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For Jon Risch and anyone. I think "Ear Muffs are my only hope. Do they work? Can they still be bought? Or made.

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I have only one location available to me for my speakers (Reynaud Twins) and it's the worst. Double corner windows on each back wall. A glass door on the right wall and an Armoire (holding the components) between the speakers AND...AND...OH NO... a tiled concrete floor. Now, for some unknown reason the sound isn't as bad as you would think (maybe because it has 12 foot ceiling) except for some "slap echo" on hard struck piano chords. This is an important room in the house with views of a lake, that cannot have sound absorbsion or even drapes hung on the walls. It would seem the "Watkins Ear Muffs" (if still available) or a DIY version of them is my only hope.
If anyone's tried them, please tell me they work.
Thanks in advance, Miles

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Recommend a rug for the floor - nt Andy L 16:45:44 02/27/01 (0)
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Re: For Jon Risch and anyone. I think "Ear Muffs are my only hope. Do they work? Can they still be bought? Or made. Jon Risch 13:20:02 02/27/01 (0)
I do not think they are still being sold, they used to run adds in the back of Audio magazine, and sometimes others.
You could make a set of your own DIY Ear Muffs, the hard part is the frame. Perhaps PVC water pipe could be used, and silicone rubber to glue foam (be sure it is real acoustic grade foam), or fiberglass with kraft paper (minimum 6" thick, 8" would be better), that is wrapped in poly, covered in burlap, and silicone glued, or tacked to the pipe frame. I would fill the PVC with sand, or at least inject the expanding weatherstripping foam into the hollow portion, to reduce pipe resonances.
Jon Risch
buy lots of large potted plants for diffusion and snkby 02:50:46 02/27/01 (0)
these can be put on trays with wheels so that they can be easily moved around.
like in front of those windows when you want to really listen.
i also have a folding screen -- stored in the closet -- that is used as a false wall in our L-shaped room when i want to listen.
Re: For Jon Risch and anyone. I think "Ear Muffs are my only hope. Do they work? Can they still be bought? Or made. Kevin Korom 19:03:20 02/26/01 (0)
It I were in your situation, I would build/buy some of those folding partition walls (like they always show women changing clothes behind in the movies), and put sound-absorbent cloth over their frames. Then when you wanted to do some more than casual listening, pull them out & set 'em up. Wouldn't take but a minute or so, once you figured out where they worked best...
Regards,
Kevin

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