A little help with my room please?

[ilikesound]

Hello all. Hope you are doing well.

I will soon move my setup in a larger room and I would kindly ask for help regarding positioning. The room is 4,3m x 4,3m x 2,5m with window on one side and doors on the other. In it i have a 3 piece closet- i can move all pieces individually but they have to stay in the room. I know its not optimal but I think with your help i can make it a little bit better with positioning before the acoustic treatment comes.

I will attach a picture of the floor plan so you can get the idea of how it looks.

Can you please tell me where is the best to put the desk and speakers and where each of the closet pieces?

one closet piece is the corner piece the other two are “normal” closets. I can put them diagonally in availible corners aswell.

Thank you very much, again!

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

Quick question, because that is all I have time for now.

Are you willing to open some/all of those closet doors for listening? I assume some at least are full of clothes, so that would turn a very reflective surface into something that eats some sound. If so, there are more options that can be considered for set up compared to all those doors closed..

 

[ilikesound]

Quick question, because that is all I have time for now.

Are you willing to open some/all of those closet doors for listening? I assume some at least are full of clothes, so that would turn a very reflective surface into something that eats some sound. If so, there are more options that can be considered for set up compared to all those doors closed..

Yes of course, they can be open when listening (i will also post a grade report open vs closed).

with my limited knowledge about treatment i came up with two ideas how to position everything (ill include attachments). I dont know which side is best for the desk and speakers (window on the right, left, in front or behind). And what to do with the corner piece.

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

I think your second idea is better, and a good place to start. The units will treat the corners, and help with standing waves on the diagonals.

You could also put them along the wall behind the seating area, if you have room to open them that way. That would "treat" the back wall when they are open, and leave you with the other walls to think about. The corner unit could go on the right side of the seating to keep the units all together and give a "wall" of furniture, so the door wall and back wall corner. That might help if/when you are able to open the door. But the opposite corner would work just as well acoustically, so where you have it in the last drawing.

An open door and open window will help sound in the room is my guess, if you can do that given other people.

What's on the window? Blinds, curtains? Short or full length? If you have heavy curtains, then you could put one unit opposite the window (or close to it) one unit behind the seating. Or you might be able to put a bookcase or something opposite the window. If the window is highly reflective (blinds, thin curtains) then I would leave the opposite wall alone. Better two reflective surfaces than two that reflect a lot different level of sound.

Square rooms are problematic and your window and door limit placement options (assuming you don't want to block the window all the time). Sound tends to bounce around in reinforcing ways that are not so good. So if you can break things up on even one wall, you will see significant improvement. Ideally you want to do that symmetrically, but given the room the rear wall is the one to treat first, if you can only do one.

One big issue is that to test the effects, you need stuff in the closets. But to move them it's much easier if they are empty. So get some furniture sliders to put under them so they slide. Or something with wheels so you can move them. That will make it easier to test out multiple set ups.

Good luck!

 

[ilikesound]

I think your second idea is better, and a good place to start. The units will treat the corners, and help with standing waves on the diagonals.

You could also put them along the wall behind the seating area, if you have room to open them that way. That would "treat" the back wall when they are open, and leave you with the other walls to think about. The corner unit could go on the right side of the seating to keep the units all together and give a "wall" of furniture, so the door wall and back wall corner. That might help if/when you are able to open the door. But the opposite corner would work just as well acoustically, so where you have it in the last drawing.

An open door and open window will help sound in the room is my guess, if you can do that given other people.

What's on the window? Blinds, curtains? Short or full length? If you have heavy curtains, then you could put one unit opposite the window (or close to it) one unit behind the seating. Or you might be able to put a bookcase or something opposite the window. If the window is highly reflective (blinds, thin curtains) then I would leave the opposite wall alone. Better two reflective surfaces than two that reflect a lot different level of sound.

Square rooms are problematic and your window and door limit placement options (assuming you don't want to block the window all the time). Sound tends to bounce around in reinforcing ways that are not so good. So if you can break things up on even one wall, you will see significant improvement. Ideally you want to do that symmetrically, but given the room the rear wall is the one to treat first, if you can only do one.

One big issue is that to test the effects, you need stuff in the closets. But to move them it's much easier if they are empty. So get some furniture sliders to put under them so they slide. Or something with wheels so you can move them. That will make it easier to test out multiple set ups.

Good luck!

Thank you very much! I will try putting it all on the back wall then. Moving full closets is no problem as I have done that already and the doors can stay open but not so much for the window. Do you think it would be better if I have my listening setup (desk, speakers) on opposite side of like it is in the drawing- (doors on the right)? Or it does not play much role. I know the best is to try both but for someone who understands acoustics its probably not so hard to estimate the optimal first position to try.

Have a great day!

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

Do you think it would be better if I have my listening setup (desk, speakers) on opposite side of like it is in the drawing- (doors on the right)?

Given the door and window location, I would not try the other side. The door and window limit you more that way.