IndyKlipschFan Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 This area of our site is dedicated to acoustical engineering education. We feel it's important to educate the members of the audiophile and home theater community. Whether you are about to embark on a home theater room design or a high end 2 channel listening room, learning about acoustics should be the first step. Only by education can we understand the important aspects of listening room acoustics and their impact on our ability to hear the best possible sound out of our system. Ok check it out!! http://www.rivesaudio.com/educate Especially the CARA quick program. This looks cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Oh... Most excellent find Indy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 hello: Definitely a great site. It extends what PWK was trying to impart in the Dope Form Hope series. Recommended. Win dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I have the CARA program. I purchased it about 10 months ago. It is a nice program, realtively simple to use and within its limitations it is useful. On the down side, it can only forecast room resonance problems. There is also no "speaker" file for any of the Klipsch Heritage and most other Klipsch speakers. This is a major problem, since its programming uses speaker characteristics to create its graphs. I contacted the programmers and they could not assist me with that bit of valuable information. The best you can do is to find a speaker similar to the Heritage series. Unfortunately, the database does not have much in that way. I found the ETF program much more interesting, since it can actively take room measurements. I decided not to buy it or the associated hardware since my funds were destined to actually making a HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Rudy, I was very close to buying the ETF software myself. Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 m00n: I have wanted that program so that I can take real time measurements that can easily be stored in my laptop. The problem I found is that you need a good audio card, which I don't have in my pc and a good mike, which I also don't have. I figured I'd cost $500 by the time I was done. So, for now I just let my ears do the evaluating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Yeah, I know what you mean. Thats the only reason I didn't buy it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phansson Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Ok, Lets say you purchase the cara or etf software. Now what do you do? This is the question NOBODY EVER ANSWERS! How do you "fix" the problems you see with the program????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I would sure try to fix those areas. Sure there would be a lot of trial and error, but I would at least try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Oh and I found this link,very interesting.It informs us audiophiles how hair color and quantity changes bass and treble perception. It worked the first time,the site may be down http://www.baldbassboost.com/pumpkinghead/smileyeq/soundreflections/truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Cute ear cute... I actually tried to go to that URL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 This summs it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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