kevinzoe
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| Floorstanders vs Monitors and bass response Changing speakers naturally implies that the bass will be different. The full range speakers may go lower as indicated above, you may need to lower the Xover freq point.Do you own an acoustical measurement device so as to take before and after mea... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Congrats George! I love my Lightspeed. Any plans to broaden your product line? | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. Spaz - if you want a subwoofer to help add more low end, check out this 712lb monster:http://www.lycanaudio.com/The_Ulric.html | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. My ceiling has Roxul fiberglass in between the 2by6's and then another sound barrier and then 5/8ths inch drywall. I would have used the resilient channel for better sound proofing but didn't want to loose more of the limited 7' height.I've also s... | |
| Cardas Speaker placement.. Hi Spaz,My room is essentially the same dimensions (14'*21'7') as yours so I will share my experience. 1) Belfore doing anything, get yourself an acoustical measurement tool so that you can measure the room in its current layout which will form yo... | |
| Dedicated listening room design Six,It has been about 3 months since you posted your thread. Care to give us an update on where your construction project stands and the acoustical treatment decisions you've made? | |
| Dedicated listening room design Streetdaddy - if you have GIK D1s laying around then sure go ahead and place them at your side wall 1st reflection points to see if it makes it 'less dead' sounding. If you don't have them, then try a sheet of plywood angled so that lateral reflec... | |
| Dedicated listening room design Soix - I was in your shoes about 5 years ago. Exciting times and certainly enought to learn that will take some time to digest and internalize.Using my basement 2-channel room as an example, here are some of my learnings:* use a solid core exterio... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Devilboy,With my 97db efficient speakers - similar to your 96db speakers - I rarely get above 9 o'clock before being too loud. Often depends on the recording's level. Can make for some dynamic music . . . | |
| Bass Response Firstly, have you considered reading Dr Floyd Toole's book? It will educate you about room physics and help you understand why you're hearing what you're hearing. A little education can go a long way towards effectively treating your room to get t... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? Outlier - nice name! You into statistical analysis by chance? I digress . . .You mention ceiling corners and there's lots of fiberglass-type absorption products you can use, just be sure to leave a healthy (6"+) air space between the wall surface ... | |
| Basic audio info book? To further your interest I'd suggest you further you education; pick up Dr Floyd Toole's book and as one guy said, it's like the bible in that you'll want to read it again and again to get more and more out of it.Also check out Toole's protégée Dr... | |
| Diffusers for magnepan speakers Salmonsc,If you'd like to view pictures of my room with its hemi-cylindrical (poly) diffusers and Skyline diffusers, then you can do so under my System link.If you'd like to build your own Skyline then here is a write-up I did to help others. Be s... | |
| GIK, Rives, Real Traps Mikewen - I was in your exact situation some years ago. Here's some advice I gave someone else that I found to work for my man-cave listening room:INFO SOURCESFirst, please read Dr. Floyd Tooles latest book as hes an audio engineer GOD and hig... | |
| room tuning 12ftx12ft room Hi G19276,Regarding your plan to absorb the entire front wall and 4feet extending along the front section of the side walls, I would suggest avoiding this approach as it mimics the live-end dead-end (LEDE) room layout. The LEDE concept is somethin... |