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==== What makes rooms sound bad? ====

Before we get into the technical setup, let’s talk about room acoustics because it ''really'' makes a difference. Two rooms can be identical in shape &amp; size and sound completely different if one is treated and the other is not.

Some bare-walled, people call ''“echoey”''. Those aren’t '''echoes''', they’re '''early reflections'''. An '''echo''' is when you yell and then you hear it repeat back '''a second or two later'''. An '''early reflection''' is when you speak and you hear yourself alongside yourself '''a few milliseconds later'''.

What that means is that you’re not just hearing you, you’re hearing you alongside something else. It creates a totally different sonic experience &amp; it’s annoying. It’s distortion; it’s noise added to the original signal.

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