@Paul - do you know when the files will be available?
Thanks!
I should have them finished mid next week and they are now officially going to launch on October 1. Sorry for the delay.
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Cool! Thanks for the update.
I purchased my copy on Amazon, I don’t see how to download the files.
Oh, I see. I think I may have figured it out.
Do tell!
It looks like if I bought the book on Amazon, that was without the source tracks which I have to buy separately on the PS Audio site, correct?
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Curiously, at 17%, Paul says:
"*For the purposes of this book, I am going to assume you are building an actual high-end music system … Further, I am going to assume this is your main system, the one where you have invested (and will keep investing) whatever time and funds available to you to make the best system possible. *
If that’s not true for you, there’s probably little reason to keep reading this book or to purchase the associated set of recordings …".
That’s a shame for two reasons, firstly because I just bought the book and it doesn’t include me, secondly because all loudspeaker systems should be set up properly, not just high-end systems.
p.s. I read this book in an hour. It’s seems to contain a lot of Paul’s opinions without any explanation. For example, on Long Wall v Short Wall he says Short Wall is the classic set-up (says who?) and his preferred method. Why? Short wall gives far more problems with first reflections, you get better soundstaging, tonality and clarity with long wall. He says you can sit “comfortably away” from the speakers in a short wall set-up, but that conflicts with his triangles and anyway the sound will be better sitting closer.
There is something really weird that I do not understand. He says on page 52:
“If possible, clear the room of any acoustic treatment - include furniture only, if you can”.
In my room the furniture is much of the acoustic treatment. This green chair was ordered before the room was built to address the left side first reflection. On the other side is a huge immovable record cabinet. The wall was also acoustically treated during the building work. If I had used an acoustic panel instead of the chair and - per Paul’s advice - removed it, it would have completely screwed up the loudspeaker set-up as acoustically the room would have been completely lopsided.
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