Acoustics experts - a little help please


Hey all,

I have 9 foot ceilings and I sit in a 9 foot equilateral triangle with my speakers. Do I need to treat the ceiling? Absorption or defraction? I'm trying to get a deeper more 3D soundstage.Speakers are 46" from the front wall which is treated with absorption and defraction. 

Thanks! 

maprik

Showing 7 responses by mahgister

You are right and it is even more complex than just the right balance  of reflections locations/diffusion locations/absorption locations...

The acoustic material content of the room matter, his size parameters , his geometry, his topology (windows doors apertures) and his acoustic material compositioncontent...

Without being there  it is difficult to gave advices  if we are not  a  very professional experimented acoustician...

Anyway i used non esthetical resonators and it takes me 2 years to be done with them i had experience really in one small room only ...

 

 The only thing i know is that any room can be tuned, i tune mine with a speaker in a corner for example near the wall  and the other not in a corner ...

 

Every room is different. Every ear is different. Every speaker is different. Nobody can answer your question. Broad brush statement is, a mix of absorption and diffusion work best. Look for a decay time around 250 or so.

It takes me 2 years full time to understand my room and created the necessary mechanical control devices...it was fun but i was retired and had the time...

 Small Room acoustics, different from great Hall acoustics in his exigencies and conditions,is a very complex matter...

People want simple solutions...

I recommend to study and experiment... It is fun and rewarding...

If you want a specific advice at distance you must consult an experienced acoustician...

I recommend to the OP if he has not the leisure to work it himself and study it to consult a serious acoustician...

If not, you must read, study,experiment... Nobody can replace your ears/brain by his...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@mahgister gave good advice about consulting an acoustician. Most people here are too proud to consult one or just want to try to figure it by themselves spending years sometimes with mediocre results. Jeff at hdacoustics is very good. He can tell you what you need to do to get the best sound out of your space. Good luck! 

 

 

 

Dont feel sorry but instead stop insinuating about someone post and spoke directly to someone face...Your "sorry" feelings resemble you false question mark after your false question " why now ? "...

 And if you claim something about someone spell it clearly...

It will be appreciated...

 

 

 

I feel sorry for you but I probably can’t help.

I dont make a concrete point for you because you dont read the articles i pointed to perhaps in many other threads..

Here a man is in need of a concrete advice, applied acoustics is a serious job i cannot do at distance being not an acoustician with multiple experience in applied acoustics...

I apologize and i recommended a serious acoustician...

Now you wrote 2 posts insinuating that what i said is meaningless...

Go read my articles recommendation and then criticize them...I will answer straight...

But if you wrote posts to insinuate without arguments you are just trolling me ...

Is it clear ?

Give me an example where  i dont make a point by the way ? Go i wait...

 

 

It wasn’t a real question. You usually write pages without making a point ever, magically evading to say anything concrete or relevant. Why apologize now?

i concur with this very good recommendation...

I listened his videos few years ago ...

See here

Mike

Because he need very concrete and simple solution...

I cannot give them without being there and experimenting...

If money is not a problem, the best solution is Dr. Choueiri  BACCH system....

why now?

 

 

Room acoustics is a complex matter...

 I had no experience as a serious acoustician in many room with many different problems...

 I know how to learn what we need to solve a specific problem in a specific room...

 Consulting a serious acoustician will help you...

Or do as i did but it takes much time so much most did not have the luxury to do it ...Read articles, books, and do your own experiment in your room...It was the best fun in my life...

I cannot advise you without being myself in the room and experimenting...I did it mechanically with my ears...

 A pro acoustician can give advice very useful for your specific problems...

 

 The best soundstage i heard was mine in my first dedicated room, but the tuning takes me 2 years...

 

 I apologize to be of so little concrete help....