FARQ;481400 Wrote: > are there any sort of room treatments one could make, without changing > the look of my lounge room though?... it's very clean & minimal with a > few bits of art around the place, which is the way I like it >
Art is a very good start. You may not see benefits in room treatments if you have enough "stuff" absorbing and deflecting sound. There are a few DIY room treatments you can make custom for your space. I don't have any of the websites with the exact specs in front of me right now, but it's basically "JoAnne Fabrics" speaker covering (in all colors and patterns) over egg-crate and foam filled 1x3's. Think picture frames with a felt-like covering. That is the type that absorb. You can also reflect, like in the case of sharp concave corners where standing waves reside or those that, like on your rear wall, could cause constructive interference waves which blast subtle sounds into your listening area after they should have died out. I'm regurgitating what I've read and I have only practical knowledge from building my own listening room from the bottom up. Literally. I started with a basement. Concrete walls and floor. Built in flooring and covered with rigs and carpets. Improvement. Sheetrock - improvement. Used plywood to cover 90ยบ wall to wall angles from _| to _/ - improvement. Then I played with DIY room treatments but perhaps the power tools already killed my hearing cause I still can't tell much of a difference. However, I can tell the difference when I moved in a bookcase and a shelf for my LP's. So maybe I just didn't make very good treatments. Sometimes it seems that a well placed folded cozy blanket can take a bit of the high end edge off. -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70132
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