I'm new to this branch of the asylum, and I'm hoping I can find some helpful advice. My searches here have been informative but I'm uncertain as to what applies to my situation:*14x14x8' room
*Speakers centered on wall, 4' apart, 16" from rear wall
*Wood cabinet between speakers, 4" clearance sideways, front of speakers in line with front of cabinet
*Listening position is centered on opposite wall (couch)
*Various doorways, doorless doorways, furniture, and windows.
*Speakers: JM Labs 706sProblem: I'm drowning in bass. Back wall resonates at 130hz, floor resonates at 120 (at least this is what I hear when I play computer generated test tones, I haven't had the chance to measure SPL). I mean the floor and wall actually vibrate and produce noise. Standing waves at 70 and 80 amplify those frequencies at the listening position, and when I move around the room with pure tones (70-130) playing I hear massive peaks and valleys depending on location. Holistically, from the listening position, bass and mid-bass sounds about 20-40% louder than the rest of the music. I'm happy with accuracy and soundstage, I feel like turning down the volume on frequencies below 130 would give me a natural band, but I may well be wrong.
Constraints:
We rent, and this is primarily a living space. Moving the speakers, cabinet, or listening position would be very difficult. Tube traps/panels would be very undesirable, and cost must be minimal. I know this doesn't leave much, and that's why I'm posting here.I've considered:
*Speakers that produce less bass (Quad 11L instead of 12L, Dynaudio 42 instead of 52, etc...)
*Equalizer (I'm not certain whether turning down the low end could give me a natural curve or not, and I'd be shopping on a tight budget)
*Room alterations (must be cheap, non invasive, and low-impact)
*Speaker/Position movement (Not much is possible)Help! Thanks.
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- Re: low-impact soltions to a very bad room. - CousinDave 08:56:28 11/18/04
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- In Reply to: low-impact soltions to a very bad room. posted by twisty on November 16, 2004 at 14:33:25:
If you have access to the floor joists under the floor
(from the basement, crawl space...) you could add some
cross supports to change the stiffness of the floor.CD
- Here's the solution ... maybe - Richard BassNut Greene 17:16:12 11/16/04
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- In Reply to: low-impact soltions to a very bad room. posted by twisty on November 16, 2004 at 14:33:25:
Get your ears in the center of the room and your speakers near the front wall or get your speakers in the middle of the room and your ears near the rear wall.
Place your speakers at 1/4 and 3/4 of the way between the side walls.
Save up money for a house or fir good headphones !
Small square rooms with 8' ceilings are a nightmare without a lot of bass traps inside them.
I have two 13' x 12' x 8' bedroom systems -- that's where the $100 receivers and cheap speakers go.
The good stuff goes in a 26 x 16 living room.
- Re: Here's the solution ... maybe - twisty 17:59:46 11/16/04
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- In Reply to: Here's the solution ... maybe posted by Richard BassNut Greene on November 16, 2004 at 17:16:12:
Thank you. The sound is somewhat better if I move my ears forward the back wall. I guess I'll invest $20 in a folding camp chair with a cupholder in the armrest.
In the future, I'll be trying speakers with thinner bass. Quad 11L is top of the list, although I'm reluctant to go with a rear-port since I'm 16" from the back wall.
I was hoping there was more that could be done to tune my room (other than move), but your advice here and in speaker asylum was both informative and useful.
- Re: Here's the solution ... maybe - Ethan Winer 09:51:22 11/17/04
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- In Reply to: Re: Here's the solution ... maybe posted by twisty on November 16, 2004 at 17:59:46:
Twisty,
> I was hoping there was more that could be done to tune my room <
Richard already suggested bass traps, and that really is the correct solution. You can build your own - even bales of fluffy fiberglass left in their plastic wrappers work well - or buy traps if you have a budget.
--Ethan
- Re: Here's the solution ... maybe - Ethan Winer 09:51:22 11/17/04
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- Re: Here's the solution ... maybe - twisty 17:59:46 11/16/04
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