Vivek Batra
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Well air conditioning will be there, but I can not sit in a room without window/ventilator. I am claustrophobic
. I want to see the light coming in.
Designing A Dedicated Listening Room
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. I want to see the light coming in.
balavignesh002
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Should be ok, Post damping you will get 9 feet
sud98
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As long as its for music, its fine. The day you use it for HT, it might be an issue. Just make sure that the ventilation has blinds/curtains that are blackout types, so you can get it absolutely dark, if needed. Of course, when you feel like you can pull it up and get natural light.
Vivek Batra
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Hi all, sorry to hi-jack this thread but desperately needed advice on placement in my living room. I have a NAD326BEE hooked to Monitor Audio BX2. Mostly playing Tidal thru Airport Express.
I'm a terrible artist but I've tried to draw my current setup & room. But I am fed up with the sound. Poor imaging & detail and almost no lows until I'm pretty close to the speakers. I don't have the freedom to move things around too much but any suggestions on placement are most welcome. I'm just hearing poor tonal balance right now like the speakers are yelling at me with no depth.
I'm a terrible artist but I've tried to draw my current setup & room. But I am fed up with the sound. Poor imaging & detail and almost no lows until I'm pretty close to the speakers. I don't have the freedom to move things around too much but any suggestions on placement are most welcome. I'm just hearing poor tonal balance right now like the speakers are yelling at me with no depth.
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AFAIK a 50w amp for such a huge room may not cut it, You need at least a 100w SS amp. Use thick curtains on the windows, Place your speakers at least 6 ft apart. you may also use floor-to-ceiling curtains to partition the room while listening to music(Like the ones used in Hospital ER rooms but much thicker). You can also try some suspended acoustic clouds for the ceiling and 1-inch thick/plush carpet in the listening area.
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Yelamanchili manohar
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Hi vivekNot going to happen any time soon
That will be there.
Hearty congratulations on your new room. A dedicated room is a very distant dream for me.
I had saved the below article, just in case I won the lottery someday
Not necessary that one has to go into such depth or expense. But it definitely is a reference level read for me, when it comes to designing a 2 channel listening space. Wishing you all the best
P.S : just my 2 cents, we would all like a large room, but keeping it practical in size is important. Larger spaces will mean a larger investment in room treatment, larger speakers to fill the room, and bigger amplification too.
Thanks rrunner but I've run this same setup previously in a much larger room and had no issues with output. Could you pls elaborate why 50wpc is insufficient. I've tried moving them further apart but the change was minor and I'm restrained to move them any further at this stage.AFAIK a 50w amp for such a huge room may not cut it, You need at least a 100w SS amp. Use thick curtains on the windows, Place your speakers at least 6 ft apart. you may also use floor-to-ceiling curtains to partition the room while listening to music(Like the ones used in Hospital ER rooms but much thicker). You can also try some suspended acoustic clouds for the ceiling and 1-inch thick/plush carpet in the listening area.
Acoustic Sliding Folding Partition at Market Best Price
Envirotech Systems is a well-known Manufacturer and Supplier of – Acoustic walls Panels Delhi- NCR - India, Operable walls, Collapsible / Accordion Sliding walls Partition and Room Divider Partition at low cost.
Yelamanchili manohar
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Hi credoh
Going by your depiction, your speakers are only 3.5 ft wide, I would consider that tweeter to tweeter distance. And your listening position is 8 feet away. That is way too much disparity in placement and speaker positioning. The MA's can be bright sounding. And in your present placement the treble energy is reaching you more than anything else. As higher frequencies have a lot of directivity.
In my opinion, you should increase the distance between your speakers by making them as widely placed as possible in your room. Then measure the tweeter to tweeter distance, and try placing your listening chair at the same distance from each speaker. And have a listen. If the imaging is poor, this means the speakers are too wide apart. Start moving them closer by increments of 10 cms each, till the imaging appears again.. ( however do bear in mind, that imaging is also effected by the symmetry of the room, if the room on either sides of the speakers is not symmetric, then imaging will collapse )
As the speakers are moved closer , the imaging will improve, but the sound stage will start getting smaller. You have to draw a balance between the two by your own ear, to your tastes. Angling the speakers towards your ears , or to meet a meter behind your ears will also make a difference. So the end answer, is only to play with positioning of the speakers, their angling and distance of your listening position. For a domestic room, acoustic treatment is impossible to be domestically acceptable. So all the best for the above experiments
Hi Vivek,
In case you have not seen this.
amcoustics.com
Enter your room dimensions and check if the red cross is in the Bolt area.
In case you have not seen this.
amroc - THE Room Mode Calculator
HTML5 room mode calculator. Read and hear the tune of axial, tangential and oblique modes. Scientific sources included.
amcoustics.com
Hi Vivek,
In case you have not seen this.
Enter your room dimensions and check if the red cross is in the Bolt area.amroc - THE Room Mode Calculator
HTML5 room mode calculator. Read and hear the tune of axial, tangential and oblique modes. Scientific sources included.
Vivek Batra
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Thanks Sir, I will go through this for sure.Hi vivek
Hearty congratulations on your new room. A dedicated room is a very distant dream for me.
I had saved the below article, just in case I won the lottery someday
Not necessary that one has to go into such depth or expense. But it definitely is a reference level read for me, when it comes to designing a 2 channel listening space. Wishing you all the best
P.S : just my 2 cents, we would all like a large room, but keeping it practical in size is important. Larger spaces will mean a larger investment in room treatment, larger speakers to fill the room, and bigger amplification too.
Vivek Batra
Well-Known Member
Thanks @ShintoHi Vivek,
In case you have not seen this.
Enter your room dimensions and check if the red cross is in the Bolt area.amroc - THE Room Mode Calculator
HTML5 room mode calculator. Read and hear the tune of axial, tangential and oblique modes. Scientific sources included.
Vivek Batra
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Small update, got the first draft of the layout from the architect. Working on in to finalize all the things. Will share the plan once freezed
Vivek Batra
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In my first try as per the dimensions 26x16x10, the red cross is not in the bolt area. Btw what is the bolt areaHi Vivek,
In case you have not seen this.
Enter your room dimensions and check if the red cross is in the Bolt area.amroc - THE Room Mode Calculator
HTML5 room mode calculator. Read and hear the tune of axial, tangential and oblique modes. Scientific sources included.
Vivek Batra
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24x16x11 moved the red cross in the bolt area. Honestly I cant deduce anything from it.Hi Vivek,
In case you have not seen this.
Enter your room dimensions and check if the red cross is in the Bolt area.amroc - THE Room Mode Calculator
HTML5 room mode calculator. Read and hear the tune of axial, tangential and oblique modes. Scientific sources included.
Vivek Batra
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I am moving up to the second floor from basement, just beause of my personal preference for a room with windows. Not sure if this is a good idea
Windows are not ideal for audio. If you are building a dedicated audio room from scratch try hard to avoid windows.
However if windows are a must then ofcourse there are many options to cover those windows.
Vivek Batra
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The problem with me is, I can't sit in a closed room for long, say not more than 5 minutes
.Thats why considering moving upOh, I forgot about your claustrophobic condition.The problem with me is, I can't sit in a closed room for long, say not more than 5 minutes
You can also consider foldable panels as suggested by rrunner above. That link has pictures of these panels where panels have spaces between them.
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