Room treatment is the most critical piece that most folks should have at least a bit of budget when designing a new room. At the same time it is important to experiment and find out "where" to place the treatment. Over treating kills the sound - speaking from experience here. Also, when you change the speakers or speaker positions, adjust the treatments accordingly. My current issue is with the ceiling reflection on the left speaker. The right side is fine, but the slight drop in the ceiling on the left side does not make the sound to appear to come from 3-4 feet outside the speaker boundary, like it does for the right side speaker. Not sure if a ceiling treatment would help, since it would make the ceiling even lower.
Room acoustics - Spending and sound videos
HI all,
Because I’m one of their top social media influencers (hahahaha) GIK acoustics sent me a couple of videos which go to some topics we’ve had recently about budgeting for room acoustics and how a room sounds with/without room treatment. While I am a fanboy, these are vendor videos so take with appropriate skepticism.
Budgeting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFg2IXT9wU&feature=youtu.be
Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u6rvWSTDM&feature=youtu.be
Even though this is a vendor video, the dollar amounts suggested here are far far less than we've seen in some discussions.
Because I’m one of their top social media influencers (hahahaha) GIK acoustics sent me a couple of videos which go to some topics we’ve had recently about budgeting for room acoustics and how a room sounds with/without room treatment. While I am a fanboy, these are vendor videos so take with appropriate skepticism.
Budgeting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UFg2IXT9wU&feature=youtu.be
Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u6rvWSTDM&feature=youtu.be
Even though this is a vendor video, the dollar amounts suggested here are far far less than we've seen in some discussions.