Quote Originally Posted by Ted Winston Primm
Dear Tarheel;
You might want to consider your room accoustical environment CONCRETE WALLS, AND SHEETS doesn't do very well for good sonics your room is TO LIVE there's nothing in there to absorb some of those reflecting sounds what might help you is this you could go out and buy you some inexpensive lumber and build you some walls where the sheets are or maybe you have a friend who is a carpenter and you and him can get together and do that just a couple of free standing walls to start this would help much more than the sheets to absorb some of those sound waves bouncing all over the room, and later you could purchase some sheetrock again nothing to break the bank and measure it and cut it to size to fit the walls after that maybe some nice heavy cushioned furniture would really be a plus you see the trick here is to bring down the liveliness of the room, Trust me it's not the pioneer it's your accoustical environment. Why do you think professional recording artists record in a sound proof enviroment? because the rooms are accoustically set up for music the sound doesn't reflect every where. I've lived in a lot of different places and there have been time that i have had to do some accoustical environment TWEAKING so i hope that this little bit of info has been a help to you you don't have to get crazy out of your pocket to do this shop around and set up your own little sound room. hey here's my thing "DON'T HATE THE PLAYER ( PIONEER) HATE THE GAME ( THE BLAME GAME) you feel me ?
Ted Winston Primm...since you were kind enough to revive this thread, i need to post a replay...you are correct my basement was/is very active and live.
I've since laid carpet and placed furniture in the room. The back wall is complete fabric as well.
I've had this basic room for 4 years and i have moved plenty of equipment in and out of it. Trust me, once you spend enough time with your speakers and room, you can hear differences in equipment. Crazy, i know.
Some folks love Pioneer, but honestly, that AVR was horrible in the sound department. Each model should be treated and an opinion formed individually. I can only speak to this Pioneer model...and it sucked!
Cheers,
Tarheel