klettermann
Active Member
I'm considering several large oil-on-canvas paintings in my media room. By "large," I mean roughly 3'x4' up to 6'x6'. The surface is far rougher than bare, painted sheetrock though obviously nothing like the typical diffusers one typically sees. See close-up picture. Obviously this translates to fully a coated surface, no air path. There's also the question of the canvas vibrating, creating its own resonances or whatever. Perhaps they'd be giant, planar bass absorbers! Maybe that's all good, or maybe it's bad. I have no idea.
The obvious way to figure it out, obviously, is by trying. This isn't so easy though, since some candidates are damned large, fragile, and hard to move around. I'm now in the process of doing acoustic measurements and optimizing room layout with nothing on the walls. Then I can move on with wall panels, clouds, bass traps etc. But I guess there's the further issue of whether that's even possible if I'm introducing a new element with the paintings, and then just go through it all over again. Hence I'm looking for anybody's comments or experiences first. Thanks and cheers,
The obvious way to figure it out, obviously, is by trying. This isn't so easy though, since some candidates are damned large, fragile, and hard to move around. I'm now in the process of doing acoustic measurements and optimizing room layout with nothing on the walls. Then I can move on with wall panels, clouds, bass traps etc. But I guess there's the further issue of whether that's even possible if I'm introducing a new element with the paintings, and then just go through it all over again. Hence I'm looking for anybody's comments or experiences first. Thanks and cheers,