+1 on GIK.
Jim Smith's "Getting Better Sound" is a handy reference for room optimization.
I've been working on The Room for the last year or so, I found a set of eight Aurelex 2' x 2' foam studio panels on line, made some cheap stands/frames to hold them up, got four concrete forming tubes, and moved these around the room to figure out what should go where, before buying from GIK.
One problem I am not yet sure how best to solve is my front wall has a 6' x 6' window. Initially I put up huge heavy drapes, which made for a nice dark background (both acoustically and visually), but as time went on I realized I missed the light, and also when I opened the drapes but left the blinds closed, it seemed to make for bigger sound stage. And after 1.5 years, I realized that the drapes are fugly. So I plan to buy some cellular shades plus a textured wood blind that will raise/lower over the blinds, hopefully have the choice and best of both worlds. Might be TMI, but that's my room story so far. Oh, and I dumped the rack in the front of the room, that was an instant improvement, probs bc it was Ikea.
Jim Smith's "Getting Better Sound" is a handy reference for room optimization.
I've been working on The Room for the last year or so, I found a set of eight Aurelex 2' x 2' foam studio panels on line, made some cheap stands/frames to hold them up, got four concrete forming tubes, and moved these around the room to figure out what should go where, before buying from GIK.
One problem I am not yet sure how best to solve is my front wall has a 6' x 6' window. Initially I put up huge heavy drapes, which made for a nice dark background (both acoustically and visually), but as time went on I realized I missed the light, and also when I opened the drapes but left the blinds closed, it seemed to make for bigger sound stage. And after 1.5 years, I realized that the drapes are fugly. So I plan to buy some cellular shades plus a textured wood blind that will raise/lower over the blinds, hopefully have the choice and best of both worlds. Might be TMI, but that's my room story so far. Oh, and I dumped the rack in the front of the room, that was an instant improvement, probs bc it was Ikea.