It's not the size, it's the dimensions. You have a room with many overlapping modes since the dimensions are even multiples. Can you chop off 3-4 feet? ;-)
Kal
Kal
A Very Narrow Listening Room
Greetings all,
First time caller.
I'm about to start a new listening room project. I'm a lucky boy! But, the room I have to work with will be 11 by 21 by 10 ft., which is not so lucky. Even I know that will present some challanges. I'm open to suggestions on room treatments, placement of speakers, types of speakers / electronics combinations...anything. I do plan on listening "nearfield", hoping that will help. I'm not new to the hobby but I AM new to this type of room.
Are there ideas out there (short of not doing it at all)?
My feeling is any dedicated listening room is better than none at all.
David
First time caller.
I'm about to start a new listening room project. I'm a lucky boy! But, the room I have to work with will be 11 by 21 by 10 ft., which is not so lucky. Even I know that will present some challanges. I'm open to suggestions on room treatments, placement of speakers, types of speakers / electronics combinations...anything. I do plan on listening "nearfield", hoping that will help. I'm not new to the hobby but I AM new to this type of room.
Are there ideas out there (short of not doing it at all)?
My feeling is any dedicated listening room is better than none at all.
David
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The Cardas formula is worth a shot. SEE BELOW: Speaker placement, simply stated The distance from the center of the woofer face to the side walls is: Room Width times .276 (RW x .276) The distance from the center of the woofer face to the wall behind the speaker is: Room Width times .447 (RW x .447) This is all you need to know to place speakers in a symmetrical, rectangular room! WEBSITE HERE: http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup |
Use one Acapella Sphaeron Excalibur and listen in mono. :) |
Just a thought... I wonder if electrostatics might work well (e.g. Quads) as they have nearly no side wall issues and you could put them close to the walls. Since you have plenty of length, you could move them well out into the room. If modes are an issue, is one of the end walls blank? The idea of building a closet, or even built-in storage cabinets on one end of the room is not bad. With my Quads, I've built diffusors on the front wall, to tame the back wave from the quads without losing its energy. What are other's thoughts on this idea? |
Place each spkr ~2,4 from its adjacent side wall (that's woofer centre to side wall). This is a starting for narrow, long rooms with spkrs firing down the long side. Best, however, is to FIRST determine the distance fm the back wall. Move one spkr into the room & check the midbass energy -- I expect this to be b/ween 5-7' into the room. WHen that's OK, fine tune to achieve clarity in the upper bass/bass region. Then place the spkrs relative to side walls. The trick for knowing when you have good placement is when you feel energy in the music. Then minor adjustments make a major sonic difference. REMEMBER, being so close to side wall will require toe-in to avoid 1st reflections as much as possible. |
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