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    New audio room - shape

    I received advice from the acoustic engineer. I will need make the room a bit longer - 6.6m while keeping 5.72m in width and 2.7m in top height. The lowest point, where the roof starts will be 1.7m He claims that most resonances will be possible to fix with proper treatment. There will be a...
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    New audio room - shape

    Yeah, thats why I was looking for an acoustic specialist to advise on room proportions. The roof will be wooden and there will be one big window and some smaller ones on the roof. Actually, I visited a few listening rooms in local audio stores with acoustic treatment. They all were build of...
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    New audio room - shape

    This is a quiet place. ;) Only one-family houses around. Walls will be very rigid and heavy - silicate blocks are one of the sturdiest materials available. Regarding thermal isolation, I will use wool but it will be placed on the outer side of the walls. This is how you build houses here and it...
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    New audio room - shape

    @youngho Thanks, that's definitely helpful. Much appreciated. Judging by this diagram, a higher room would be worth consideration. By default, the ceiling is at 2.7m. It will be made of wood. Walls will be plastered. I can also finish them with some wood or something else if needed. This will be...
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    New audio room - shape

    @abdo123 what do you mean exactly? Choosing other construction materials for walls or picking the right finishing like carpets, wood panels, paint, arrases, etc? Could you elaborate on not building it like a regular room?
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    New audio room - shape

    Thanks. 1. It is hard to answer regarding my budget. Firstly, I need to build a new house and it will cost a lot. Initially, this room most likely will be empty and after some time I will be able to buy audio gear and perform room acoustics adaptation. I suppose that eventually, I will be...
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    New audio room - shape

    Hi again. I have contacted several acoustic companies in my country (Poland) and I must admit I am kinda disappointed. They either want to measure ready room with already chosen and placed speakers or run a computer simulation to find the best layout for a particular room plan without any...
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    New audio room - shape

    Thanks! Do you mean placing loudspeakers in a smaller rectangular area (using only a part of room for listening) or moving walls to make it more rectangular? :)
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    New audio room - shape

    Hi! I am going to get a new house and I have ordered a custom project from the architect. I would like to have a dedicated listening room. He prepared the first version, and I wonder if I am able to get something reasonable out of it. While roof slants are symmetric, room proportions are far...
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    Why Roon?

    The answer is: flexibility. Roon works perfectly out of the box if you just want to plug'n'play. But it allows endless customization without interfering to my files and offers tons of features: It has a huge music database. It will link albums, artists, performances and other. But it is one...
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    Headphones sensitivity vs needed power for bass

    I cannot hear anything when going max vol in low gain. It is silent. In high gain I can hear hiss when Asgard 2 input is not connected any device and it transforms into lower pitched hum when Bifrost 4490 is connected to Asgard's input. No source connected to Bifrost. Additionally, switching...
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    Headphones sensitivity vs needed power for bass

    I did as suggested - connected Asgard 2 to RME ADI-2 DAC line out which I set to -3dB. The background noise was still there in Audioquest Nighthawk. When left at high volume in high gain Asgard 2 was producing audible noise. Sounds a bit like ground loop hum. When I connected Audioquest...
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    Headphones sensitivity vs needed power for bass

    It has easily audible hiss when I connect Audioquest Nighthawk to it and nothing is played. RME is silent while Schiit produces hiss in headphones. It does not happen with FiFiMAN Arya. I guess Arya's low effectiveness kills this noise. Regarding my sub bass test - Schiit is just one huge...
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    Headphones sensitivity vs needed power for bass

    Thanks for all explanations. I usually listen at moderate volumes. Something like human voice during excited talk. Sound level meter says 60-65dB when put as close to headphone as possible. Same reading for listening from my stereo. For all my previous headphones I used to boost 40-60Hz by a few...
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    Headphones sensitivity vs needed power for bass

    Thanks. I use HiFiMAN Arya which (according to several reviews) has a pretty flat frequency response in range of 20Hz-1kHz. Not sure about impedance but let's assume it's flat for the sake of simplicity. It is rated at 90dB/1mW@1kHz. Would it mean the same efficiency for 20Hz, 100Hz and 1000Hz...
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