LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM

I am looking to improve the acoustics of my listening room located in Nassau County, New York. I have installed drapes, an area rug and not sure how to proceed further. Do I need absorption, diffusion, tube traps in corners? Not sure of any of this. I am looking for someone to come to my music room and help me. I believe I need an acoustic engineer who has the knowledge to show me what objectively needs to be done to meet my goals. Willing to pay a reasonable hourly for advice. Many audiogon members have stated that if the listening room is deficient, changing equipment will not be the final answer. Thank you.

kjl106502-17-2025 3:39pm

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bimmerlover Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 58 posts 02-18-2025 at 02:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I was in your situation and what I did was use GIK’s online resources and they had a sound engineer working with me. It’s basically free and relevant consulting. On their website, you request a free recommendations/estimation and you submit drawings with measurements and photos. Naturally, the more detailed your drawing(s), and the more photos you can provide the better and more accurate their recommendations can be. I think this will give you a very good, if not final so at least a solid first, idea about what type of treatments, absorbers/bass traps versus diffusers, for example would be useful for you. like many things, I think it’s the 80/20 rule – you can get quite far this way and then you need to spend a whole lot more time, money and effort to get further but the nice thing is that you can decide on that later, after you’ve taken this first step Good luck.
hilde45 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,213 posts 02-18-2025 at 02:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I strongly recommend a consultation with Jeff at hdacoustics. He is very good and I am extremely happy with my room. Because your room was initially overdamped, you added diffusion down the road, if I remember. Was that because he didn't suggest it or because you decided to not take his advice at the start? Because if he didn't suggest diffusion at the beginning, that, in my opinion, was a mistake on his part.
tmortsd Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 38 posts 02-18-2025 at 03:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I used GIK and then was able to speak with them on the phone to help me further understand the process and what would work. The size of room and type of speakers are all factors you must consider. My space is small and am using Martin Logan Electrostatic speakers, being dipole speakers a lot of sound is going towards the front wall, given my small space controlling that was huge so absorption on the front wall was key. bottomline I think GIK’s free advice is a great place to start and do speak with them directly, don’t just take the recommendation and run with it. made a huge difference in my room.
brauser Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 529 posts 02-18-2025 at 03:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Check out acoustic treatments from Synergistic Research before spending a ton on other things.
socalml528 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 148 posts 02-18-2025 at 04:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Get the better sound book Or call the author and book an appointment. Rather than chase trial and error solutions he can give you a specific plan