Acoustics experts - a little help please


Hey all,

I have 9 foot ceilings and I sit in a 9 foot equilateral triangle with my speakers. Do I need to treat the ceiling? Absorption or defraction? I'm trying to get a deeper more 3D soundstage.Speakers are 46" from the front wall which is treated with absorption and defraction. 

Thanks! 

maprik

Makes total sense. I haven't done it due to WAF but I've slowly taken over the room over the years and I'm probably at the ceiling treatment point!!! 

Every room is different. Every ear is different. Every speaker is different. Nobody can answer your question. Broad brush statement is, a mix of absorption and diffusion work best. Look for a decay time around 250 or so.

@cundare2 Not exactly sure but off vertical axis response drops off pretty quick. I think its probably because of the horns that are built into the front baffles of the Anteros. 

You are right and it is even more complex than just the right balance  of reflections locations/diffusion locations/absorption locations...

The acoustic material content of the room matter, his size parameters , his geometry, his topology (windows doors apertures) and his acoustic material compositioncontent...

Without being there  it is difficult to gave advices  if we are not  a  very professional experimented acoustician...

Anyway i used non esthetical resonators and it takes me 2 years to be done with them i had experience really in one small room only ...

 

 The only thing i know is that any room can be tuned, i tune mine with a speaker in a corner for example near the wall  and the other not in a corner ...

 

Every room is different. Every ear is different. Every speaker is different. Nobody can answer your question. Broad brush statement is, a mix of absorption and diffusion work best. Look for a decay time around 250 or so.

@deep_333  why would you say:

"Setting expectations straight, 3D is a foolish concept concept in purist stereo." -?

I'm primarily listening to CD thru McIntosh MX-113 and a 2200 amplifier, and Sonus Faber Cremona speakers. My experience with this is 180 degrees opposite your assertion.

It is dependent on the recording quality (and most modern releases won't cut it) but in my treated room listening to pop, jazz, classical and even some older electronic music I can get a massive sound stage with well-defined height, width & depth. Sometimes the center image seems to float behind the speakers and sometimes well on front of them. On many tracks a single element will sound like it's behind the wall that's behind my head.

The effect can be even more pronounced when listening to my (spotlessly clean) vinyl with a Rega P6 and Ortofon 2M Black cart. I blame this added sense of space to the crosstalk & delay inherent to vinyl playback, that and the extremely high quality of some vintage lacquer cuts from tape-not-digital. "Lush" barely describes the experience.