Room Too Dead


Hello All,

I am looking for advice and ideas on how to condition my Home Theater room.  I built the theater in my unfinished basement.  The foundation walls are covered in insulation and vapor barrier.  Instead of construction walls to cover them, I chose a "pipe and drape" to cover the walls.  I believe that the room is too dead.  It seems to affect overall soundstage in the midrange range.  Does anybody have experience with this problem and ideas to add a little "excitement" to the room?  Thank you all.

rael1313

Showing 1 response by markprice

I had he same problem as you for years, room is a converted loft over a bungalow. 20' x 20' with no hard surfaces. Sound insulated, thick rubber backed carpet tiles, lots of soft surfaces and no brick walls. It was a really dead space. It all changed for me when I bought my Kef Ref 5 speakers. I think the way the UniQ tweeter distributes a wide dispersion has definitely improved the sound. That forced an upgrade on other equipment and now the quality of the system really does benefit from a dead quiet room. I wouldn't change it. My friends have the opposite problem, trying to dampen down rooms that are far too lively. This is a bigger problem I think. Persevere with your room, when you get it right you will love it. Check out the pics of my room if you like, I don't know how to post an image here - Audiogon don't make that easy!