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Room Acoustics newbie, hoping for some help from the pros! :)

Posted by wolfordc@msu.edu (A) on May 4, 2009 at 17:21:51

Hello All,

I have been lurking on this part of the forums trying to pick up some tips. I decided it would probably be most useful if I just started my own thread to see if I could get any help in getting my room set up properly.

I apologize in advance for this being kind of a long read. I didn't know what details to leave out so I just wanted to be as descriptive of my situation as possible.

I live in a converted garage. My main room is about 9.5' x 15. The ceiling is about 7' up. I also have a little nook off to the right of my room where I have my bed. I carpeted the wall behind the speakers and put some padding on the ceiling as I figured it might help to reduce some of the sound that is traveling upstairs. I'm sure its no huge help but probably does a little bit to keep it quieter upstairs for my roommates. Here is a link to several pics of my room, I tried to caption them to let you know what they are:

http://picasaweb.google.com/wolford.chris/Room#

I have the speakers about 3 feet from the back wall, although the wall juts out by about 4 inches in the right corner. So the right speaker is a bit closer to the wall then the left one. They each sit about 17'' from their respective side walls, there is about 44'' or so between them. I tried to keep them at about the same distance from the listening chair, I think I'm pretty close but I'm sure one could be slightly closer. The chair is maybe 7' back from the speakers and centered. I also took a laser level from the middle of each speaker and tried to toe them in to about the same distance away from the midpoint of the chair. The floor is cemented covered by one layer of carpert. The speakers are on a rug on top of the carpet.

My gear right now is a Fisher 400, Rega P5 TT (w/Ortofon 2M Black Cart), Hagerman Coronet Phono Stage, Klipsch Forte II (w/upgraded Xovers & tweeters). I also added little spikes to the bottom of the speakers. However, in the next month or so I am planning on getting a Hagerman Clarinet line stage and an SET amp. I mainly just listen to rock music.

I have had the damndest time getting the imaging to be centered. It seems like at one point I'll have the singer in the center but then the drums will be shifted to the right. I just never seem to be able to get the singer and drums centered. Also, whenever there is some sibilance it seems like the sound is always coming from the right. Like the singer will be singing and then I'll hear this other little piece of his voice a bit over on the right and disconnected from his main image. It can be very distracting. Also, there always seem to be so much more bass heard when I am behind the speakers or in the corner on my computer. I know that bass will collect in the corners, but I'm wondering if there is any way to pull more of the bass out toward the listening chair so I could hear it better.

Well, I guess thats it for the description. Please let me know if I can provide anymore info. I am just wondering whether I could benefit from some room treatments or rearranging things, or moving the speakers. I'm willing to try anything to maximize the sound I can reproduce in this room.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post!

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