if you had my system and $2,000 budgeted for an upgrade, where would you spend it?
Check the archives using the key words “acoustic panels” and you will find advise, and many "do's" and "don'ts" in treating a listening room. For instance, I would not place absorption panels directly behind speakers; you want the speaker cabinet resonances to reflect freely back toward the wall. If needed, treatment is used toward the middle of the wall to prevent standing waves from reflecting back toward the listener. Also, if needed, treatment is used in corners behind speakers (bass traps). You are correct that absorption panels behind the listening position can help reduce extraneous mid to high frequencies. Most people make the mistake of over-dampening their room on the first try. Here's some good reading... http://www.gikacoustics.com/acoustic-advice/ |
Mark, Nice system you have - and so organized! I have seen so many systems that look like rats nests in the back (and front). Years ago I worked for a stereo retailer who sold Revox tape decks. The customer was ready to buy when the wife says "what is that crack in the front"? She was referring to the handy tape splice block (with the diagonal slit) that covered the tape heads. She "could not have that in their living room" because it looks cracked... No sale. Roger |
Room Treatment. Floor to ceiling in the corners, first reflection points. I use GIK, they have very nice art panels. You can DIY it as well. I, like you, made my own rack with 3.5 in butcher block and brass threaded rods. I will go along with Raul as to the second sub. Order Jim Smith's book "Get Better Sound" , an overall viewpoint on all sorts of tweaks as well as subs, placement, room treatment. As you add the sub and at the same time tame the bass and the reverberation time your system will come into focus and be much more enjoyable. I did mine a little at a time to give me some time to let things settle. |
