Room Acoustics Experta Talk At HIGH END 2025

How important are room acoustics for good sound at home?

Lyngdorf Audio’s RoomPerfect makes a huge difference in anyone’s listening room. But which are actually the sound-degrading room issues? What causes them? Can they be solved with visible room treatments? Or can invisible digital calibrations bend the laws of physics instead? Is there some general advice to get better sound at home? Roland Hoffmann, Director of Product Marketing at Steinway Lyngdorf, and the High End Society invited experts to discuss this topic for their XPERT Stage series.
 
Watch it here. (German with subtitles)
 
Alex Giese, High-End audio retailer in Hannover:
“Sometimes, in a customer’s home, even with the best audio equipment, it only takes one hand clap to realize: This will almost be impossible. We have to do something about room acoustics here.”
 
Mika Dauphin, Lyngdorf Audio distributor in Germany
“Very often we cannot get the maximum performance out of a product because the room environment, which the basis for a good sound experience. Especially a living room is not only a listening space – it’s a room for the family. A good retailer will not only sell you a product, but gives advice on the whole listening experience.”
 
Markus Bertram, MB Akustik
„Every room has its own acoustical issues, no matter the size or dimension. Even triangular shaped rooms under the roof, or L-shape rooms. However, if we would try to erase all room acoustics, we end up with an anechoic measurement room, and no-one wants to listen to music in there. Our goal is never a dead-sounding room where there is no fun to listen to music. Our job is to create a better space together with the customer.”
 
Raphael Vogt, calibration and home cinema expert
“There are many prejudices and rumors about sound equalizing, which come from the analog area, so it’s really important to understand that digital sound processing is not an enemy. To a degree, digital room corrections can outsmart the laws of physics in a room, for example making left and right speakers in the room sound more similar, and remove excessive bass. It is way more advanced than the good old bass and treble controls.”

Learn more about Lyngdorf Audio's
RoomPerfect™ room correction

In the 1990s many audio companies experimented with electronic room corrections, with limited success. In addition, a team lead by Peter Lyngdorf had already developed its first RCS, Room Correction System. Everything looked right on a graph, but the results were mixed, just like with every other electronic room correction: Some room acoustical issues seemed resolved, others didn’t, and when listening to music or soundtracks not everyone liked the result. Soon after Lyngdorf Audio was founded in 2005, a completely new approach was pursued... Watch the story below: