Comments on Profile Post by Cspirou

I know lots of speaker measurements are done in those environments to remove reflections. But does it mean that I can try my speakers outdoors to hear what how they sound in the best way possible and then apply acoustic treatments indoors to get as close as I can?

Here's a thought: Do musical instruments sound better when played outdoors? I think the answer is no, unless designed for the job.

We have members who /have/ been in anechoic chambers, and I hope they will comment, but my suspicion is that they are for engineers rather than music listeners.

Depends. You usually need some reflections to get proper envelopment.

Yeah I have not really listened to speakers in an anechoic chamber but have been in one quite a bit. I would imagine it would not sound great. Too dead. Also, I would think it would narrow the sweet spot of where you can sit

It's not that bad. Generally the lack of reflections make the listening experience hyper focused with laser etched imaging, but scale always suffers. Outdoors you at least have some ground bounce.

What I did listen to was an array of speakers in an anechoic chamber, simulating an orchestra playing in a concert hall. That was pretty cool, and pretty realistic.

It depends if the speakers have a flat frequency response when measured outside or do they use roomgain to sound balanced. No need to carry your speakers outside: use pink noise and Etymotic IEMs. Should get you pretty close. I recommend watching some of Grimanis training videos on YouTube.