snakearmpit
Member
Hi everyone,
I finally got a room for myself and, long story short, after years of headphone use, I got my first pair of speakers. I'm loving them but bass was feeling a bit weird. So I went on to play a frequency sweep just for fun and almost fell off my chair at around 130Hz. I did some reading, got myself a mic, REW, measured it and now I don't know which way to go. I have some budget for room treatment but before reaching out to companies like GIK Acoustics for advice I thought I'd ask you fine folks. I'm no pro btw, in case it's not already obvious. Let me know if I'm not in the right place.
Below are measurements with both speakers on, mic at listening position facing forward. I've also measured the speakers individually and the results are interesting (to me at least) as they don't follow the same curve. The room is not square or rectangular (see below) so I assume that may be why. I can add those too if needed and can share the rew files too. Measurements are easily repeatable and consistent. Let me know if there are other scenarios/configurations I should measure.
A bit more about the setup:
Speakers are Focal Shape 50 (active, near-field). They are on audio acoustics stands on top of my desk, tweeters are at 120cm from ground, same as my ears when I'm sitting upright for listening. Space between them (measured from center of woofer) is 140cm, roughly the same distance to the back of my head when I'm at listening position. Speakers are not ported and are 7cm from the wall, I also tried placing them 20cm from the wall and did not seem to make much difference.
The room is not exactly rectangular, below is a 3D model to scale for reference. I can add pictures too if that helps.
Desk position is my own preference but could move to opposite wall if needed. Listening position is at the black chair. The smaller bookcase can be moved but that larger piece of furniture on the left is fixed.
I wonder if adding a bass trap on the right corner (where the lamp is) and a standing bass trap between the desk and the wardrobe on the right (since I can't add a corner trap there) would make any difference. Or pulling the desk back and adding treatment to that wall right behind the speakers? Anyway just random ideas. Let me know what you think. Is there hope to fix that 100-250Hz range?
Thanks in advance for any and all advice and please let me know if I should add any more info here.
I finally got a room for myself and, long story short, after years of headphone use, I got my first pair of speakers. I'm loving them but bass was feeling a bit weird. So I went on to play a frequency sweep just for fun and almost fell off my chair at around 130Hz. I did some reading, got myself a mic, REW, measured it and now I don't know which way to go. I have some budget for room treatment but before reaching out to companies like GIK Acoustics for advice I thought I'd ask you fine folks. I'm no pro btw, in case it's not already obvious. Let me know if I'm not in the right place.
Below are measurements with both speakers on, mic at listening position facing forward. I've also measured the speakers individually and the results are interesting (to me at least) as they don't follow the same curve. The room is not square or rectangular (see below) so I assume that may be why. I can add those too if needed and can share the rew files too. Measurements are easily repeatable and consistent. Let me know if there are other scenarios/configurations I should measure.
A bit more about the setup:
Speakers are Focal Shape 50 (active, near-field). They are on audio acoustics stands on top of my desk, tweeters are at 120cm from ground, same as my ears when I'm sitting upright for listening. Space between them (measured from center of woofer) is 140cm, roughly the same distance to the back of my head when I'm at listening position. Speakers are not ported and are 7cm from the wall, I also tried placing them 20cm from the wall and did not seem to make much difference.
The room is not exactly rectangular, below is a 3D model to scale for reference. I can add pictures too if that helps.
Desk position is my own preference but could move to opposite wall if needed. Listening position is at the black chair. The smaller bookcase can be moved but that larger piece of furniture on the left is fixed.
I wonder if adding a bass trap on the right corner (where the lamp is) and a standing bass trap between the desk and the wardrobe on the right (since I can't add a corner trap there) would make any difference. Or pulling the desk back and adding treatment to that wall right behind the speakers? Anyway just random ideas. Let me know what you think. Is there hope to fix that 100-250Hz range?
Thanks in advance for any and all advice and please let me know if I should add any more info here.