Room Tweaking

AudioFilet
AudioFilet Posts: 235
edited March 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
I did some tweaking in my main 2 channel listening room, finished it up today. Believe it or not, it made a 100% improvement. Take a look.
2 Channel rig:
LSi9"s (modified xover's) & HSU Sub
Harman Kardon HK 990 Amp
Onkyo C-S5VL SACD
Music Hall MMF 5.1
Furman Elite 15

HT rig:
HK AVR-745 & Polk Monitor Series
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited March 2008
    Looks awesome. I like the sound panels. I bet you get crazy imaging. The LSi9 are excellent speakers. Can't believe I almost sold my pair.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited March 2008
    Holy crap! I thought the first pic was what you tweaked it too! :eek:

    I bet it does sound better.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited March 2008
    I did too until I saw the second pic. LOL:D.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2008
    Throw a rug on the floor and you're done.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited March 2008
    Yeh...

    My main goal now is to replace that PSW12 with something heavy -- like an SVS.
    2 Channel rig:
    LSi9"s (modified xover's) & HSU Sub
    Harman Kardon HK 990 Amp
    Onkyo C-S5VL SACD
    Music Hall MMF 5.1
    Furman Elite 15

    HT rig:
    HK AVR-745 & Polk Monitor Series
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited March 2008
    Looks nice and clean. Now get off this site and listen to some tunes!
    Venom
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited March 2008
    Good for you.

    I just finished up my room also. The acoustical panels I used made a night and day difference also. I don't know what I was listening to before.:eek:

    Is that a foam type acoustical panel?

    What changes did you get form the treaments? Sound wise.

    Have fun and enjoy!
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited March 2008
    where did you buy the foam treatment? is it cheaper than the fiberglass panels like from ACS?
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited March 2008
    The foam treatment did make quite a difference, that room was pretty bad, a lot of slap echo and just sound bouncing all over the place. It's pretty good now, but I still need to get something down on the floor there, some good rugs I guess should do it. The foam was not all that expensive and it seems to work well, it's actually pretty nice stuff, I got most of it on eBay here:

    http://stores.ebay.com/Foam-N-More-INC_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
    2 Channel rig:
    LSi9"s (modified xover's) & HSU Sub
    Harman Kardon HK 990 Amp
    Onkyo C-S5VL SACD
    Music Hall MMF 5.1
    Furman Elite 15

    HT rig:
    HK AVR-745 & Polk Monitor Series
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2008
    Nice room! I like the cleaned up look.

    partsexpress also has acoustic foam and paneling, or at least they used too...
    Jake
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  • honda cber
    honda cber Posts: 267
    edited March 2008
    ill bet there is a lot of bass in there. 2" foam directly contacting the walls isnt doing much for anything but high frequencies. sometimes this seems to work out, as the "hyped" sound often sounds "good" to some folks.
    "wow, those speakers have great bass response".
    more often though, the room gets a little (or a lot) tubby sounding, and can fatigue your ears very quickly. also, does it carry a flame retardant rating? some of that stuff gets really really nasty if it burns (remember "the station"?). save for squelching high frequency flutter, the stuff in the corners is probably helping more than anything. a "real" broadband bass trap would make a big difference in there, IMO, as youve already got the high end tamed. and truly, you might leave the rug alone, as it the frequencies that it will affect have already been "adjusted" by the foam, (somewhat dependent on the carpet and any padding, of course). the floor reflection might keep the room from becoming too dull and small sounding.
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  • honda cber
    honda cber Posts: 267
    edited March 2008
    this is the right idea, if not the most WAF friendly in execution:
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65567
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,337
    edited March 2008
    AudioFilet wrote: »
    Yeh...

    My main goal now is to replace that PSW12 with something heavy -- like an SVS.

    I own an SVS. For your setup, I would recomend a HSU subwoofer (I own one of these also). It is more musical. The SVS can't be beat for the HT special effects, but the HSU is much better for music.
    Carl

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