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RE: How to treat a low, reflective ceiling?

Posted by Richard P (A) on April 27, 2012 at 10:20:43

In Reply to: How to treat a low, reflective ceiling? posted by Terry on April 26, 2012 at 13:40:41:

"I have decided to add another layer of gyprock to the walls, in an attempt to improve the bass response"

In many cases, this may actually make the bass worse, as the increased rigidity and mass will contain bass in the room better and lead to more pronounced room modes in the low frequencies. Since I don't know how 'sealed' your space is, I can't really offer too much more advice than use caution (plus, hanging sheetrock is a lot of work). If you do decide to invest in another layer, consider using Green Glue between the two sheets before attaching with fasteners. Most likely, carefully moving your speakers around will give you all the bass you'll ever need. Read up on basic acoustics before going too crazy with the construction.

I too had a lovely basement listening room, with low ceilings. I used a good amount of Auralex 24" x 24" x 3" foam pads, placed strategically on the ceiling at various reflection points - the GIK stuff is excellent too. It helped that my ceiling varied in height several times with various enclosed pipes, cable chases and the main support beam for the house effectively breaking up the evenness of the ceiling.

Good luck.

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