Solid fans, attractive aesthetics, nice wooden blades, never intended to be on while listening to music. Gulf Coast…central air, for sure. Full disclosure, the room is called Man Cave on the architectural plans! Spouse well on board. Room is separate from the house (no common walls) with some sound isolation involved.
‘Honestly, I am just trying to understand what type of issues with room interaction that I may encounter while still under construction and more easily addressed. I am on a concrete foundation with short run dedicated 20A electrical. 5/8” Sheetrock on walls and ceiling. 6” thick insulated walls.
New listening room question
For sound quality purposes is there any benefit gained by installing a ceiling grid pattern? Would this serve as a “diffuser”. My room is 19’9” x 17’6” x 12’. There will be two ceiling fans symmetrically positioned and, as we are under construction, I have the ability to install some “architectural interest” to the ceiling in this room. I would only entertain this, however, if there is likely to be a qualitative sound benefit. Any opinions out there?
Also, are there any members here who can understand the physics/math behind the “sound node” calculators? Better yet, is there anyone willing to analyze my room measurements and tell me in layman’s terms what kind of issues I may expect to encounter in room interactions?
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Further confession…I entered my room dimensions in several of the bass node calculators posted on a thread here and I have no clue what the resulting graphs mean. So I am asking if there is anyone seeing this post who knows what those graphs mean who can enter my room dimensions and tell me what the heck they mean…well I will be very grateful! |
If you can't do double wall construction or double sheetrock, seal all cracks with acoustic calk. I would go slow on acoustic treatments until you get your room finished (furniture and equipment in). I think there is tendency to over treat rooms. There was an interesting article in Stereophile June 2021 in the Industry Update section of a Danish acoustic software company defining the optimum room sizes. Just another opinion. |
Those 12' ceilings are a great, great asset. "Everything keys off the ceiling height." https://www.decware.com/paper36.htm Amroc: you're in the "bolt area" -- https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc?l=19.75&w=17.5&h=12&ft=true&r60=0.6 Read about this, but basically it means that you won't have the worst room modes. I strongly suspect that you don't need to do anything with your ceiling because they're high enough to avoid terrible first reflections. |
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