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In Reply to: Re: The ceiling and carpet... posted by Peter Gunn on April 21, 2007 at 13:13:57:
Be honest here, a person would have to be an audiophile to want that room. Most people wouldn't put acoustic treatments up, and definitely not blue ones. I think your wife gives more of a "normal person" view. We're audio junkies, so we can appreciate it, but non-audiophiles wouldn't.
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Well, now you're batting .500, because my wife picked the new carpet out :^ ) An A frame ceiling has to be dealt with, what choice did I have?I honestly think you're allowing the bizarre nature of that photo to influence you. It's not like that in real life.
Of course I don't have acoustic foam in any other room in the house, but I don't understand why you're singling my treatment out because almost every other pic I checked that got posted in this thread has foam or traps or something that clearly make the space look not "normal". That's what dedicated listening rooms look like.
And while this may look the most "normal"....
I could make a huge list of all the acoustical problems I see.
While wives may like yours better, audiophiles would prefer the sound of mine I believe :^ )
Dude, don't get so defensive. Wasn't the point of this thread Aesthetics?I clearly indicated that an audiophile would like your room, but not from an aesthetic standpoint. It's safe to say that blue acoustic treatments aren't attractive, as you say maybe the tan was worse, but it undoubtedly sounds good. Notice in most of the other images they are making attempts to hide the treatments as they can.
You point out that going "all-the-way" to hide treatments is a big job, and not a high priority for a lot of people. I was trying to make a constructive suggestion...a suggestions, not a commandment.
In fact I don't think the carpet or beams are the visual problem. I think the beams are an asset. It's not the distorted fish-eye in the images that I'm pointing out, it's the color combo. The aesthetics of the sound treatments don't bother you, you're in it for the sound, that's cool. But we're talking looks here, not sound.
I think your system and mine point out clear differences. You went for sound and sacrificed looks. I went for looks and sacrificed sound, there's always a trade off.
Two quick points:I'm not a dude
I'm not being defensive (I'm not angry either)
However, if I am "defending my actions" (in other words explaining why I did what I did) I am only doing so because someone keeps attacking them.
Look. You posted a nice thread asking to see what others do (re: aesthetics) That however is a loaded question to begin with as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So I responded, and you proceeded to tell me you don't like the color, you don't like the scheme, you'd make boxes and cover all the tile, you wouldn't have even used most of the tile, you don't like the paint, the rug is ugly, you'd have done this, you wouldn't have done that....
Well, then it would have been YOUR room, not mine. Why did you feel you needed to suggest anything to begin with? I wasn't asking for help. I see lots of acoustic problems with your room, I didn't tell you what to do, even as just "a suggestion." It's none of my business, and you didn't ask.
I also told you repeatedly those images are not correct. The halogen lights up there distort the color of digital photos I take. You can't argue color selection (even when nobody asked you to) when the color you are looking at (and who knows what your monitor is doing to those jpg's as well) is not what it really looks like.
Instead of an audiophile, you sound more like a bored interior decorator to me who happens to own maggies.
Oh well, it's all part of the great mystery of life. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Dude....issues....
Aesthetics, aeshmetics. Gunn has the cooler room. Man rooms are like that. And, I'll bet it DOES sound good.
Thanks, I was seriously beginning to wonder if I needed to redecorate.If you're ever in Allentown pal, I'll buy you dinner. :^ )
And, if you're ever in La Grange, likewise I'm shuah.BTW, I'm dying to know who 'won' the aesthetics contest. Did anyone else get hammered by the judges? Is everyone still on the island?
Be-Bop and Mahler
Yeah, it sure looks like I got voted off first.Well, if you're not going to win it all you might as well be first. Now I can sit by the hotel pool and imbibe coctails and eat from the buffet while watching everyone else suffer.
La Grange Texas? Sounds like barbecue country.... count me in :^ )
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