Building a Dedicated Audio Room

Ricardo

At last; room is finished; just a couple of minor details that I should have done in a few days. Had to get a listen, so I put in some treatments and spent some time listening. Still need to put all the rest of the treatments in the ceiling and back wall, and will measure frequency response, with the room empty and then each time I add something.

JimBRICK

MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm more like the spanking room LOL



looks awesome, the flooring looks nice

cbl117

That room sure looks purty! Very nice job!:D

Systems

Very very nice setup,I bet the treatments will prove they are worth every penny and will allow those beautiful Tylers to really show their stuff.
Congrats.

SCompRacer

High marks Ricardo!:cool:

KG Audio

For us Newbies (so we don't have to search), can you list the equipment in this thread???

Thanks in advance,

KG

halo

Looks fan-tas-tic Ricardo!

Deadof_knight

Damn HT you make soo jealous I know your taste and ugggg I will have to stop by next time I visit my cousin after youve finished,,,, wished I could met up during the transaction of the 1.2's but oh well .....You go ! keep them pics comming !

The blown in walls "4 inch blown equals to r-20 instead of r-13" works very well for sound insulation and being the basement there as well but Im sure youve got it all covered......

Im going to have to have some foam blown into my staircase on boths sides, the bass in the hallway and the dinning room is outa here but its not in my living room hahaha .....so when the wife isnt home I simply move the couch hahaha good work HT !

engtaz

very nice very very nice Congrats

Ricardo

Thanks guys; I did complete it in less than two months, considering that the first wall was up on April 5 !!!!!!

Treatments do make a huge difference in the room acoustics; I am looking forward to have them all set up.

Sherardp

Very nice room, sick setup you have there also. I missed allot of the initial posts, are you also using this for HT or just 2 channel listening. Either way job well done.

Ricardo

KG Audio wrote: »

For us Newbies (so we don't have to search), can you list the equipment in this thread???

Thanks in advance,

KG

Top to bottom:

-Raysonic CD128 CD player.
-Audio Research SP16 preamp.
-ADCOM ACE-515 power
-TAD-60 for mid/highs
-TAD-60 for lows (150 Hz and below via spkr crossovers)

Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Sig. system

The amp that will probably drive these is the Belles 350a reference, right now at the shop.

Ricardo

Sherardp wrote: »

Very nice room, sick setup you have there also. I missed allot of the initial posts, are you also using this for HT or just 2 channel listening. Either way job well done.

Only 2 channel and no kids/wife allowed

haimoc

I would choose carpet floor instead of hardwood floor. I assume under this room hardwood floor is another layer of concrete... Sound bounds badly on concrete and hardwood floor, and it is even worse for a small room. It is just my opinion.

Ricardo

haimoc wrote: »

I would choose carpet floor instead of hardwood floor. I assume under this room hardwood floor is another layer of concrete... Sound bounds badly on concrete and hardwood floor, and it is even worse for a small room. It is just my opinion.

True; I've got a thick 5x8 area rug that will go in front of the speakers. Didn't go with all carpet because I think it might get the room too dead...plus I already had most of the laminate.

We'll see how it all works out at the end; my biggest concern though is speaker size for the room....hoping treatments will take care of that.

engtaz

No kids no wife and great music = priceless
Not that I don't love my kids and wife but peace and tranquility is under rated.

wingnut4772

I like the no wife and kids part too. A nice little oasis for you. Congrats...it's purdy.

Music Joe

Very nice room you've built there. I like the color, and the floating laminate looks great. Seperate closable rooms= almost zero dusting.
Is that about 9' 4" wide? Try starting with the speakers at under 6 feet apart,then move them apart 1/2" at a time,listening to vocal material throughout that voicing in.
Seriously consider floor to ceiling bass traps on those corner boxes and ceiling treatment beyond blow on acoustic. Once again very nice audio Holodeck!

Early B.

HTrookie wrote: »

...my biggest concern though is speaker size for the room....hoping treatments will take care of that.

Don't be concerned about speaker size. The area rug will help out a lot.

I'll bet the bass from those Tylers is outstanding in that room!!

More pics, please...

schwarcw

Very nice Ricardo! I'm impressed! Very nice choice of materials, colors, treatments and oh yeah, EQUIPMENT!!

There should be a show on HGTV on building an audio room, with Ricardo as the host.

The sump pump cover for the corners worked really well!!

Congrats my friend! A terrific job! Enjoy!

disneyjoe7

Very Nice, nice job

Ricardo

Thanks for all the comments!! I'll take more pictures once I finish all the remaining details

george daniel

looking good Ricardo,, sign ze wall

engtaz

I am jealous.

Ricardo

I looked for this thread to place a link on venonclam's for tips, and realized I never posted pictures with all the treatments in place, so here it is. Not the most professional installation of the panels, and I'm sure there might be different arrangements that provide better results...but this is how it is and that's how it's staying.

It was a fun project. I spend a lot of time in this room.

nikolas812

Thats awesome man!!! Congrats.

I really enjoyed this thread. I will be taking on a job just like this when we build our house. I will have about 1700sf of unfinished bacement to work with. I plan on building a dedicated home theater room and a dedicated 2 channel room as you did. I will do the same and post a thread with the progress when it comes time to build.

Thanks for the cool thread.;)

wingnut4772

Atsa veeery nice-a!

halo

wingnut4772 wrote: »

Atsa veeery nice-a!

a-with-a-teeth-a!

[Deleted User]

My goodness. This was a truly enjoyable experience. Going through this thread was like reading a great great book. Was kind of sad to see it finished! Great workmanship Ricardo! Damn, now I am jealous. hahahaha..

two small questions if you do not mind.
- What kind of bookshelf speakers are those?
- How do you like the Tyler towers that you have? and how is the sound compared to like maybe b&w 803d's? or something along that range? I do not think I could find Tyler in the Dallas area. So I was wondering..

thanks in advance..

Halen

wingnut4772

halenhoang wrote: »

My goodness. This was a truly enjoyable experience. Going through this thread was like reading a great great book. Was kind of sad to see it finished! Great workmanship Ricardo! Damn, now I am jealous. hahahaha..

Halen

It was the best of times.It was the worst of times....