[oneinthepipe]

My wife might let me move my two-channel system into another room.  The room is 24' long and 13.5' wide.  The ceiling is 8'.  On the right side, midway, is a fireplace.  In the center of the front wall, there is a 6'8" tall, 6' wide opening into a family room.  I will be able to close the opening, which is about 1' deep (because this is where the old house ended and new house began, and there is a beam above the opening).  Would this be a good place to put in some thick absorption?  I could put at least 8" of OC 703 in there or I could try to build a Hemoltz resonator or something.

[jazzcourier]

The fireplace could be an issue in a room that size...First,unless you live in the woods there will be extraneous noise drifting down through the chimney- airplanes,cars,wind whooshing,not to mention your old deaf neighbors screaming at each other.I have a fireplace as well in my dedicated listening room-formerly the living room,and after
dealing with these noises i went out and bought a rug and draped it over the entire run of the fireplace.Then i went out and bought some lovely dense fabric,used for curtains and upholstering furniture.That really silenced the rowdy all outdoors and brought an almost chapel like quiet.Another option is to buy a wooden fireplace screen,many are sold on Ebay and elsewhere,often ornately painted,that might not compromise the decor.There in,you might want a roaring fire,if that be the case print this out and throw it in.On the other note of a wifely person teetering on the edge of letting you follow your muse in your own room follow these directions-first leave motorcycle magazines around the house and don't say anything.After a week you start casually mentioning how much you would like a really big,dangerous motorcycle,maybe it is my real dream,my fate,and i really don't feel comfortable with helmets.If  that does not work, claim hearing problems that can only be cured by having a dedicated  music room.Start working on that now! Download a lot of information on Tiger Woods and leave them around the house.Ask your wife if it is legal to carry golf clubs on a chopper.See,not all the advice you get on this website is either good,or bad it is how you use it or how it applies to your situation.

[bpape]

What is on the opposite wall from the opening?  Usually, in the middle of a wall, I would recommend some thicker absorption behind you rather than on the front wall between the speakers.

Bryan

[oneinthepipe]

What is on the opposite wall from the opening?  Usually, in the middle of a wall, I would recommend some thicker absorption behind you rather than on the front wall between the speakers.

Bryan

The rear wall has two windows in the middle.  I plan to install 6" thick panels in the tri-corners, floor to ceiling, and I can run three 6" panels across the back wall, like I have in the smaller room, that cover the window.  My wife doesn't want me hanging panels from the ceiling the way I have in my existing room, and I was planning to build a moveable rack, similar to Richard Vandersteen's contraption @ RMAF, to hold absorption panels or diffusors on the ceiling and side walls.  This room is 1.5' narrower but 8.5' longer than my existing room.  I will need to close the opening in the front wall with blue board and plaster or french doors, however, because the sound will travel through the lower floor of the house even more than in my current room.