Dedicated Lines and Wall Boxes
George. They should be available, I've seen them at Home Depot. A quick search using Google I found these, brass covers If not exactly what you want, a search or two should find them. |
Marc, are you asking about room acoustics so you can place the electrical to match or what? I am no expert on acoustics. I had a lot of help with my room. I did get one piece of advice that seemed logical and everyone could try at no charge. While sitting in the preferred seat and speaker placed in ideal spot (I use George Cardas formula) have a helper slide a full length mirror along the wall. Every place you can see the speaker from your listening chair is a reflection point. Now granted that does not give you a formula to treat the room, but If your going to place absorptive panels along a wall, they should be in a spot where they stop that first reflection. As for electrical in general, is the room under construction? If so, I would add as many lines as possible. They are CHEAP when the room is open and a pain in the butt later on. |
Albert - I never thought such a simple question would lead to an unnecessarily harsh response. I hope I am just misreading it. Of the hundreds of posts I have read (out of the probable thousands for sure), much has been written, but little that actually provides a clear explanation regarding my question above. Everybody seems to assume these things; I am simply trying to find out why. Perhaps, instead, you could help by directing me to a post that addresses this if there is one, because I cannot find it. More specifically to your reply, what if isolated outlets are used in a steel box? Then the grounds wouldnt be shared right? As far as the countless threads, doing searches on preferential grounds, isolated grounds, and dedicated grounds all yield no matches. Yes there are many threads on dedicated lines (like this one), but they dont address my questions, which is why I thought it was appropriate here. The magnetic part of the question is also still obscure to me. There are no complicated parts inside the outlet box and no music signal, so how does a magnetic field there affect the sound, and is there actually a magnetic field in the box? I am sorry, I just cannot seem to find the answers/explanations to my questions and I HAVE spent much time reading other totally redundant posts/threads. Marc - your room is very similar in dimensions to my daughters bedroom (13x12x8). Her room, even with a bed, desk with books, bookcase with books, lots of stuffed animals and so forth has horrible ringing and echo. Overall it is very loud, noticeably so. Meanwhile, the other bedrooms in the house, with different dimensions (smaller and larger) and even less absorptive and diffusive objects in them sound much better and quieter. The effect really is dramatic. I see you have acoustic treatments planned already, but if you have not already done so, perhaps finding a qualified acoustic consultant will speed your time to full enjoyment. It is amazing what an experienced acoustic guy can accomplish with little investment. |
