New Dedicated Listening Room
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I think you would do fine with that room. Speakers at the end with the 2 windows and you will workout the acoustic treatments as you go along.
You can get your speakers 10' center to center and still have 5' to the wall/ceiling intersection.
I would take a chair and a roll of masking tape up there and layout a beginning.
I believe I have seen you on the AudioShark website. If you haven't already, go there and look at the home listening room of Mike the owner of the site and Suncoast Audio. He has basically the same shape but smaller. He seems to make it work quite well.
You could ask him how he overcame his acoustic issues. He is quite friendly and helpful.
I think that the room may be really good … I did not intend to throw cold water on it. Vertical standing waves are taken out of the list of possible issues. 
The width is a plus. Since the floor is flexible (not poured concrete) that might introduce some support vibration issues. One of my knee wall rooms was over a garage and I had to work vibration issues for both tube amps and turntables. There are always things to sort out.
The width is a plus. Since the floor is flexible (not poured concrete) that might introduce some support vibration issues. One of my knee wall rooms was over a garage and I had to work vibration issues for both tube amps and turntables. There are always things to sort out.
I cried for about 10 minutes. My therapist audio buddy got me off the ledge. He said hes coming on this forum/thread to set people straight.I think that the room may be really good … I did not intend to throw cold water on it. Vertical standing waves are taken out of the list of possible issues.
The width is a plus. Since the floor is flexible (not poured concrete) that might introduce some support vibration issues. One of my knee wall rooms was over a garage and I had to work vibration issues for both tube amps and turntables. There are always things to sort out.
With having OBs (like many dipoles) they at least tell you fairly obviously when they are dialled in right. Would probably be good to make some videos of your current setup with reference pieces of music as a starting benchmark for helping with your recall… and obviously avoid changing anything within the system that you’re running with now till you’ve got the room characteristics sussed out.
I shifted my OBs from a well proportioned symmetrical mostly single skin brick room to another of similar shape and size but with more percentage of glazing and with large glazing panels on the front wall and some loss of bass extension and (to a lesser degree) bass articulation became a casualty. For me with OBs getting bass so it can also be appropriately angular when the music is angular and not just hanging on by leaning the characteristic balance too much into flow can be quite a critical quality with music presentation especially with OBs and tubes.
Bass/mid bass in a two way and coherence with the wide ranger is critical and the fine difference comes with dialing in an OB dipole speaker setup and fundamental in getting to their strength and rightness… getting there is the switch to letting go of analysis and just tuning into the music.
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The moving truck put us in the new house. I have been at the old one for a solid week trying to get it done right. Its been way more emotional than I expected. I have to be done by Thursday. I had 5 people helping today. 4 famile and one trade guy. I worked till 8:30, then took the trade guy to dinner. Family left at 5.
Haven't really looked at the new room. Its full of art. About 30 pieces. I miss tunes. But I'm so busy. More into reading a book to calm my brain. Or just sleep when I can.
Haven't really looked at the new room. Its full of art. About 30 pieces. I miss tunes. But I'm so busy. More into reading a book to calm my brain. Or just sleep when I can.
No doubt a move like this stirs up memories. Only natural, I 'm sure your tackling all of this in a well organized fashion...
Hang in there Rex, no way ‘round it moves are stressful. Find those little moments of calm and peaceful and enjoy them however brief, knowing the dust will settle eventually.
I had no TV for 2 weeka. Needed a moment to chill out. I leaned the old plasma against the wall plugged the DVD in. It was very unsatisfying. I should have keep reading Moby Dick.
A bit late to the party but congratulations Kingrex.
Who are you rooting for, Ahab or the whale? (hope you’re not identifying with either)
Who are you rooting for, Ahab or the whale? (hope you’re not identifying with either)
I'm getting close to setting up my new space. I have spent the last couple weeks working hard at Seattle. Many nights sleeping there to get it done. I have about 2 days left. 1 full of work. The other some works and pulling my stuff out. So far everyone who sees the mostly finished house is very complimentary. Its been staged and looks quite good. Everyone says its going to sell fast. I agree. I treated this house like I treat most things. Over the top detail. I have been doing as such to sell it. I want it to appear to be as close to a new house as possible. It's pretty close. It goes on the market on July 6th.
The new house. It has a Siemens CH panel. Decent reaidential grade. Not good enough for me. Its going to have to change.
The room has crap power. I may open drywall. I may run surface pvc. Not sure yet. It has to have new circuits run.
There is no etheret there either. The builder ran coax all over. No ethernet. I have to build out the entire data backbone. I can get to most of the house. When I open the kitchen, that will allow me to hit all rooms with cat 6.
I am anxiously excited. It's such a different space. Setup is going to be something. I am going to try and use REW to better understand what I'm hearing.
Rex
The new house. It has a Siemens CH panel. Decent reaidential grade. Not good enough for me. Its going to have to change.
The room has crap power. I may open drywall. I may run surface pvc. Not sure yet. It has to have new circuits run.
There is no etheret there either. The builder ran coax all over. No ethernet. I have to build out the entire data backbone. I can get to most of the house. When I open the kitchen, that will allow me to hit all rooms with cat 6.
I am anxiously excited. It's such a different space. Setup is going to be something. I am going to try and use REW to better understand what I'm hearing.
Rex
I will upload some pictures. Its a pretty stunning house. Everyone going in says it will sell very fast. I live the downstairs space I built out. I designed the house with a shower and kitchen in the slab when I built it. With it installed and a media room down there, its amazing. It would not work for me. I had a boat, 2 cars and a shop in there. But a family will love it. Parents could live there. A high school kid. ABB. Or park cars and a shop. 7 c dedicated branch wires down there.
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