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Changed Speaker Placement NOW BOOMY

Hello,

I have a bit of a problem. We bought new furniture for the living room where the stereo is and after replacing a couch, adding a chair and moving the speakers and audio rack down about 2 feet towards the corner and the speakers which where about 3 feet off the wall before are now about 14" off the wall.

I now have this unnatural sub boom and since I am using thiel 1.6 which have very little if any sub freq I can only assume its the room.

I understand that moving stuff around can do this, but its such a big change and I really dont have much room to play with.

Are there any cheap cheap cheap ways of fixing boom bass in a room.

The room is 12' X 26' with 9' ceilings.

If you look at my system pix the stereo is sorta in the same place with minor adjustments.

Any help would be super awesome.
thegoldenear
gsself
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Your best bet would be to get a material sample from the Misses to make sure you are in compliance!

I mean no harm or disrespect but this is a really fun thread on a subject that we have all dealt with at some point in time. :)

Counting on your success and a first edition of your fourthcoming how-to-book.
tvad
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10-13-10: Thegoldenear
Tvad I am looking at it as we speak, I may try this, this sounds good.
Thegoldenear, the idea is to use the Sumiko method to see if you can get the speakers (beginning with the right hand speaker) into a position that sounds good...taking into consideration the present location of your furnishings. If so, then you can proceed to the left hand speaker. If you can get them both positioned so the sound is optimized without moving any furniture, then you're done.

The other positive aspect of doing this exercise is that you may find that positioning your speakers while leaving your furniture alone may not work, and you need to look at other options. However, at the very least you won't have spent any money until you've exhausted the placement options with your present room configuration.
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thegoldenear OP
109 posts
 
If I realize that panels are needed after a few days of listening then I will outsource a project to Timlub. If he could build panels that look streamline and also maybe act like a light source then maybe we are in business.

I saw in Home Depot last night these awesome looking LED high hat bulbs, I was thinking today after Timlub mentioned panel how could I make these thing disappear in the room then i thought maybe I can have one of those facing up out of the panel or column for that matter, behind the speakers. That would look sweet.
timlub
1,649 posts
 
I've never put lights in them, but shop for low voltage LED's. It wouldn't be tough and I could certainly guide you through it.
If you end up needing them, approach your wife looking for her advice, ask her for help, get her involved, let her pick out fabric.... or put a space heater out on the porch, its getting cold.
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thegoldenear OP
109 posts
 
LOL,I am going to spend the weekend listening to all types of music and see where I am on Sunday. I printed out the instructions on the Sumiko Method and I will see what happens there.
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