent discussion. Upgrading for the sake of upgrading is purposeless, merely sweeping the troubles under the carpet, only gain is the joy of new equipment ownership.

Equipment upgrade is a bottomless pit. The notion of the pricier the better audio is sold among audio enthusiasts. the marketeers exploit it. Given the decade old technology, it has made a steady progressive improvement, certainly not by night and day. Achieving the synergy, complimenting your system make more sense, you achieve a thorough improvement. Tuning is an alternative audio, offering a lot of fun. It makes you a better listener, identify a problem and solve it. 

It all begins with speaker placement. Sadly, many do not master this. They prioritize soundstage before tonality. This is not wise. Soundstage should not override tonality! When speaker placement is done right, you will get a transformation. Different placements offer different presentation but, in a room, there will only one speaker placement with optimum performance. 

The familiarity of my room, I know the optimum speaker placement but this is far from done. I allow time to give space for mechanical settling, where the loudspeakers find their final footing. Thereon, I focus on the image solidarity if the voice is light or heavy and the air is claggy on one side. I checked if the chair at the dead center and my head is on axis, thereafter zoom into speaker placement. Bear in mind that both loudspeakers are not matched, there will be a tolerance. This voids absolute symmetry. Common sense, you must a room for this.

Next up, the routine by millimeters fine adjustment, the finishing line. Once this is dialed in, everything falls into its rightful place with the air becomes balanced and the stage becomes one-ness. Holographic, many think it is flat speakers proprietary. No, it is not. There is no placebo response, but a rigorous examination. The voice is right smack in the middle, no blurring edges. Listening is believing, the magic is gone with a slight change. A true revelation. This speaker placement exercise is based on measurement first and listening has the final say. 

Free of charge, have you place your speakers lately?