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Post by speakertom on Nov 28, 2020 19:10:03 GMT -5
During our virtual meeting today there was some interest in the room treatments I will be installing in the audio room of my new house. I am working with a company called Sonitus US to provide the components and instructions to treat the audio room. Here is a link that provides info on their products and services. They take your room dimensions and photos of the room and contents and put them into a software program to decide which and how many of the different options they have to go on the different surfaces of the room. The guy who is the president, Anthony Grimani has won numerous awards for his work in room acoustics. www.sonitususa.com/product/home-cinema-acoustic-systems#component-detailsI'll continue to provide info as the project proceeds. Tom |
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Post by mark on Nov 30, 2020 9:38:13 GMT -5
Tom -- I'd like to hear what you think of the Sonitus room treatments as I'm also interested in dealing with room effects.
Looking at their website I see they offer a range passive sound absorbing baffles some going down to as low as 60Hz.
I was under the impression that passive sound absorption much below 150Hz was generally not practical, so I'll be looking forward to your thoughts!
I'm going in another direction with this, experimenting with active response, that is, multiple subwoofers with phase and gain adjustments, to try and deal with low frequency room effects.
I also have lots of conventional 2'X4' sound absorbing panels up as well for the higher frequency stuff!
Mark
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Post by speakertom on Nov 30, 2020 15:35:14 GMT -5
I'm using active below about 80 Hz. Above that the wavelengths involved are generally shorter than the room dimensions and active has trouble through the room. Above the frequency where the wavelengths are shorter than room dimensions, room treatments are a better choice. For best results you need both absorption and diffusion.
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Post by mark on Dec 2, 2020 15:52:40 GMT -5
That makes perfect sense.
Mark
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Post by jtsnead on Dec 2, 2020 16:34:12 GMT -5
Interesting I have a friend that wants to find someone local who can help design room treatments for his audio listening room is there anyone local someone can recommend?
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Post by Chris on Dec 5, 2020 11:20:11 GMT -5
If you want to play around with room treatments on the cheap, this may be a good way? Room treatments |
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Post by speakertom on Dec 5, 2020 12:54:16 GMT -5
Those look like they will help where you need absorption but foam tends to have a narrow band of frequencies where it absorbs. Other areas need diffusion. If nothing else, it will tell you how much of a problem certain areas are.
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Post by speakertom on Dec 12, 2020 8:12:50 GMT -5
The treatments arrived yesterday. I'm including the list of items that were specified for my room and also a photo of the stack of boxes in my garage. With my continued unpacking at the new house and holidays it may be some time before I can install them. I ordered them now because they had a Black Friday sale with 10% off and free shipping. Looking at the size of the shipment you can see why I took advantage of the free freight. If you go out to their website you can see photos and info on the items in the order. That will give you an idea of the expected room corrections to be achieved. Attachments:Sonitus components.pdf (20.3 KB)
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Post by mark on Dec 12, 2020 8:59:13 GMT -5
Wow! I suppose all this will tend to dominate the look of the room!
Are you going to try and record "before and after" audio information to evaluate the effect of this treatment?
Mark
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Post by mark on Dec 12, 2020 9:23:12 GMT -5
I was checking out the websites of some of our "Industry Members," the folks that help support the DCHFG, and came across the most amazing "room treatment," if that's even the word for it! The "home theater" design is a detailed reproduction of the interior of an Egyptian royal tomb, complete with hieroglyphics, wall-torches and statues of Egyptian deities. They discuss the difficulties of mimicking a stone interior while maintaining good room acoustics -- doubtlessly the ancient tomb builders had the same issues! If I had the room this is definitely what I'd want! Check it out at www.gramophone.com/egypt-theater |
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Post by speakertom on Dec 12, 2020 10:24:13 GMT -5
Wow! I suppose all this will tend to dominate the look of the room! Are you going to try and record "before and after" audio information to evaluate the effect of this treatment? Mark Mark: I probably will not do before and after measurements because my DEQX Express II was optimized for my last room. After the room is finished I will have Larry Owens, the guy from DEQX who does the remote tuning, re-optimize the system for the new room with the sound treatments. I do not want to spend the money for him to do it twice. |
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Post by speakertom on Dec 12, 2020 10:24:58 GMT -5
I was checking out the websites of some of our "Industry Members," the folks that help support the DCHFG, and came across the most amazing "room treatment," if that's even the word for it! The "home theater" design is a detailed reproduction of the interior of an Egyptian royal tomb, complete with hieroglyphics, wall-torches and statues of Egyptian deities. They discuss the difficulties of mimicking a stone interior while maintaining good room acoustics -- doubtlessly the ancient tomb builders had the same issues! If I had the room this is definitely what I'd want! Check it out at www.gramophone.com/egypt-theaterLooks fantastic. Probably costs as much as my whole house. |
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Post by mark on Dec 12, 2020 10:41:38 GMT -5
Right, all that gilt gold layering adds up!
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