The Master Handbook is excellent and provides lots of useful information about room problems and how to solve them. But there is almost too much information in this book. A lot of theory and specific data on many different kinds of room treatments, but not a lot of advice on how to use all this information.
I'm building my second dedicated theater right now and doing all my own room treatments. I learned a lot from the first one, from reading the above mentioned book, and from talking to a couple acoustics consultants. If you're interested, you can take a look at my website http://www.jaytorborg.com/home_theater_main.htm and click on Home Theater Design.
I agree with Jsawhitlock that making DIY acoustic treatments look nice is very difficult unless you're a competent cabinet-maker. I'm not, which is why I am burying all my acoustic treatments behind fabric walls (which are reasonably easy to make look great without a lot of experience).
Good luck.
- Jay
I'm building my second dedicated theater right now and doing all my own room treatments. I learned a lot from the first one, from reading the above mentioned book, and from talking to a couple acoustics consultants. If you're interested, you can take a look at my website http://www.jaytorborg.com/home_theater_main.htm and click on Home Theater Design.
I agree with Jsawhitlock that making DIY acoustic treatments look nice is very difficult unless you're a competent cabinet-maker. I'm not, which is why I am burying all my acoustic treatments behind fabric walls (which are reasonably easy to make look great without a lot of experience).
Good luck.
- Jay