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RE: speakers for a different listening space

Posted by MontanaAndy (A) on January 20, 2015 at 08:43:51

In Reply to: speakers for a different listening space posted by MontanaAndy on January 16, 2015 at 14:00:45:

Thanks for the replies, guys. First, the guitar speaker is my handiwork. The wood is 1" thick red alder, finished with a solar-lux stain and varnish. The Eminence Legend speaker in a tuned cabinet sounds pretty darn good, too. I like the idea of putting a single mono signal pointed straight up. Though I have no measuring instruments,for it, it would be interesting to see what differences in what I call the "sound field" of this place occured. I've always figured the reflective properties of the building were the cause of the way the sound disperses so easily throughout. I thought that "live" meant dealing with resonances that distorted the sound. I don't get that. Good clean sound, just up in the air more than I like. I'm just a retired sailor, and reading and studying to build a first, efficient set of speakers has been almost enough to make my head explode! Though I was an engineer, it was a different sort than most of whom I'd guess hang out here. I was a merchant marine chief engineer.... which meant I got to hang out with two EMD diesels (locomotive engines) for 12 hours a day. like living with 32 .44 magnums going off 950 times a minute. Using the most and best ear protection I could find is probably the only reason I CAN still worry about how things sound.
I have decided that for a first attempt to tame this place, I'm going to build a small but good set of speakers, and place them just under the TV. I plan to remove the cabinet doors under the set and put a sub in that space with a cloth grill over the opening. That will, I hope, bring the sound stage back down to this level and provide some directionality, while still utilizing the larger monitors (with their big horns, as someone suggested) to fill the dome. Its a good first step, and I thank you all for the suggestions.

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