I see I'm late to this well informed discussion but I would not divide the room. The distant walls and spaces may help dissipate bass energy and other reflections which might interfere with sources contributing to good imaging, balance, etc.
Room divider
I would like some feedback from people who use a room divider. My listening room is rather a lot longer than wider. So my listening area is about half the length of my total room. The other end is more of a sitting area with a couch and chair coffee table and end tables. It’s really my Rolling Stones room where I have all my Rolling Stones autographs hung on my walls. Anyway I was thinking about a room divider behind my listening chair when I’m the only one listening to music. Would this be a good idea for better sound as to keep more of it in my listening area ? Anyone have any thoughts or have done the same ?
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You are right...I will not advise that.. But i installed a foldable screen behind my listening position but it was MY ROOM, with 100 resonators and heavily transformed... In a normal room i dont think that it will be perfect at all.. And my foldable screen was modified by acoustic devices too... General rule : no foldable screen behind ...But every rule may had exception..😊 It is why small room acoustic is so complex... General recipe are only that : general recipe...
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@tattooedtrackman just add to your system pictures. And yes you really don’t want to create additional reflection points for high frequencies and cause the bass to accumulate in the smaller space. Don’t fix it if ain’t broke. |
@audphile1 @noromance after thinking about that I have to agree with you both. When I first saw bkeske picture I thought he had the divider in back of his listening chair. Didn’t realize it was on the side of his room. I will leave it alone. Plus it’s only 13 ft from the back of my listening chair to the end of room. I do have very good sound already.I tried to send a pic but don’t know understand how to post with a post. Don’t understand about URL lol. |
@tattooedtrackman be careful dividing the room. With large speakers you might end up overloading the space. Right now it’s open and has less sound quality impacting properties than a smaller room would have. Overloading is a difficult problem to address. I would leave it alone. |
Be very careful. Typically most of us dampen the area behind the listeners seat to prevent rear reflections. I fortunately have a really large room and there is nothing behind my chair and that is a blessing. Room acoustics are unique, so perhaps there is some issue. If the partition isn’t close to the back of your chair and scatters sound or absorbs it, this might be ok. I would experiment with materials before committing to something expensive that you cannot return. Audio needs to breathe. The divides in the photo above work because they are on the side where side reflections would form, the divider is not parallel like a wall and has slats which diffuse. |
@bkeske Thanks for the pic. That is very similar to my set up. Thanks everyone. I appreciate your positive response. |
Why not ? I used a foldable screen as a sonic lense in my small room.. My room was relatively small and i used with success in this heavily occupied acoustic room by hundred of devices the screen as an acoustic device concentrating the waves and conveying them ...Yes it was mad... But my soundfield was very remarkable... Listen and you will discover the right way,... In acoustic there is not so much bad rooms , as mere bad tuning...
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