'L' Shaped Listening Rooms. What works?


I'm working with an 'L' shaped room. Kitchen and livingroom are all open running 22ft by 22ft by 12ft on the inside of the L. This is a tricky room to work with. Now I'm looking on bringing the sound even further into the room. The bad news is I can't move the speakers further into the room. How do you deal with your L rooms? Thanks in advance, Bluenose
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I closed my L shaped room in utilizing french doors which maintain the open feeling and light but sonically reshapes the room. Every other acoustic remedy I tried was a waste of time and money.
Bluenose: There are a couple of items to address. One is simply close off the two rooms with a wall, including a french door would be a nice touch. This would solve most of the problem. If you really don't want to do that, is you may need to get a more powerful amp in which you are trying to fill more space with sound. Also add area rugs to the kithen floor, and hangings on the wall for absorbsion. Otherwise you will get alot of boucing sound waves from the hard surfaces in the kitchen area. Also what is your budget? This could make alot of difference. I hope this helped a little bit. Good Luck.
Disregard my sarcastic and unhelpful (well, not really) suggestion above. Rather, if you check www.newformresearch.com you will find that speaker designer John Meyer has several room placement models, including the dreaded 'L' shaped section that you are saddled with. And if you have trouble, he can send you a chart...he is such a helpful gentleman who also happens to build fabulous speakers. (I previously owned the RS2 8x30's)