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OK, I disconnected my MiniMe speakers and left only Macondo to care sound in the room. I was listing for the last week Macondo. There is no bass, just upperbass horn at the bottom and The Injection channel a full range. It is OK sound but truly nothing spectacular or I would even say interesting. I think I need to review the whole Macondo arrangement and design it from ground up in the new room.  this how I was able to make Macondo in the old room and this I think what I need to do here to assure that each element to perform at own optimum best.   So, I disconcerted all channels with exception of MF and Upperbass and let them to play alone. They are the key MF sound and I know how they need to be. What can I say – I do not like what I hear. It lacks dynamics, it has very diluted colors, it reverberant, it just dirty and has no sophisticated finesse in details as it use to have. Also, the upperbass is very dry and not as lash as I would like it to be. There are a bunch of other problems…. Well, it pretty much it – there is no reason to go anywhere further until the problems with those two channels are addressed and until the channels will perform as I would like then to do perform The fight for new Macondo has began.

I checked everything in the system and did not see any fault that might be responsible for the effect.  I is just a MF driver and it is severely compromised. Instead of my typical luxuriant and incredibly complex MF I have almost digitized copy of MF. I know, it sounds to somebody who did not hear Macondo that I am kissing myself in ass – a typical behavior for only-audio people, but it happens only with somebody who did not hear the Macondo. In addition the Macondo’s MF exponentials get worth with volume goes up. Playing loud it truly is falling apart, and it is juts MF driver!

It got to be the room just can’t hold I concluded….

So, I took from basemen a dozen of Sonex large sheets (2’x5’ I believe) and load the listening room with it. In addition I have 12 RPG panels that I put in the room as well. Plus the sail on the ceiling… Plus two dozen of soft things that I spread around the room. Plus one fuzzy Pussy. The room looked like God just vomited all over the room. However, to my pleasure and hate the  MF got MUCH cleaner, not perfect however. The colors and the nuances went back but at large volume the MF drive in some odd distortions. Then, juts for experiment I did what I hated to do – I covered the large 25” by 7” feet glass window behind the Macondo with soft, 4 layered,  1” think, fabric blinds (very cool blinds for acoustic purpose – and the come with the house!). All negative problem are instantly evaporated! The MF went to be saturated and super expressive.

This is very good and very bad. Very good is that I know the problem and I know the direction I need to do..But it is also very bad as I do not want to convert my living room into a dentist office and I absolutely love the view from my large windows and door between the speakers. I was under impression that the glass of the window and doors behind the speakers will not affect Sound to much as the Macondo is well extended into the room and there are good 10 feet between horn mouths and the glass. Not a chance!!!

OK, I need to devise some kind of décor and treatment that would do as Russians say: “to keep wolfs full and the sheeps unhurt”. To be continue….

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