[CornellAlum]

Hey guys, I could use some help treating this room.  I live in a condo by myself, so while there is no WAF, I tend to have a number of corporate type guests over on a regular basis as well as other meaningful people, so I would like it to look fairly decent.  

Check out these two pictures at the websites below.  I snagged them off a realator's page, but they are the same exact layout as my room.

http://www.lkrinfo.com/lkrlistings/rmres/listings/images/650_6.jpg
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According to the diagram I snagged from out in front of one of them, the room is approximately 13.3 X 15.  

The challenges of the room are the opening on the short wall where I have my rack at the moment, the glass sliding doors, the 45 degree angle by the fireplace, and the opening to the kitchen and the door.

I have addressed some of the problems with a behringer, but would like to do more if I could.  Thanks for any and all help.  Commercial folks feel free to help and make suggestions as well.

Thanks!

[Ethan Winer]

CA,

> I could use some help treating this room. <

This is a deep subject, and a complete answer requires far more than will fit into a single reply here. The short version is:

* Broadband (not tuned) bass traps in as many corners as you can manage, including the wall-ceiling corners.

* Mid/high frequency absorption at the first reflection points on the side walls and ceiling.

* Some additional amount of mid/high absorption on any large areas of bare parallel surfaces, such as opposing walls or the ceiling if the floor is reflective.

For the complete story see my Acoustics FAQ:

www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

You may want to do everything listed above, but that's the goal anyway.

--Ethan

[CornellAlum]

Thanks, I will have a read.  My biggest issue I think is that my right speaker's port fires directly into an open recessed space which is a door.  Any ideas?

[JLM]

Port discharges are over rated IMO.  The free air space immediately beyond the mouth of the port reduces the back pressure to zero, so 6 inches or 6 feet or open air makes no difference.

[bpape]

Be careful with getting too close though.  6" from the port can cause some pretty strong back-waves that will cancel the reinforcement from the port resonance.  General recommendations is at least a foot - not counting SBIR effects.

[Glenn K]

Hey guys, I could use some help treating this room.  I live in a condo by myself, so while there is no WAF, I tend to have a number of corporate type guests over on a regular basis as well as other meaningful people, so I would like it to look fairly decent.  

Check out these two pictures at the websites below.  I snagged them off a realator's page, but they are the same exact layout as my room.

http://www.lkrinfo.com/lkrlistings/rmres/listings/images/650_6.jpg
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You really want to try to get as much bass trapping in your room as possible.. Here is a link to a set up for one room done.. Also helps you understand what is going on in our room acoustics.
http://www.sbrjournal.net/currentissue/articles/acoustics/Acoustics.htm
Glenn