Real room treatments on the way!

TEAforONE

Well,Mrs.Tea has allowed me to get my birthday gift 3 1/2 months early. I feel my system is in a pretty good place,so the next step I figured would be to bring the room up to snuff.

I ordered products from GIK. The order consists of 2- 24x36 244 Bass traps,and 4-24x24 242 acoustical panels. These treatments should clean up the bass,as well as the little bit of echo in my listening room. It is a small 9x13 room,and I do have some very basic treatments up now. However they are mostly egg crate foam,and it's time to go with something that actually works,and looks good at the same time.

I am really looking forward to getting my room in shape,and being able to hear the music more,and the room less.

Mikey081057

I love the GIK stuff.... great choice...

TEAforONE

Mikey081057 wrote: »

I love the GIK stuff.... great choice...

GIK seems to be highly recommended. They aren't ridiculously priced either.

Joey_V

Congrats! I’m sure it’ll be an improvement

Post pics

TEAforONE

Thanks Joey. I certainly will post pics once things are mounted.

maxward

Klaus at Odyssey highly recommended GIK. Lots of options on their website. Have a good time placing them.

joecoulson

Wow. Looking forward to seeing the setup. Post before and afters please.

TEAforONE

Will do Joe.

BlueFox

Careful you don’t overdo it. I did that to my HT/spare stereo room, and it muffled the sound. I ended up removing the panels from the ceiling and side walls (reflection points), and left two panels on the rear wall. Sounds great now.

TEAforONE

BlueFox wrote: »

Careful you don’t overdo it. I did that to my HT/spare stereo room, and it muffled the sound. I ended up removing the panels from the ceiling and side walls (reflection points), and left two panels on the rear wall. Sounds great now.

I will take that into consideration. I have 2- 24x48x1" panels at the side wall first reflection points now. Although,I don't know if 1" panels actually do anything?? I plan on treating the rear wall as well. Nothing on the ceiling.

BlueFox

Yes. Let your ears be your guide.

phipiper10

Great move! Even in a dedicated room getting W/approval for first reflection points on the ceiling is a tough sell.

CH46E

You are going to love it. I was blown away at how much better it sounded in my room.

Congrats!

TEAforONE

My wife gives zero input into my listening room. Believe me,I've tried to include her in decor or equipment choices. She looks at me like I have six heads. She wouldn't care if I brought life size KISS statues in my listening room. As long as the door will shut,she's good! From what I've seen on the interwebs,my wife is the exception,not the rule.

phipiper10

Yep, great wife. That makes the audio journey just a bit more fun. And you dont have to wait till late at night to sneak in the latest gear, even better!

treitz3

Hey, I resemble that remark!

(Although the wife never did notice)

Tom

TEAforONE

phipiper10 wrote: »

Yep, great wife. That makes the audio journey just a bit more fun. And you dont have to wait till late at night to sneak in the latest gear, even better!

I do consider myself truly blessed. She even said I can get a new Dodge Challenger Red Eye Hellcat. As long as I will work another 10 years. I'm going to love my new room treatments!

maxward

Believe me, no car is worth working another 10 years. Well, maybe a few.....

TEAforONE

I received my acoustical panels. They are GIK and a guy I found on EBay. The laminated panels are from E bay. The gentleman is located in the Ukraine. The price was right,4 panels,roughly 20”x20”x2” for $69 shipped. No affiliation. Anyhow,I installed everything thing this morning. I’m loving the better imaging and I also didn’t realize the bass was a bit boomy before the GIKs. Here’s my room

mlistens03

TEAforONE wrote: »

phipiper10 wrote: »

Yep, great wife. That makes the audio journey just a bit more fun. And you dont have to wait till late at night to sneak in the latest gear, even better!

I do consider myself truly blessed. She even said I can get a new Dodge Challenger Red Eye Hellcat. As long as I will work another 10 years. I'm going to love my new room treatments!

Why would you get a new Hellcat, when for much less, you could get this!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Dodge-Challenger-Convertible/274260430896?_trkparms=aid=1110002&algo=SPLICE.SOI&ao=1&asc=225086&meid=c357632a36524a3fb98e5f46816b02c9&pid=100047&rk=6&rkt=12&sd=283682787462&itm=274260430896&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108
Just kidding. (mostly )


Those panels look great by the way!

afterburnt

TEAforONE wrote: »

My wife gives zero input into my listening room. Believe me,I've tried to include her in decor or equipment choices. She looks at me like I have six heads. She wouldn't care if I brought life size KISS statues in my listening room. As long as the door will shut,she's good! From what I've seen on the interwebs,my wife is the exception,not the rule.

Where can I buy life sized Kiss statues?

Also, what are the Rubik's Cube looking thingies?

TEAforONE

afterburnt wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

My wife gives zero input into my listening room. Believe me,I've tried to include her in decor or equipment choices. She looks at me like I have six heads. She wouldn't care if I brought life size KISS statues in my listening room. As long as the door will shut,she's good! From what I've seen on the interwebs,my wife is the exception,not the rule.

Where can I buy life sized Kiss statues?

I bet if you contact Gene,he'll have some made! (For a nominal fee,of course)

TEAforONE

mlistens03 wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

phipiper10 wrote: »

Yep, great wife. That makes the audio journey just a bit more fun. And you dont have to wait till late at night to sneak in the latest gear, even better!

I do consider myself truly blessed. She even said I can get a new Dodge Challenger Red Eye Hellcat. As long as I will work another 10 years. I'm going to love my new room treatments!

Why would you get a new Hellcat, when for much less, you could get this!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Dodge-Challenger-Convertible/274260430896?_trkparms=aid=1110002&algo=SPLICE.SOI&ao=1&asc=225086&meid=c357632a36524a3fb98e5f46816b02c9&pid=100047&rk=6&rkt=12&sd=283682787462&itm=274260430896&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108
Just kidding. (mostly )


Those panels look great by the way!

Thanks for the kind words! That car is gorgeous,but the 318 has to go!

afterburnt

TEAforONE wrote: »

afterburnt wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

My wife gives zero input into my listening room. Believe me,I've tried to include her in decor or equipment choices. She looks at me like I have six heads. She wouldn't care if I brought life size KISS statues in my listening room. As long as the door will shut,she's good! From what I've seen on the interwebs,my wife is the exception,not the rule.

Where can I buy life sized Kiss statues?

I bet if you contact Gene,he'll have some made! (For a nominal fee,of course)

Cool, they will go great with my life sized Iggy Pop statue!

And about them cubes?

TEAforONE

Cubes? I'm a little slow sometimes.

afterburnt

Them things on your door, under your window and above your albums.

TEAforONE

Ahhhhh! I told you I was a little slow! Those are diffusion/absorbtion panels. They are about 2"thick acoustic foam,with a laminate. He offers a few different designs. Last month he was blowing these out for $69 delivered for a 4 pack. Normally $69 plus $44 for shipping. I figured for that price,why not.

afterburnt

TEAforONE wrote: »

Ahhhhh! I told you I was a little slow! Those are diffusion/absorbtion panels. They are about 2"thick acoustic foam,with a laminate. He offers a few different designs. Last month he was blowing these out for $69 delivered for a 4 pack. Normally $69 plus $44 for shipping. I figured for that price,why not.

Interesting concept, I always thought of diffusers as having irregular surfaces.

Here's my life sized Iggy, this was when he was in his prime.

TEAforONE

afterburnt wrote: »

TEAforONE wrote: »

Ahhhhh! I told you I was a little slow! Those are diffusion/absorbtion panels. They are about 2"thick acoustic foam,with a laminate. He offers a few different designs. Last month he was blowing these out for $69 delivered for a 4 pack. Normally $69 plus $44 for shipping. I figured for that price,why not.

Interesting concept, I always thought of diffusers as having irregular surfaces.

Here's my life sized Iggy, this was when he was in his prime.

I'm just going by his description on the listing. GIK also has foam/laminated panels as well. I agree about diffusion being multi thicknesses. I believe GIK calls them the same thing.

That must be a pic of Iggy when he was young,because he does looks pretty good! A little on the heavy side though.

jbreezy5

TEAforONE wrote: »

I received my acoustical panels. They are GIK and a guy I found on EBay. The laminated panels are from E bay. The gentleman is located in the Ukraine. The price was right,4 panels,roughly 20”x20”x2” for $69 shipped. No affiliation. Anyhow,I installed everything thing this morning. I’m loving the better imaging and I also didn’t realize the bass was a bit boomy before the GIKs. Here’s my room

Great set-up! Glad you got a satisfying result.

Mike Reeter

Panels are looking good! The first thing I noticed when playing with treatments was the Imaging tightened up, significantly.