I'm using a spare bedroom as my listening room. Nothing fancy. Denon Int amp and CD player. Small Klipsch speakers. Very happy with it. Comments appreciated including any suggestions for "room treatment". I like the sound as is but ya never know it could be improved. My listening is Classical with about 80% solo piano
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My simple listening room
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whereisbrian
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Very pleasant, and a quiet place.
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house (picture with nik collection treatment)
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house.
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house (picture with nik collection treatment)
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house.
JayGilb
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@whereisbrian had some good suggestions about adding some "textiles" to your room as they should help with slap echo. Piano, especially solo, can easily be affected by this problem.
Nice looking room, enjoy.
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The room is already carpeted. I am going to add a table next to the chair. Wont do bookshelves since most of my CD's are kept in my NY apt. This room is in my Fla townhouse so i bring CD's back and forth. Thanks for commentingVery pleasant, and a quiet place.
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house (picture with nik collection treatment)
i will add a carpet in front of your setup, bookshelves, and a coffee table beside the armchair.
Mine, a year ago, when i move on in a new house.
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I will look into that. Thank you
whereisbrian
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For me, an indian furniture with bamboo shelves on each stage.
The first thing i do when i'm in a new place, is clapping my hands to listen for some echoes.
wadude
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Flokati rugs make for good wall hangings. You can put a layer of acoustic foam behind a textile for added treatment. GIK has a deal where you can send a photo or other image to be made into a sound panel. We used a photo my wife took during a hike along a forest stream. If your listening position is far enough from the wall behind you, even a narrow, tall book shelf with books of different sizes can act as an effective diffuser.
The most cost effective "improvement" is to simply add clutter. In general the more stuff you have in your listening room the better the room will sound. The trick is to balance absorption and diffusion and balance the aesthetics. The room that @whereisbrian presented is perhaps a bit more cluttered looking than you want, but moving in that direction with furnishings of all types will help.
An empty or nearly empty room will never sound good.
That color balance of that photo disturbed me so I made a couple of adjustments. ;-)
An empty or nearly empty room will never sound good.
That color balance of that photo disturbed me so I made a couple of adjustments. ;-)
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The room is small since its just a spare bedroom. Maybe 11X12 ? My chair is up against the wall . Thanks for your comment
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Never thought of the "clutter" idea. Thanks
whereisbrian
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Mr. Widget is right, clutter is good for breaking indirect reflexions.
But it's a kind of clever clutter
But it's a kind of clever clutter
JayGilb
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Clutter is a function of time. It builds up because of needs/wants that arise.Mr. Widget is right, clutter is good for breaking indirect reflexions.
But it's a kind of clever clutter
Maybe start with a few rugs or a shelf to hold your records or cds and let time do its thing.
It can take time to collect, but it can be planned from the outset.
This is my listening room. It has changed very little over the past 6 years because it works... the room sounds great.
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One free thing to try is to move either your chair or the speakers toward you to form a semi nearfield listening position. I moved my KEF LS50 Metas into my office and struggled with the sound until I moved to a more nearfield listening setup. Helped with some of the room problems and was also a fun experiment.
You may want to experiment with speaker positions. I sacrifice distance between speakers to get them away from sidewalls. I like at least 30" (75 cm) from sidewalls.
Waxx
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Speaker positioning can do a lot, but that room is probally reverbing just from the bare walls. Hang something, if it's not acoustic panels you can use thick curtains, tapestries, ... especially behind you. The floor is already carpet (that helps a lot).
The biggest issues will be the room modes, bass trapping can help that. You can make some yourelf (not so difficult) and put those in the corners, but ready made are not that expensive and often just better build and look better in most cases. GIK acoustic is a known brand with proven (and measured) bass traps and acoustic panels and they are not very expensive (certainly compared to others). Don't get the simple foam ones like many brands sell, they don't work well. Those of GIK work (and there are more, but often more expensive).
Clutter is indeed a good diffusor, but there are more ways of doing it. Some simple diy design from diffusors are online like these ones. They are not perfect, but easy and cheap to make yourself. You can also buy those things premade (mostly for a hefty price) but i would make them myself.
flypaper.soundfly.com
And read about acoustics, you will see you can fix a lot with little if you know how it works. You don't need studio grade quality acoustics, but tacling the biggest issues is often not so complicated or expensive.
You could also add a dsp with room correction to your system. It can do a lot on it's own, but in combination with decent acoustics it can make your existing system sound a lot better. But again, you need to study the matter to do it right (or pay someone who knows how to do it).
The biggest issues will be the room modes, bass trapping can help that. You can make some yourelf (not so difficult) and put those in the corners, but ready made are not that expensive and often just better build and look better in most cases. GIK acoustic is a known brand with proven (and measured) bass traps and acoustic panels and they are not very expensive (certainly compared to others). Don't get the simple foam ones like many brands sell, they don't work well. Those of GIK work (and there are more, but often more expensive).
Clutter is indeed a good diffusor, but there are more ways of doing it. Some simple diy design from diffusors are online like these ones. They are not perfect, but easy and cheap to make yourself. You can also buy those things premade (mostly for a hefty price) but i would make them myself.
How to Build an Acoustic Diffuser — And Why You Need Diffusion – Flypaper
Learn the basics of diffusions, including the effects it has on your studio setup, then get to work building your own acoustic diffuser!
flypaper.soundfly.com
And read about acoustics, you will see you can fix a lot with little if you know how it works. You don't need studio grade quality acoustics, but tacling the biggest issues is often not so complicated or expensive.
You could also add a dsp with room correction to your system. It can do a lot on it's own, but in combination with decent acoustics it can make your existing system sound a lot better. But again, you need to study the matter to do it right (or pay someone who knows how to do it).
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