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Amazing how new flooring changed the personality of my modest rig.
Naked without furniture after a cleanup.
This layout ultimately won't be the permanent end result due to realistic/practical living requirements. Room is getting a makeover.
However it ends up, an area rug and a couple of things will "tune it up"
nicely.
Room is very "live" as it had partial carpet over wood berfore. My subs "hot spots" are different with actually "tighter/realistic" tone.
Didn't expect to hear such a dramatic difference.
Almost as if I have a new system.
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the R speaker is relatively close to the side wall (maybe 3 ft), and the L speak is somewhat open to a larger area... I'm amazed that there is no "pulling" of the soundstage... you have any issues with that?
I had an opposite situation before the floor upgrade. Had a right leaning system.
With the floor upgrade surprisingly eliminated it. Also tightened up the REL's already crushing bass.
It's easier and more economical to introduce absorptive elements into an overly "live" room than it is to add reflective elements into an overly absorptive or "dead" room.
With bare floors and hard walls we start out with a clean slate.
That's very true. I'll add that one glaring problem of many home hi-fi rooms is poorly balanced acoustics. Whether frequency ranges or locations, absorption and diffusion aspects of a good room will be balanced in a desirable and cohesive manner.
A related problem is overly "dead" rooms. It seems that in the hi-fi enthusiast's world, absorption is the word of the day when it comes to acoustics, especially in home theater design. That could not be more wrong. A proper balance among absorption, diffusion and "liveness" is needed, and that often means a more live room than what people think.
But, this isn't news. Audio/hi-fi enthusiasts are typically much more interested in equipment than acoustics.
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I agree. The overall tone of music has improved a huge amount.
Just a few strategic touches and the room will sound as nicesd as it looks.
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a fireplace? They suck, I have one and it ruins that sides image. Well it makes it inferior by a lot to the pother side. I have found ways to beat it with treatments. I have a fireplace insert and would like to remove it and the 45 degree drywall corner wall and return it to a 90 degree corner with a freestanding wood stove instead.A wood stove would be more efficient than the insert by a good bit and the true 90 degree corner would be great for the system. Someday I will.
My 45 degree wall is 9 feet long. I think from another picture you showed only the fireplace is 45, not the wall, I can't tell.ET
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I guess from the photo is does look like it could be a fireplace.
The architecture of the place is a 1900's craftsman with lots of funky detail long gone. It's a built in study/desk. Pre workstation. you can't see from the pic but there's perfect dimension shelf for LP storage.
I know you can get real oak flooring but it's horrendously expensive.
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It's just a laminate-however one of the nicer ones-50mm tongue/groove. Does look remarkably "real"
Did wonders for the overall sound of the room.
Here's the REL view
who cares - as long as you can confuse the system into thinking it's real, ha.
roger wang
There are big differences between the various laminate floorings.Yours looks great.
enjoy,
mark
You think oak flooring is expensive?
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My vote is for the American Walnut. Wow! Cost multiplier of 3. A wallet emptier for sure.
I think I saw some stuff at 4-5. Beautiful, but OUCH!
I wouldn't even allow anyone in the house unless they took their shoes off with that REALLY nice stuff!
I remember installing select maple engineered flooring in my previous house just prior to selling it and still cry thinking how little money I got for the house with all the improvements I made.
Sigh...
Walnut is very nice BTW. If only my wife would allow me to redo the floor in the main bedroom with it. I would probably go with oak though as that is what is everywhere else hard woods are found in the house just for the sake of uniformity.
Your floor looks good BTW acoustically, nothing an area rug will not fix.
"I remember installing select maple engineered flooring in my previous house just prior to selling it and still cry thinking how little money I got for the house with all the improvements I made."I feel your pain.
Living over over the original 1918 planks and they were quite tired.
My prior setup produced reasonably realistic music, the new floor upgrade significantly improved things overall.Till the novelty of it the gets old, I have essentially upgraded my speakers, amp,sources and cables!
I can now obsess on a nice cart upgrade for the table!
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Beautiful pic!
Very nice floors, not to mention the cool audio gear. ;-)
When I first moved into our new home with hardwood floor in my smallish office listening room, I noticed how 'alive' it was. Placing an area rug in the middle and near my desk helped a lot.
Thanks.
Funny thing, with the tarps it sounds fantastic. Couple of days ago, room was a disaster!
At some point, gonna plug in the Fender 65 Deluxe with the trashed LP!
Should sound nice as well.
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