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In Reply to: RE: Ain't quite as simple as that… posted by dazzdax on October 12, 2009 at 11:23:55
If the room is very lively then you may need more absorption to tame the sound than soft furnishings can provide, especially if the overall absorption spectrum of the furnishings is not tonally neutral and it would be exceptional for furnishings to provide a wide band, tonally neutral absorption profile. For that reason I'd recommend going with good quality commercial products if you need to add absorption.
Bass trapping would be my first priority and, because of room shape, I'd go for floor to ceiling traps in the corners behind the speakers or something like the acoustic ceiling Klaus mentioned if you could cover the whole ceiling area or at least the area forward of the fireplace. Reverberation time is longest at low frequencies and effective bass traps will reduce that considerably.
Apart from that I think a lot will depend on your choice of speakers and how they interact with the room, especially in regard to side wall reflections, and the kind of presentation you like your sound to have in terms of things like detail and accuracy of imaging. Once you move past bass trapping, different treatment choices have different effects on the way the sound is presented and basically you should opt for an approach which enhances the type of presentation you want to hear.
David Aiken
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