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In Reply to: RE: Building a room for my Magnepans posted by TwoTurntables on December 31, 2016 at 12:01:33
Equipment goes outside of the room. Still putting everything together.....Went with GIK Room Treatments. Still getting everything dialed in. Have several panels to install still.....
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Nice; I have the same colour 3.6's. I think some green behind the speakers would look nice.
Looks like a nice room. A couple of questions. Why no diffusors at the first reflection point on the front wall between the speakers? That's where I've found it does most good.
Why the ceiling treatment? line sources like reflective ceilings.
Not sure what treatment you're using on the side walls. You should be able to null out the first side wall reflections. Then you'd only need some diffusion to eliminate slap echo and a bit of net broadband absorption to get the Rt time you want.
Josh... Thanks for the message. GIK designed the placement of room treatment. He did ask me to install the cloud centered directly above the listening chair. If I had dynamic speakers he would have had me put the cloud in the reflective area on ceiling between speakers and listening position. Also he has me putting the Q7s on the front wall directly behind the speakers starting 30" from floor. He didnt tell me to put anything in the center between the speakers???? Then lastly I have two panels for each side wall catching 1st and 2nd reflection points. I still have to mount those side panels and the front Q7s. I will be doing that tomorrow. So far I am very pleased with what I am hearing. Some slight reflections on the side but the panels should take are of that.
Well, who am I to argue with GIK? :-) I've always put and usually seen QRD diffusers at the first reflection point, though -- that's the point at which you see the mid and tweeter from your listening seat in a mirror that's taped on the front wall. Here are mine -- you can see the reflection of the RH speaker in the window (they're sitting on the floor because I haven't figure out how I'm going to mount them yet):
But I think the best course really is to find the best speaker placement first, then you can experiment a bit and put the diffusers where they sound best.
How about trying out a Limage positioning before you mount the side panels so you can check out how it works? The panels might get in the way (or more likely do nothing since they would probably be mounted at the nulls for the Limage setup).
Hi Satie... I thought about trying the Limeage setup. First off my speaker cables aren't long enough to bring the the speakers out and towards middle of the room. I am very pleased with how it is sounding so far. Much better then my last listening room which was an over the garage room with low ceilings, cabinetry in weird places etc....
Nice set up.Are the panels on the side walls forward of the speakers bass traps?I see that you have larger bass traps in the corners of the front wall.
Thank you Rosendds. I am using the 244 acoustics panels from GIK on the side walls. They are bass traps, but mainly to catch side wall reflections. I will be hanging them later today. Looking forward to getting al the treatment up.....
Looks like you are nearly done.
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