@wsrrsw you have quite the system and your room is beautiful! I like how you incorporated that portable acoustic wall - excellent and resourceful solution! I bet you spend long hours enjoying your music.
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.
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@ronboco well it's been an audio journey what can I tell you. I wanted a peaceful room and took a naturally organic and holistic approach where music, nature, the mind and the soul come together as one. I didn't just want a structure. I'm a full-time firefighter and an architect so my days are long, busy and chaotic and this room gives me the peace I'm referring to. I'm a believer in solutions and there are some discerning and incredibly kind audiophiles here who have offered me great suggestions rather than overt criticism. I'm here to learn. |
I am not criticizing you in any way. You have a space most of us would love to have to work with. You just won’t realize it’s full potential. As stated above I would recommend an acoustician to analyze your room. Jeff at hdacoustics is very good. He designed my room and I built it. He can give you exactly what you are looking for. Well worth a consultation. Good luck !
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@ronboco my apologies. I wasn't implying that you were criticizing me. I was just trying to describe how I ended up where I am 😆 and now I'm reaching out for some direction. It's all good my friend. |
I am currently updating the treatments in my listening area where both SQ and aesthetics are major considerations. I started with REW measurements to establish a baseline and be able to quantify the impacts of the treatments. This required a minimal investment for a calibrated mic and cable and not nearly as daunting as it initially appears. I actually sent these measurements along with pics and layouts to both GIK and Audio Advice to help in their free recommendations. GIK came back with an extensive plan with a mix of treatments that I have partially implemented with their 4" Impression panels. A few issues but overall quite happy with the aesthetics of the panels. Don't really care for the look of the GIK pure absorption panels so I wound up purchasing Tonnen panels off Amazon for the first reflection points. The dimensions of the Tonnen panels were also a better fit for my space. Audio Advice handles Vicoustic products, which are some of the best looking products (also more $'s) but their advice/follow-up was very poor compared to GIK so I stopped working with them. Thus far the benefits are obvious in both the REW measurements and in listening. I am still debating whether to treat the ceiling, if I do, I will likely use a combination for the Vicoustic absorption and diffusion panels for both performance and aesthetics. I am fortunate that I don't have a major need for bass traps. As someone noted, doing this in stages makes a lot of sense starting clearly with the first reflection points. The law of diminishing return applies. FWIW I was shocked at your shipping cost. I paid $124 to ship 140lbs of GIK panels from Atlanta to Cincinnati! Best of luck...
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