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speaker placement..

Hi AuGoNeRs,
I Have a question about placing the speakers in my new home.the room have an 9ft ceiling which is great but about 5ft from the front wall there is an arch about 2ft long hanging down from the ceiling.my dunlavy sc4 is about 6ft tall and the arch would be about 3ft or 4ft in front of the speaker from the ceiling down..i was wondering if the sound would go higher then the speaker and bounce back some how???please help.thanks
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uppermidfi
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The speakers have to be in front of the arch. You will be losing all kinds of signal. As sound waves bounce off of the arch they will come back out of phase to the signal coming from the speakers and cancel what they encounter.

That's too bad because 9' ceilings would be ideal for such a big speaker!

You might want to contact http://www.rivesaudio.com they help in designing and building listening rooms.
uppermidfi
277 posts
 
Even if the arch is structural it can be replaced with a laminated beam or steel beam that will take up less room. I have had to do this at work to remove a column that was not strategically located.

It cost about $1000, which is a lot less than good speakers.
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