Converting two-car garage to listening room. What would you do?
passthedutchie Your off to a flying start with a cement slab floor spike your speaker into it and adjust the spikes so they don't move/rock even the tiniest bit in any plane For the best imaging and depth perception, design it so there nothing between the speakers, and as far back as possible. (put your equipment rack off to the side not between the speakers). The rest is fine tuning placement from back wall for the correct bass loading for your speaker/room Cheers George |
A reviewer in one of the magazines converted his garage and I have heard it and it sounds good. You will find a lot of advise, especially if you visit studio sites such are gearslutz (which is changing it's name). After helping build my brothers recording studio, one of the most important aspects from staring from scratch is determine the proper dimensions and make sensible alterations if possible. The other lesson is to make sure the room is as sturdy as possible, including using double walls and or thicker sheetrock. Also sealing all cracks and gaps with acoustic calk including the floor seam where the structure meets the floor. |
Non parallel sidewalls and a sloping ceiling helps to reduce what we at ASC call "head end ringing." With parallel sidewalls and floor and ceiling sound emitted sideways from the speakers gets trapped at the front of the room and relatively slowly oozes it's way toward the listener. A 10 degree angle or more between the sidewalls and the floor and ceiling will greatly reduce the problem. https://www.acousticsciences.com/media/head-end-ringing The problem with building that way is it tends to be more difficult and waste space. Head end ringing can also be dealt with by using bass traps in the front of the room, especially the two front corners but also directly off to the sides of the speakers. |
passthedutchie This gave me fantastic pinpoint imaging right across the room and depth way out into the backyard. Nothing between the speakers as I said in my last post, yet still gave bass loading from the short walls behind the speakers https://ibb.co/LhGsmw6 Cheers George |
Fully finish your garage with sheet rock on all walls and ceiling, still keeping the garage functional. set your rig up in one corner and have easily moveable furniture in the other corner. That way you'll have room for a car if you need it. Insulated garage doors will help. My 3 car garage had great acoustics with the doors opened or closed. |
