How to make small room sound bigger


Is It possible to make a relatively small room sound larger ? I have a 14 x 11ft with 8 ft ceiling. The room is completely empty, with vinyl floors with cement floor under.  Looking into vicoustic sound treatments. 

What would be the best approach with absorption vs diffusion and placement to attain a bigger sound space if at all possible ? 

I wrote to vicoustics, but did not hear back. 

speakers : SF Elipsa, Diapason adamantes, Focal utopia micro

amps: mastersound 845, mcintosh mc452, NAD M10

 

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Showing 1 response by ghdprentice

Small rooms can sound fantastic. The real trick is to scale your speakers and treat your room. You probably want thick wall to wall carpeting, absorption in front and behind your seating… also absorption at side wall reflections and tube traps in front corners.. and corner absorbers. All, are not required at once. You can see my system, how I treated my room (myID). I would slowly choose primary components (after carpeting)… then position, and start treatments.

 

One of the most incredible systems I have heard was in a 8’ x 10’ room. It was all tube, with appropriate sized speakers with treatments… including some flat pieces of plywood (covered on a decorative material) at an acute angle to the horizontal to move the images higher. It was mesmerizing.

Take your time.

 

All those speakers are choices?… and a budget NAD integrated… more info please. You are going to want to match your equipment… electronics with speakers and room size.