Here's a suggestion for a follow up video - do an interview with the folks at GIK on their process for designing the room treatment layout for your listening room using the REW files you sent them. I'm sure a lot of your viewers would find this very interesting.

A little tip - treat the front wall with diffusion and pull the speakers out from the wall and you'll get better depth and more ambience without sacrificing clarity.

Outstanding! I was dubious at first - with those reflective parallel surfaces - but now it not only sounds great it looks great. A perfect sanctuary to enjoy music!

Well done, Harley. The room is beautiful and your explanation of the process is terrific. Bravo!

Your videos are a real pleasure to watch, thanks so much! Hope to visit your room one day.

This is the best ad for GIK I've ever seen and I mean that without the slightest irony. Its so clearly demonstrates how big a role the room plays in your system's performance. And most of all - its an attractive room! I could have one at home and everyone would be happy. If I had to build something like a mixing booth or recording studio at home - well forget anyone else, I'd hate it myself!

What a fabulous room Harley, the way you presented it was seemingly effortless. Can't wait for your next one.

Wow great looking room Harley, properly done. Looking forward to some videos/sound demos from it :)

Very nice room. Im sure it sounds great! Congratulations.

Very nice room! If I'm ever on my way through Belgium I'll stop by for a listen, or when I start shopping for speakers in that class. Not all the way there yet, but that's what's so nice about this hobby. Things grow along the way. Btw I'm very happy with my own panels from GIK, it has been a great joy tuning my room and finding the sweetspot between liveliness and clarity.

Wow, it would be a dream of mine to have a place like that to display my product.

So inspiring, thank you so much.

The transformation of your listening room is truly amazing! Thank you so much for doing this video for those considering building a dedicated listening room. The video explains how to go about taking care of problems in the room. Your before and after miking of your voice sounds so much better, it's even better than your older listening room. I really enjoy your videos, carry on! PS: would you consider making a video playing the Sibelius loudspeakers, maybe the same track of music but through several amps?

Thank you for your videos. They really are extremely informative and detailed. I discovered your channel and I have been binge watching like it’s Breaking Bad. Thank you.

Thanks for the video ... I'm becoming more interested in properly setting up my listening area to minimize reflections. etc., and this video helps to further motivate me in that regard. Keep up the good work.

Great room- this is what I looking for

I say Harley, Splendid! Reminds me of my room project 5 years ago. I have a couple of Vicoustic"London" kits scattered around the walls, including the front wall. There are a couple of GIK curved abfusors across the front corners with bass traps behind them. Since I use magnepan LRS, this breaks up the rear reflection nicely. No ceiling damping required with Maggies. They radiate almost entirely horizontally. Good for lower ceilings. Good to hear how your voice became pleasant again with the treatment. Always a good sign! Belgium? Thomas lives closer! 🎶😅🎶

Great space, Harley. Giving me some ideas for my own. :) I’m surprised the Sibelius can be positioned so close to the wall and front treatment didn’t end up being needed. Nice to see.

What a great little project Harley! Money well spent and, I am sure, it will be conductive for many visitors there to fall in love with your excellent speakers. I wish I could book a audition, however, Sydney Aus. is not exactly around the corner for such visit! Perhaps in my next European trip, I could include Tienen in the plan, just to hear and admire your creation, both the speakers _and_ the room. Wonderful staff!

Well done and congratulations!

Awesome room treatment which helps me with ideas

Another wonderful video... Always enjoyed your sharing. Your presentations are kind of more artistically done than the rest of hifi reviewers/sharing videos... the visual, the content, the pace... no info overload. Lol... I understood what you meant about 'disconcerting'... That's the kind of feeling I get when I watched some of these hifi reviews😉

🤷‍♂️ JUST NOW GETTING TO WATCH THE VIDEO HARLEY 😁 😎we really appreciate what you have done with your room 💯 but I don’t think I will be able to visit in person…SO LOOKING 👀 FORWARD TO YOUR REVIEWS, I also hope you can get a GALION from THOMAS…to test out your room and see how it Sounds 💚💚💚

Hi Hartley. That is a beautiful room you got there. I have a perfect room to it is our livingroom with special treatment. My wife is oké with it and enjoy it too. I love your channel. Gr André de vries.

Hello Harley, thanks SO much for the video presentation of your special listening space from start to finish. I certainly enjoyed every minute ! Looking forward to what you will have for us next. ((O: Gary here, from the north-eastern seaboard of the US.

What a wonderful video... (room) let's hope you do a lot of content there...

Congratulation on your new room! I noticed in the design some ceiling absorbers, but did not see them in the video. I also notice you have a bare wood floor between speakers and couch, where most people, including myself, would put some sort of carpet/rug down. I certainly noticed the rug (and even a coffee table now moved to the side) when I set up my room. Any comment? In the next 2 years, I have to go to Leiden and Brussels for sure, so pretty close to you. I may try to make an appointment to listen to some different amps. That would be a great opportunity, indeed! Very happy with my PLEvo300-XA25-SG combo, but curious about different amp sounds. I'll bring Swiss chocolates🙂

Fantastic work ! Now get that topping PA5, It's insanely good.

Dear Harley, I have to say that You and the lads have made a marvelous change in that room and that it now sounds perfect, not "dead" but soft and comfortable. Very nice indeed. I have a few questions that i would like your thougts on. 1. The placement of amps ect between the speakers......? 2. One speaker room......? 3. The importance of "Beat/on Beat".....? Looking forward to hear your thoughts, all the best

Thnk you for your video sir.

Great idea and job well done! Anyone with the priveledge of having the experience are surely in for a treat! If only Belgium werent a universe away for me : /

This is the 3rd video in your channel that I've watched. I like and have subscribed to this channel.

Nice couch / sofa / lounge

Very cool video! I hope someday to be able to purchase a pair of the Sibelius loudspeakers. From all the videos I've watched, as a life-long musician and high-end audio enthusiast for over 50 years I believe they would be a perfect choice for use within my transparent / minimalist / idiosyncratic audio system in support of my eclectic musical taste. For Harley, if you ever decide to give a pair away perhaps as part of a Pearl Acoustics marketing promotion / contest, sweepstakes, etc., please think of me first! Thanks and take care!

I love this video. I think hifi people could talk more about room design, very inspirational. Thanks for sharing. If i'm ever near by, I might wanna take a listen, we do have customers in your area with our company :-) who knows.

I see that you have been busy, that may explain things 😁

Good job, Harley! And GIK, whom i got to know thru hifi-KZfaqr, John Darko from Darko Audio. You two should definitely get in contact. All best from Antwerp, Van.

Try moving the electronics out and off to one side, helps with speaker imaging in that space

What a room. You can by the quality and natural, clean timbre of your voice that it will make for great reproduced sound. Do you have a favourite go to amplifier, Harley?

Congratulations Harley 🎉! Cool music room. I notice that the panels behind the speakers were not placed as designed. Regards.

One little trick I use is placing rock wool behind art canvases,

Make sure the remaster of Animals is played in there. Oh my!!!

Tienen is famous in Belgium for its sugar refinery. Because of its sugar cubes everyone in Belgium has heard of Tienen.

Beautiful room! They did a wonderful job. How much of an 'acoustic' difference would it make it if you had a small rug in the room---perhaps under the listening chair and ottoman?

haha... most child bedroom's are usually 2m x 2.6m in the UK. You must be talking about the Queen's apartments in Windsor 😂

C Sharp by EAT not ear..lol. Jozefina will be mad at ya ;) btw love my EAT C Sharp. My room is also treated by GIK. Your D-Sonic video inspires me to try Class D. D-Sonic is in my neighborhood (well 3 hour drive), but I opted for an Audiophonics from France (shipped today).

Lovely. Can you give us some more information on the rack? The legs and the plinths/shelves are made from what materials? I'd be very interested in making something similar!

Enjoyable video. Curious to know... is the artwork diffusion or absorption?

Fantastic video as usual thanks! Great idea to provide the opportunity to demo a selection of amps as well. Did you run roomperfect on the lyngdorf and if so did that make any changes?

hi Harley, I had one question : I don't understand why you put Q7D diffusors behind de listening position.. on the side walls.. To me it seems to make more sense to put the Q7D diffusors front wall behind the speakers and put some diffusion between the speakers (front wall)...for example some panels of the Gotham quadratic diffusor? I would love to hear your reasoning. kind regards.. (nice room btw)

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Thanks for the video and congratulations for the room. Do you have measurements without treatment vs treatment? Can you share the REW .mdat file? It is simple curiosity to see the acoustics of the room. Written with translator. Greetings

If you are doing a new room why not make the walls or ceiling non parallel, I have done this and the cost I found worth it. 😊

Harvey, I have a room with exactly the same dimensions and I have this terrible room null around 50hz. Did you manage to get rid of big peaks and nulls? Thanks!

what do the speakers sound like with croft acoustic amps, I got, work well don't know!

Do you use power conditioners in your room? I am curious about your opinion about power conditioners. thank you

What I would like to know ! Is where can I get that sofa ?

Great set up. I wonder how much the room acoustic treatment cost?

No treatment/diffusers needed for front wall ?

I have a Decware Zen Amp and my listening room is roughly the same size. Being that I’m in the States, I can’t swing by. I’m curious as to what DB levels the Sibelius speakers will comfortably play with the Zen Amp?

All real audiophiles put nice rug too

HI，that's a my dream listening room could you tell me how much just for the room approximately （same size as you not includ the equipment）？ thank you

Harley, what is the length of each speaker cable? My room is similar in size. Thank you.

Could we see before and after curves?

😢How about different speaker behavior in this room.

What's the ceiling height?

No ming da?

I was disappointed at the slight-of-hand with the microphones. It really wasn't necessary to not use a lapel mic for the "noisy" introduction to the room and then follow up with a lapel mic in the treated room. I can't unsee it and can't unhear it. I wish you would have been honest. Really, of all customers for any product in the world, how would an audiophile not notice?

If you take a group of 10 experts, om any subject and ask them a specific question, likely you’ll get 10 differing opinions. This is never more true when applied to audio. So you took an empty, shell of a room, which is bound to echo/co/co. Paid GIK an undisclosed figure to ‘acoustically correct it and yes, there was a notable reduction in the reverb time. However, back in the real world, many audiophiles, including me, have to make do with their family lounge to accommodate their hifi. In many instances, the carpet, rugs, curtains, sofas, cushions and other soft furnishings are more than sufficient to ensure an acceptable RT level. I wonder, if you had not gone the route of GIK and simply carpeted and furnished that room, how close would the finished product reflect the results achieved by GIK and how much money would you have potentially saved I note you positioned your hifi rack between your speakers. This practice would be frowned by numerous, so say, experts who would proclaim that it would kill the soundstage, and destroy good imaging. I’m not denying that room treatment does change audio performance. Whether that change constitutes an improvement? Must surely be down to personal taste as illustrated when you had to make changes to GIKs work to get the room to sound more to your preference.

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