Diffusers!?

sandworms
sandworms Posts: 1,043
edited April 2014 in The Clubhouse
I decided to break up the bare walls behind my speakers in the unconventional way, as this is my living room and not a 2ch or ht only room. I made these 3' x 4' panels with sanded ply and framed in 1"x3" red oak. Using red oak and maple boards from depot in varying sizes, I sanded every piece from 120g to 400 then used satin poly in several coats. When dry I rubbed each piece with wet 800 then 0000 steel wool. The wife like sit so it's a win win for me
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited March 2014
    Nice work!
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited March 2014
    That is Purdy! What kind of speakers are you running there? They look pretty kick ****!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited April 2014
    Very nice looking! They will do more diffusing than bare walls, but will still probably be fairly reflective.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2014
    Very cool.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,337
    edited April 2014
    Very Nice!!!!!
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited April 2014
    They look great sands, do they make a very noticeable difference from your listening position? I've thought about getting some diffusers and experimenting with them on various walls and possibly the ceiling.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited April 2014
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    That is Purdy! What kind of speakers are you running there? They look pretty kick ****!

    Looks like Sonus Faber Venere's, those are sexy!
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  • Polk&Beans
    Polk&Beans Posts: 94
    edited April 2014
    THAT, Is a good looking diffuser! Nice work!

    What brand/model speakers are those?
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  • sandworms
    sandworms Posts: 1,043
    edited April 2014
    Thanks all, I don't know if they made an audible difference, part of me says yes and the other part says a psycho accoustic change was made. Either way, it doesn't sound worse. Yes B run, they are the Venere 2.5's, love the look of these puppies. I came from LSi9's that I didn't appreciate till I took em out of the room. Not sayin the Venere's aren't good, just sayin the 9's are really really good. I have some flabby midrange in my room right now that I need to correct. Just getting my REW set up and I need to work with placement and possibly changing my dissimilar subs
    Samsung pn64f8500
    Sonus faber venere 2.5
    Sf venere center
    Oppo 105d
    Squeezebox touch
    Parasound hca1500a
    Apc power filter
    Audioquest cables asst
    Polk rtia3 SB
    Polk fxia6 sl,sr
    Dual hsu vtf3 mk3

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