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Offline vitavoxdude

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Music room essentials
« on: January 30, 2011, 04:59:56 PM »
Strange how no body has added to the earlier posting.  :o

The biggest single factor effecting your muisc replay system after the crappy AC mains and equipment supports (forgetting interconnects etc) is YOUR ROOM.  ::)

Put a 200 K AUD system into a batroom and viola, an instant crappy sound.  :'(
Put a Phillips mini system into a large vaulted ceiling balanced room and oh my God, it sounds reasonable.  :-[

Aussie rooms in general tend to be on the large size but they tend to be very reflective.
Surley other peoples experiances in achieving a good sound in these rooms is invaluable.
I am moving this link into a new one as I beleive you lot are short changing yourselves.
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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 10:47:05 PM »
Hey V,  what is your room dimensions/shape?     It all starts there,  treatments are secondary.
It's all about the music,, not the equipment.

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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 11:04:40 PM »
Here's the pic's of the of my rear wall music room.

These are the last of the acoustic panels I have left after removing all the others.

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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 12:47:55 PM »
Hi Flemo

You removed al the others?  So did they destroy or detract from youe enjoying your music?  The panels in the image look very elegant, what are they filled with?
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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 01:00:16 PM »
Hi millsy   ;D

Room when completed will be 11 x 6 x 2.7m, not a golden ratio but real life.  It will be all orientated around audio so no compromises for domestic harmony, price however does come into it. Mains feed not ideal but I do not intend running multiple Krells in there.
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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 07:56:14 PM »
Hi Flemo

You removed al the others?  So did they destroy or detract from youe enjoying your music?  The panels in the image look very elegant, what are they filled with?
V

Hi Terry,

I had too many panels and it killed the room, I mean it was lifeless!! 

I used Bradfords Soundscreen rockwool for the panels and bass traps. Very little is all that was needed.


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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2012, 10:46:45 AM »
Flemo, when they killed the room, how long did you leave them in the system for?

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Re: Music room essentials
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2014, 01:51:56 PM »
Paul, you need to know the room layout where the panels were installed to make any sense of the views of the owner.  It's a particularly unusual room where reflections are delayed by varying depths and widths, not a standard 4 walled room at all.  Panels were retained on the first reflector behind the listening position.  Maybe Flemo can chip in with a ground plan to explain his findings.

Acoustic absorption is usually a good thing IMV but the speaker room interface / matching is critical here in achieving a good balance.
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