Why do so many rooms at audio shows have palm plants everywhere?

[bkinbk]

I know plants spruce up a bland hotel room, but it always seems to be palms.

[wgscott]

Frond filtering.

[r_w]

Every non uniform surface in a room helps to randomly scatter reflections, maybe palms are know to be efficient at doing this.

[bkinbk]

Well, now I need to know. Do I need to go down to my local garden store or what?!?!

[Nikhil]

It's a well known audio tweak to use plants as diffusers.

Classic positions are directly behind the speakers and corners.

[bkinbk]

Any specific reasons that it's always palms? Serious question

[miguelito]

Any specific reasons that it's always palms? Serious question

 

Palms survive bad sounding systems and smelly audiophiles.

[Nikhil]

Any specific reasons that it's always palms? Serious question

 

Not always but yes for some reason palms seem to be preferred.

Here's an example of "non-palm" room

 

[CatManDo]

Well, now I need to know. Do I need to go down to my local garden store or what?!?!

 

Only plants certified for audiophile use will work. Check your local hifi dealer for plants in the $500-1000 range.

[Pepsican]

I know plants spruce up a bland hotel room, but it always seems to be palms.

 

 

They're fairly tough plants that can stand a bit of abuse. They're therefore easy to transport around.

[r_w]

Simply drill a small hole in the side of the plant pot and feed a mains cable in with a plug on it (have the cable sealed and terminated so that it cannot short out due to water seepage.

 

Hide a big battery in the soil that powers a blue LED (for 1 day more than the warranty period) that pokes through another tiny hole in the pot, seal the holes with silicone. Coat the ends of the palm fronds with spray mount and dust them with powdered pencil lead (graphene). Stick a big logo on it and include a booklet that boasts the academic achievements of the designer (PhD in Audio Biology, etc).

 

There's your £1000 'AudioPalm TM'. You can augment the experience by gluing some graphene coated fronds to a headband and there you have the 'FacePalm TM'.

 

;-)

 

 

Only plants certified for audiophile use will work. Check your local hifi dealer for plants in the $500-1000 range.

[miguelito]

Only plants certified for audiophile use will work. Check your local hifi dealer for plants in the $500-1000 range.

That's for losers... Once you've tried rare plants from the Amazon, watered with a mix of Madonna piss and Vatican water, you'll truly hear the difference... Like a virgin!

[davidbeinct]

I have potted trees I rotate through my music room. Palms are okay for music in general, but you're much better off tailoring the plant to the music. Dwarf fruit trees are great for acoustic Americana, but a Bay tree is much better with Cajun and Zydeco. You also have to be very careful to trim the plants to equal dimension in order not to injure the soundstage. There is a plant that is very good for Grateful Dead music, but unfortunately it is not entirely legal in my state.

 

Also, make sure your plants match your system. Hardwoods can help lessen the softness of tubes, but can make solid state, especially class D amps, quite shrill.

[r_w]

Oh no miguelito...

 

You've just ruined my business before it even started.

 

I can get measurements to back up my product.

 

;-)

 

 

 

 

That's for losers... Once you've tried rare plants from the Amazon, watered with a mix of Madonna piss and Vatican water, you'll truly hear the difference... Like a virgin!

[r_w]

davidbeinct

 

LOL

 

;-)

[Toolonginexile]

They're fairly tough plants that can stand a bit of abuse. They're therefore easy to transport around.

 

This is most likely the reason. One unscientific reason which is still an unproven theory is that the palms may also serve as some type of antidoe to arrogant show goers and/or reviewers at shows who hog the sweet spot

[AnotherSpin]

They exhibit expensive cars surrounded by beautiful girls and they exhibit expensive high-end surrounded by dull plants. Why? Both cars and audio are sinfully out of the common sense limits here. Cars are moving you away as fast as they could, as girls could do. High-end keeps you anchored to your listening position turning you into happy plant?

[Jud]

Oh no miguelito...

 

You've just ruined my business before it even started.

 

I can get measurements to back up my product.

 

;-)

 

I can get you Madonna's measurements.

[Melvin]

I have potted trees I rotate through my music room. Palms are okay for music in general, but you're much better off tailoring the plant to the music. Dwarf fruit trees are great for acoustic Americana, but a Bay tree is much better with Cajun and Zydeco. You also have to be very careful to trim the plants to equal dimension in order not to injure the soundstage. There is a plant that is very good for Grateful Dead music, but unfortunately it is not entirely legal in my state.

 

Also, make sure your plants match your system. Hardwoods can help lessen the softness of tubes, but can make solid state, especially class D amps, quite shrill.

 

 

Post of the week :-)

[r_w]

Yeh, I thought that, he begins as if he's serious and then it quickly get hilarious.

 

 

Post of the week :-)

[gmgraves]

Well, now I need to know. Do I need to go down to my local garden store or what?!?!

 

 

Nah! The plants are mostly for decoration. From the pictures above, I don't think the plants are of sufficient density to have any but the most rudimentary acoustic benefit. They do look nice though, and would certainly brighten any room. Of course, they need proper care and proper light or they will die (unless you buy artificial plants)

 

Any plants that I would have would die no matter what I did as I have a black thumb.

[elcorso]

Nah! The plants are mostly for decoration. From the pictures above, I don't think the plants are of sufficient density to have any but the most rudimentary acoustic benefit. They do look nice though, and would certainly brighten any room. Of course, they need proper care and proper light or they will die (unless you buy artificial plants)

 

Any plants that I would have would die no matter what I did as I have a black thumb.

 

You never know !

 

I remember on celular phones beginning banana leafs blocked celular frequencies. In huge plantations they have to implement repeaters above the foliage.

 

Roch

[sandyk]

Nah! The plants are mostly for decoration. From the pictures above, I don't think the plants are of sufficient density to have any but the most rudimentary acoustic benefit. They do look nice though, and would certainly brighten any room. Of course, they need proper care and proper light or they will die (unless you buy artificial plants)

 

Any plants that I would have would die no matter what I did as I have a black thumb.

 

I agree.Perhaps they are mainly there for the wives that are sometimes dragged along ?

[christopher3393]

Who has even begun to fathom plants?

[bkinbk]

Somewhat related: http://www.acousticsbydesign.com/acoustics-blog/barking-up-the-wrong-tree.htm