Amen--you are preaching to choir, but I am glad to hear it. Couldn't tell you about your last question without knowing a lot more about the room and speakers. However, in general some type of bass trapping in the corners is beneficial.
Acoustic Sound Treatment
I have installed 4 DIY 4'x 30'' Jon Risch's sound panels.
Three went on the back wall covering four French doors.
The other went on a side wall at the first reflection point. The other side is a open wall.
The result I got is almost unbelievable. I never dreamed that these panels would change the sound so much for the better!
The music was all over the place before the panels. Now the soundstage is where it belongs and the sound is more focused. LP's that I thought were not recorded well are indeed right sounding.
This audio hobby done right must hit on all cylinders to reach the ultimate end. One of them is sound treatment. We can disagree on cables etc. but you have to be BD&D not to hear a difference in a properly treated room.
The back wall ceiling starts on a upward climb to 22'.
Would two ceiling corner panels help out to further treat my room?
Three went on the back wall covering four French doors.
The other went on a side wall at the first reflection point. The other side is a open wall.
The result I got is almost unbelievable. I never dreamed that these panels would change the sound so much for the better!
The music was all over the place before the panels. Now the soundstage is where it belongs and the sound is more focused. LP's that I thought were not recorded well are indeed right sounding.
This audio hobby done right must hit on all cylinders to reach the ultimate end. One of them is sound treatment. We can disagree on cables etc. but you have to be BD&D not to hear a difference in a properly treated room.
The back wall ceiling starts on a upward climb to 22'.
Would two ceiling corner panels help out to further treat my room?
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50% of the sound you hear is indirect, bouncing off walls, ceiling, floor etc. So it is often said that the room is 50% of the sound. You also have major issues with alteration of sound based on room gain at various frequencies, most often bass, but in a room with a lot of hard flat surfaces it can occur in the higher frequencies as well. Having an untreated room is kind of like having a graphic equalizer with random settings on it thrown into your signal path (sort of--but you get the point). How many audiophiles do you know that would say "hey let's add a graphic equalizer with random settings in my signal path", but in a sense that's what's happening with their room. |
The principles of LEDE were begun in the 60s for recording studios. These were dead behind the speakers and live behind the listener. Mimicking an inversion of the recording process (i.e. performers on a live stage and microphones that were dead behind them). In our listening environment we are recreating the performance--not working as a studio engineer. In this case, live on the speaker end and dead behind the listener works best. Here is an article that may help: On the Soundstage |
Diffision is live. It does not deaden the sound but rather diffuses or redirects it. Diffusion or passive resonance behind the main speakers is most effective in most rooms. I absorption or a combination of absorption and diffusion behind the listener works well. Diffision alon behind the listener can lead to odd spectral patterns--it can be done, you just have to do it judiciously. |