room acoustics

I’ve been playing around with my speaker placement lately after receiving some extremely useful information about trying to eliminate nulls in my speakers’ frequency response. Up until today, I’ve been using a pair of KEF LS50 Metas high-passed in conjunction with an SVS SB-3000 sub. In part of...

Hi Audioscience members! Maybe the title is a bit vague, but I need some help with the following: I am currently in the process of trying to find a new set up (tower)speakers for my living room set up. And I have a listening appointment at a store planned next week to trial some speakers. Now...

I’ve got 2 10” subs and 2 LSR305 studio monitors, also getting a DSP for Christmas. Am I able to just run a Primo EM258 measurement mic with a 3.5mm cable (without a housing) to do some really basic room EQ? Buying from micbooster. Essentially just to see what my speakers and subs are capable of...

I do not need soundproofing. My neighbors do not mind sound exiting the garage. I have a quiet neighborhood and do not care about outside noises entering the room. Here is a brief overview of my garage structure. - The outer most siding is vinyl with a half-inch Styrofoam insulation. - under...

Hi all, I am new to room acoustics and I want to start dabbling with it. I am a network engineer which is passionte about DIY and AV. I am not an audio producer so am I only listening to it. I am in the market for a room calibration microphone with calibration file, but I am not sure if the...

Hello everyone! I need help adjusting the Kali monitors DIP Settings based on their position in my room. I'm not that experienced when it comes to acoustics. I can't decide which of the listed Dip positions fits my case. I'll attach a picture for you below. I've been trying for some time...

It's my understanding that open-cell melamine foam is one of the more effective sound treatment materials, but it seems like melamine sheets are incredibly expensive. Aside from the labor involved, is there any reason I couldn't just buy 1,000 "magic eraser" sponges and use them to "tile" my...

Hey all. My current, large room is about 7.93 meters x 3.96 meters. The 3.96-meter side is the front wall, and my kh120iis are projecting down the room's length. Im about 2.2 meters (listening position) from the front wall, my kh120iis being about 1 meter from the front wall. This puts my...

Several months ago I built and installed 4 bass traps to my living room, each of them sizes W60cm x H72cm x D10cm. I only used variable smoothing when I measured my speakers (ELAC DBR62) when I installed bass traps, and thought that they made some positive changes. I posted FR graphs on reddit...

where can i find the measurements (REW) of the best studios in the world, pre and post acoustics, pre and post eq i have my room measurements and want to compare data like clarity and rt60 and more. above all where can i find the expected ideal listening room measurements / settings to be such...

I am new to room measurements, and I am not quite sure how to interpret this. I have compared 3 sets of speakers, positioned at approx the same place (all three are placed and not moved between measurements, so there is ca 20 cm between them): Red: Dynaudio Emit 20 Blue: System Audio SA510...

In a hypothectical case, say you have a room that has certain room acoustics. Will the sound spectrum that leaks to your neighbors be impact by the room? If there is a resonance at 60 Hz, for example, would the sound on the other side of the wall have this same peak? Or is the sound that leaks...

Hello, would you choose an 18-22 m² room that is rectangular (e.g. 5x4m) or would you choose a 30 m² room that is a complete cuboid (5.5x5.5m) and has other advantages such as a quiet environment and more solid walls? (The ceiling height is 2,4m, it is standard here in my country) In my...

Hi all, As I've got my gear setup far beyond the quality of my room, it's now time to turn my attention to acoustics. I found this online: https://www.ampslab.com/RECOMMMENDED READ/LOUDSPEAKER MEASUREMENTS/acoustic_measurement_standards.pdf It looks like an excellent set of targets that I can...

Hi, So I had a cheap soundbar (without a subwoofer) for years. Last week bought a new Hi-Fi system - KEF R3 Meta & Cambridge Audio CXA81. The problem is that it sounds bright to my ears. Voices don't sound as full & warm as I would expect and for example, high hats are too much on my ears. My...

I'm trying to resolve a 45hz room mode and have been advised to check out MiniDSP. I know a little bit about MiniDSP but I don't fully understand how or where it would fit into my current system. I'm currently running a Chord Hugo TT2 with M-Scaler into a Benchmark LA4 preamp that feeds 2x...

Hi ASR, Could you please help me choose between the two attached room layouts where I will be living / listening in? Which layout will sound better, both with and without treatment? Layout 1 ( we can call it the 1 bedroom) has a listening space that is 13 feet wide. The length of the room is...

I just got some iLoud Micro Monitors for use with my PC, and while I like them quite a lot my room is terrible. I have a bed, a closet and curtains for the windows. Otherwise my room is a square with no furniture or sound treatment, so acoustically it's not very great. Would buying a bunch of...

I haven't found any useful threads on this topic, so I'll start one now. All those die-hard audiophiles always claim that having a TV between your speakers can ruin the center image and soundstage. How much truth is to that? How large will be the difference between having a large TV (or any...

Hi all, So, as the title says, thanks to plans for building a new house from the ground up, I have the opportunity to do basically whatever I want for my main computer/gaming/audio/office room, and would like some advice and reading materials on the subject. Restrictions and properties that...