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In Reply to: RE: A ridiculous suggestion… posted by Bayside Bomber on June 09, 2008 at 11:16:48
As I said, I have my doubts that the ceiling suggestion will be ideal but it is worth trying if you're opening up the space.
I don't think there's a hard and fast answer to your front of the room question. I treat the first reflection points on the side wall and the front wall plus I have a big curtain area over windows on the front wall and bass traps in the corners. In fact three quarters of the acoustic treatment in my room is in front of the listening position so my front of room is certainly dead to some degree, but nowhere near as dead as the dead end of a live end/dead end recording studio control room setup would be. It certainly is deader than it would be without the treatments. I find that helps with giving a very clear, precise sound with lots of detail, probably similar in a degree to a recording control room environment designed to help the engineer hear precisely what's going on in the mix.
If you make the front of room reflective, ideally with a some diffussion there if possible, you lose some of that preciseness and detail and can get a more expansive feel with a bit of 'bloom' to it. It's a bit more 'romantic' presentation in some ways and a little more like what you hear from the middle of a concert hall.
I don't think either presentation is intrinsically superior to the other. They're certainly different and some will prefer one while others will go for the other. It's your music and your enjoyment that's important so pick the approach that you enjoy the most. There's a lot to be said for both approaches and the only things that I can think of that can be said against either if they're done well are the reasons that people who prefer the other approach give for why they can't stand the alternative.
David Aiken
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