I must congratulate Bill & Eighth Nerve for a wonderful product.
Until now, room treatment was something I had not actually thought about or taken seriously as I was always more interested in trying out different amps, speakers, cable etc. etc. Exposure to great advice on AC and HD made me realise that the foundation for a good sounding system is clean power, a sonically accommodating room and synergistic components. I started off with installing a dedicated ac line and getting a DeZorel AR Senior filter which I am very happy with. This made a quite significant improvement and stabilised the sound of my system.
At this stage, although equipment changes obviously did make a difference, certain sonic characteristics like boomy bass at certain low frequencies, hot upper mids and peaky treble still seem to plague my system regardless of what I did. So when I read about Eighth Nerve products I contacted Bill. Bill was extremely helpful, patient and responsive. Being in Hong Kong, I could not get the benefit of a personal consultation but I did the next best thing by sending pics of my living room to Bill and he worked on these.
I ended up installing a Room Pack, a seam pack and 2 extra seams. The overall effect is that my listening environment is now a lot more pleasant. I was initially concerned that the room sounded a little too dead. But further listening convinced me that this was because the treatment banished a lot of unwanted reverberation and echo. There is no loss of vibrancy and bass has better control and music is smoother, more focused and richer sounding. I find there is better depth and longer decays. All in all, a very worthwhile and significant upgrade!
