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Bad room, bad tunes

I recently moved into a cramped apartment, my listening room being 10x11x8. I have a pair a Hales Rev. twos (8" sealed) that have been placed in many spots, but the powerful standing waves persist, and the highs are very fatiguing at louder volumes. The imaging sucks too. Will acoustic room treatment help, or is it just too much speaker for such a small room (thinking of swapping for Merlins or N805s)? Could I get some recommendations on effective, but not too expensive treament? Thank you everyone, it is a dark hour in Ohlala audio.
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tom_nice
387 posts
 
Adding only a possible little to Audiopath's extremely useful suggestions, you might read F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget". You aren't going to have a power saw, alas. If you did, I have DIY designs for Argent Room Lens clones and RPS-style diffusors made out of Styrofoam what I'd be glad to pass on. Mixing diffusion in with absorption is a good idea, and the commercial RGP Skyline diffusors are available from Audio Advisor, maybe for $125 per 2 square foot unit (from a friendly salesman).
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subaruguru
1,353 posts
 
Nice response, Audiopath, but I too question whether the Hales aren't just too damned big for the room? 6.5 or even 5" two-ways would suffice here, no? And if your calculations show THAT big a 100 Hz bump wouldn't even something truly anemic but musical (even NHT zeros?) be worth a try?...once he tames those sidewalls! Good luck.
sol322
426 posts
 
Ohlala: Look in Stereophile Guide to Home Theater for an archive with a worksheet where you can run calculations with different speaker positions and that will provide you (hope) a position where less increment and better allaround bass response might be achieved. This are guides and I recommend you get the SPL and play with positioning. Good luck
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