Room treatment
A very discerning audiophile here on Audiogon recently recommended that I deal with room treatment first and foremost before considering more upgrades. This is an area I neglected because of my limited understanding of acoustics for 2 channel listening. But I have to be clear, I love my room and don't want to clutter it. Therefore maybe adding white ceiling panels could be an architectural thoughtful yet an effective way of integrating some room treatment inconspicuously. Does anyone have any knowledge with these companies?
Primacoustic Stratus Studio: which is a 2" thick glass wool panel that is effective for frequencies between 100Hz -20kHz (most effective 400Hz)
GIK Acoustics: offer 4" and 6" fiberglass core panels that control frequencies between 60Hz-20kHz. I don't like the mounting hardware offered.
The Quiet Room Acoustic Box Cloud: offer 3" and 6" thick felt panels where the 6" panels control frequencies between 50Hz - 20kHz. These panels are beautiful and more aesthetically pleasing but are costly.
Hopefully I'll find the right balance of effective acoustic and aesthetics.
Beautiful system and room. Yes, huge opportunities for acoustic improvements.... I agree with @erik_squires and @lalitk. Depending on whether you want to learn / do it yourself... which most of us do. This really affords us a great opportunity to learn about sound and music... train our ears. But having a professional, might be great to have someone with knowledge of all sorts of treatment types that might be more aesthetically pleasing. |
Looking at your system/room. The first thing I'd try is moving the speakers to the long wall (under the skull) That wall is wide and open. They're crowded into the corners now.The glass isn't good for either speaker and especially the right speaker is cramped and surrounded by glass windows.This is the most reflective way you could set them up. Not good.
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I have much respect for you turning a barn into a music room. Many folks do not have that opportunity. The fact that you have put esthetics in the design above designing it for the best sound is something you will always have issues fixing imo. Looking at your room design and layout I honestly have difficulty telling you where to start. You obviously love the windows to open out into nature but the right corner with windows on both walls is basically a big reflective area for the right speaker, or the left one if you use the long wall instead as recommended earlier. Personally, the only way to improve your sound in the current room layout is having a professional taking acoustic measurements to optimize the sound as much as the room will allow. Short of that you will be shooting in the dark and I don't think anyone looking at it here can give you any valuable advice short of making major changes. I did build a listening room/building from scratch but sound acoustics was my only concern. Yet it took me a couple years to get the right treatments in the optimum spots. Trial and error. I did start with input from a couple different guys at GIK. It helped but the end product is much different than their original recommendations.
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