To fully enjoy the benefits of a stereo high fidelity system Bocchino Audio has designed the Concert RoomTM .
Many buyers of quality audio equipment scatter it around their lounge or living rooms and never get the opportunity to fully realize and appreciate the holographic imagery capable of a good stereo system.
The Concert RoomTM has an ideal dimension of 30ft long x 18ft wide x 11ft high. Pedestals for both loudspeakers and instrument cage are anchored into the bedrock ( where possible ) and isolated from the floor / slab. Distance from the listener to the loudspeaker plane can be from 8 to 16 feet. [If Bocchino Audio Panda Model 10 Loudspeakers are to be incorporated into Concert RoomTM.
The Concert RoomTM is either built into the house at the design stage or as a purpose built structure separate from the main dwelling. Standard dwelling is a mud brick separate dwelling. The best type of structure for a Concert RoomTM is to build the structure with decoupled wooden wall cladding with loose insulation as filler; elevated wooden floor with suitable decoupling; cathedral ceilings and lots of other stuff!
Power supply to the Concert RoomTM is fully regulated and as perfect as modern technology can provide. ( It can even be solar powered! ). There are too many refinements and options from the selection of the concrete aggregate and mix: to the cloth and structure of the listening sofas; to be listed here. Full audio equipment can be supplied in accordance with the clients budget and preferences. Emphasis is placed on sonically neutral and accurate componentry. If needed all other electronics are world best with quite a large amount boutique / proprietary components made here in Australia.
You don’t have to spend a fortune to have the best. Clients’ own equipment is the first priority in incorporation into any Concert RoomTM . The Concert RoomTM can be supplied in many different stages of fitment.
Even a modest sized room within the house can be altered to being
a suitable Concert RoomTM . Rumpus
rooms underneath existing houses can also be adapted as a Concert RoomTM.
Enter Concert RoomTM.
The principal design paradigm for establishing Concert RoomTM was to start with what is the ultimate listening environment for the listening of music reproduced over a reproduction audio system. Stereo is, currently, the best technology for reproducing audio. ( You might say that I’m biased ).
A proper stereo installation will have the loudspeakers separated by a distance of between 8 - 12 feet ( depending on the room ) and the listeners at a distance equal to between one and a half and twice the distance from the loudspeakers as the loudspeakers are apart. For a pair of speakers 8 feet apart the ideal listening distance is from 12 feet to 16 feet. Being 10ft - 14 ft away is the band where the holographic imagery of the original performance is best perceived. This is found by trial and error for each listening room due to the contents within the room.
Concert RoomTM is approached from two perspectives.
1: Existing equipment.
Work with the clients’ existing equipment and through trial and error ( otherwise known in hype language as Determination of the Audio Holographic-Image Focal Field Through Manual Processive Iterative Elimination ) find the focal field as the client would perceive it. ( Everyones’ hearing is different and every room is different ). This process involves placing the client on a chair that has wheels and wheeling the client around, with eyes closed, until the client is content with the locus of the sweet spot. Re-arranging the furniture to attain the same effect with some further pushing and shoving of the furniture around the locus until the effects of the furniture are compensated for and presto a Concert RoomTM .
( This will also work for finding the focal field of any reproduction system including multiple complex surround systems. The more reproduction sources there are the narrower the focal field ).
2: Installation of a purpose built Concert RoomTM as per Bocchino Audio design.
Designing sound systems is as much an art as it is a science. It is always science. The art side is, that aspect of us, that when sifting through innumerable options and trials, we gain a perception of what best represents the optimal balance between the ultimate and the affordable without loosing sight of the goal. The Concert RoomTM is such a product. Ideally it is built around an excellent pair of loudspeakers: either the clients existing speakers or new speakers to the clients preference ( my recommendation is the Panda Model 10 ).
Along with the one of the worlds best range of power ( ME 1400 / 1500 ) and pre amplifiers Bruno Kasum or Sound Reference fabricated here in Australia the quality of reproduction is nothing short of breath-taking.
A good quality CD player is adequate and a turntable and other interconnecting components all up to the clients’ budget. Power regulation is by way of an Australian designed and manufactured laboratory grade uninterruptable power supply with near perfect power supply.
Hence the Concert RoomTM can be adapted
either for an ideal stereo system or for an ideal surround system.
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