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How can I establish a reference level?
Your approach is a complicated way to get to a simple answer and will likely not work out. Assuming your primary concern is protecting your ears, first look at what OSHA has adopted for guidelines. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_doc... 
This is DigDug's Wife; DigDug passed away. Need advice on selling sound absorbing panels
I am sorry for your loss.The units in the photos are indeed made and sold by RealTraps.50-60% of the new price seem reasonable.They are very well engineered products. 
Sport Court as Listening Room?
Seems to me that space has great potential as a listening room. Higher sensitivity speakers are always a good thing. If you use line source speakers, ceiling interaction will be minimal. You could use an acoustic cloud if you have ceiling interact... 
Absorb or Diffuse Behind Listening Position?
Having the listening position against the back wall is not ideal. I assume the OP has no other possible listening position available or perhaps it's a multi-purpose room and there must be a compromise. With that listening position you definitely d... 
Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K
The room being an office I assume room treatment is out. Our collective experience tells us that there is nothing less fatiguing than a well balanced sound with minimal room interference and phase anomalies. Decent speakers properly aligned (with ... 
Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K
As a manufacture we make it a point to sample dozens of product every year. My motivation is to point people to excellent products and positive solutions. You should seek users opinions. If you misconstrued my suggestion as me trying to sell you s... 
Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K
Considering the room integration challenges you have ahead, I suggest you consider starting off with a Trinnov Amethyst (about $10K retail) and adding powered speakers or monitors plus compact amps. This approach allows flexibility and future upgr... 
Absorb or Diffuse Behind Listening Position?
The treatment of a sound room is not generic. Bass issues are largely determined by the room dimensions and size. Using bass traps (real bass traps) is almost always beneficial. Moving into the mid and high frequencies, the treatment often depends... 
What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room?
My minimal experience with concave surfaces would suggest very diabolical. 
What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room?
What’s a California corner?”ideal” is somewhat subjective and relevant to the objectives.Please share your experiences with non-parallel walls as used in a dedicated room. I’m always eager to learn. 
What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room?
brownsfan, I am not aware of any room mode calculators or  mathematical model for rooms with non-parallel walls. We started with a rectangle shape for a base line. Then we did some calcs and made some assumptions to come up with which walls to ... 
What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room?
brownsfan made many good points. I suggest that you find a good on-line Room Mode Calculator which speaks of Schroeder Frequency,  Bolt Area, Bonello, etc. to help you better understand the consequences of room dimensions. You might consider cons... 
Passing of an Audiogon Member
Ezra called me several times to discuss our products and we would end up having lengthy conversations about audio. He was obviously extremely passionate about audio and always had kind words to say about everything. RIP Ezra... 
Tekton speakers with Ribbon / AMT ??
Boy, this forum can be decapitating but here goes.Ribbons, planar magnetic and AMT drivers are not the same. We design and build all three types so we know a thing or two about them. I categorize them as light membrane drivers. Like everything els... 
Solid-State Preamp/Crossover
Some good point expressed above.We made a preamp with built in two-way crossovers specifically for our speakers. To make it more universal (multiple slopes and points) was not very practical. We designed it with changeable cards to accommodate dif...