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Originally Posted by chessman
Jim, first CONGRATS! Second, as a guy with a lot of "tubes" in his room, very interesting. Third, it looks great!
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Thanks, Randy. My wife characterizes the replacement of tubes by monoliths (what she calls the 244s) as a move from an ancient Greek temple to "2001."
My first listening pass with the GIK traps utilized only the panels, with the 244 that's now stand-mounted in front of the fireplace angled across the right front corner atop the c-j cabinet module. That configuration gave a tantalizing taste of things to come and indicated just how important it was to (1) cover the wall surface behind the speakers up as high as they are now (framed prints previously occupied a portion of that surface), (2) provide first-reflection point coverage at least as high and wide as the 244s do, and (3) trap the center of the rear wall.
Number 3 was a bit of a surprise, as the rear wall is about 13 feet aft of my listening position, and I wondered just how much, if any, difference I could hear with coverage that far behind me. The answer, after several put-the-trap-up/take-it-down listening comparisons, was "substantial enough to leave it up." With the 244 in place, the performance venue is more clearly delineated and the overall sonic presentation more detailed. In some instances, depending on the recording, the effect is more subtle; in others, more pronounced. But in every case it has been discernible in the comparisons.
Jim