In my new house, the 'listening room' doesn't seem to have any issues (like room-mode anomalies) but I do notice a lack of soundstage depth, compared to what I had in my last listening room.
Just to fill you in:
* the previous room was 27' long x 17' wide and I had my Maggies 5' off the front wall (which was the short wall). And I sat about 12' away from the panels.
* the current room is only 19' wide and 12' deep - and the Maggies are on the long wall. I sit about 8.5' away from the panels.
* unfortunately, no room re-organisation is possible - this is not a 'man cave'! :-((
Now, in the last room, I was able to substantially increase the depth of sound stage by putting some 'Room Tunes' against the front wall, in line with the reflection of the ribbon 'ray' from the front wall to my ears (ribbons were on the inside - to keep them well away from the side walls - so this was a pretty simple exercise).
In other words, diffusing the ribbon reflections gave better soundstage depth.
So I am wondering whether putting some sort of diffusion on the front wall of the new listening room ... would increase my depth of soundstage?
To give you an understanding of the room, here are a couple of pics.
As you can see, the front wall is sloped - this was not by choice but forced upon us by Victoria's Building Regulations. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing - as I mentioned, I don't seem to get any 'bad' things happening. :-))
One WAF-acceptable way of putting diffusion on the front wall, between the speakers, is to put some almost parallel, say bamboo, rods - maybe 5' long, 1" wide and 1" apart? (and painted wall colour), on the sloping front wall, going from the benchtop upwards and sitting maybe 2" off the wall.
I could make this up and then prop it temporarily in place, while I see if it does increase soundstage depth or not - however, this would be a fair bit of effort - so I'm interested in hearing what y'all might have to say about whether it might do some good ... or not.
Thanks,
Andy
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Topic - Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - andyr 05:00:35 04/06/16 (45)
- something like THIS - pictureguy 12:51:29 04/09/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - russ69 07:21:15 04/07/16 (6)
- RE: 'You are really close to the front wall' ... - andyr 14:36:05 04/07/16 (5)
- RE: 'You are really close to the front wall' ... - Green Lantern 05:37:07 04/09/16 (4)
- RE: I got to my 'Frankenpans' because ... - andyr 02:23:25 04/10/16 (1)
- RE: I got to my 'Frankenpans' because ... - Roger Gustavsson 07:59:07 04/10/16 (0)
- RE: Yes indeed, GL ... - andyr 19:20:30 04/09/16 (0)
- RE: 'You are really close to the front wall' ... - Satie 12:04:50 04/09/16 (0)
- Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. nt - andyr 16:54:42 04/06/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - Swamis Cat 11:16:30 04/06/16 (1)
- RE: Thanks, SC ... - andyr 16:53:31 04/06/16 (0)
- sd - sd 09:54:27 04/06/16 (1)
- RE: Thanks ... - andyr 16:18:11 04/06/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - BigguyinATL 07:48:40 04/06/16 (16)
- RE: "tweeters toed in 45 degrees tweeters in" ... - andyr 00:52:57 04/11/16 (13)
- RE: "tweeters toed in 45 degrees tweeters in" ... - grantv 07:41:34 04/11/16 (10)
- RE: "tweeters toed in 45 degrees tweeters in" ... - Satie 08:14:12 04/11/16 (9)
- RE: I have just under 5' from the ribbons to the sidewalls. nt - andyr 13:26:38 04/11/16 (6)
- RE: I have just under 5' from the ribbons to the sidewalls. nt - Satie 06:40:21 04/12/16 (5)
- RE: "plenty of room to swap the speakers to tweeters out" ... - andyr 16:31:06 04/12/16 (4)
- RE: "plenty of room to swap the speakers to tweeters out" ... - Satie 18:22:25 04/12/16 (3)
- RE: "towels or fuzzy blankets over the shelf and the stuff on it" ... - andyr 23:34:36 04/24/16 (2)
- RE: "towels or fuzzy blankets over the shelf and the stuff on it" ... - Satie 17:10:08 04/25/16 (1)
- RE: "presence" ... - andyr 17:28:30 04/25/16 (0)
- Lively room? - grantv 10:38:48 04/11/16 (1)
- RE: Lively room? AndyR's not yours - Satie 11:47:18 04/11/16 (0)
- RE: "tweeters toed in 45 degrees tweeters in" ... - Roger Gustavsson 05:48:20 04/11/16 (1)
- RE: "vague central focus?" ... - andyr 13:29:18 04/11/16 (0)
- RE: Thanks, BG ... - andyr 16:06:12 04/06/16 (1)
- RE: Thanks, BG ... - BigguyinATL 06:53:12 04/07/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - neolith 07:25:08 04/06/16 (5)
- RE: Thanks for the link, neo ... - andyr 15:43:38 04/06/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - Satie 09:48:29 04/06/16 (3)
- RE: Thanks, Satie ... - andyr 15:59:29 04/06/16 (2)
- RE: Thanks, Satie ... - Satie 21:16:09 04/06/16 (1)
- RE: Aah, yes - of course. Thanks. nt - andyr 21:33:59 04/06/16 (0)
- RE: Seeking advice on effective wall diffusion? - grantv 06:59:25 04/06/16 (8)
- RE: Yeah that's brilliant, Grant ... - andyr 15:34:49 04/06/16 (7)
- RE: Yeah that's brilliant, Grant ... - grantv 19:00:21 04/06/16 (6)
- RE: Certainly could be, Grant ... - andyr 04:18:16 04/07/16 (3)
- 3" or more (if possible) away would be much better! - grantv 06:49:26 04/07/16 (2)
- RE: 3" or more (if possible) away would be much better! - pictureguy 10:59:21 04/30/16 (0)
- P.S. - grantv 07:43:09 04/07/16 (0)
- RE: Yeah that's brilliant, Grant ... - rosendds@frontiernet.net 03:56:30 04/07/16 (1)
- RE: Yeah that's brilliant, Grant ... - grantv 06:52:37 04/07/16 (0)