At last - moving my 2 channel audio system to a dedicated room. The room has some inherent issues. Below is a drawing and some explanataions - any ideas/comments/advice will be highly appreciated. I did not measue room response and have no idea how this will come out - I hope I'll get lucky and turn this into a room that's nice to listen in. I definitely wont make it without you guys...
Many thanks in advance, here we go:
General:
Room dimensions are (in meters) 5 X 5.5 X 2.24 (lowish and almost square)
All walls and ceiling are cement, hard floor as well
(A) Line all walls with 4” rock wool than plaster walls – good idea?
(B) Corner bass traps – most of the plaster wall will be replaced with 5/8” plywood (to allow it to resonate). One option is just fill with rock wool, other option is to leave hollow but line the walls inside it with 2” rigid fiberglass (as in the picture) – which is better?
(C) Some kind of diffuser/deflector/absorber between the speakers on the front wall – actually I’ve no idea what should go there, but I’m pretty sure something should – any ideas?
(D) Side wall diffusers/deflectors – just a construction with the plaster walls also filled with rock wool.
(E) Mid high panel absorbers
(F) Panel bass traps as per Ethan’s website (http://www.ethanwiner.com/BTPlans.gif)
(G) The whole back wall is one massive plaster wall/rockwool construction about 1.5ft deep with lots of niches for the CD and record collection. I believe it will give a combination of diffusion and absorption and also it makes the room effectively 4.5 X 5.5 instead of 5 X 5.5 meters, meaning “less” square.
(H) Floor: one option is wall to wall carpet, other is wood, in both cases with a thin layer of rubber between it and the current original floor tiles. Which would be better? Ceiling: haven’t figured it out, it’s so low I’m reluctant to touch it - any ideas are welcome.
-T