I think I am in trouble

[moggi1964]

I got the Riva 2 disk today and was playing the music at the end of the disk at appx. 82dB.

I went upstairs from the basement HT room and felt the bass coming through the tiled kitchen floor. Sure, I could just have gone down and turned the sound down or maybe reduced the bass to the subwoofer EXCEPT I don't have a subwoofer yet!!!!!!!!!

So my concern is that when my Epik Valor arrives the whole bloody house is going to be shaking and the wife is going to go mental!

I don't have much money to spend so can I realisticaly isolate the room (or maybe just the ceiling) for a couple of hunderd bucks?

As an aside: The right front speaker sits to the right of the door that enters the HT room. The speaker sits below the stairs that come down to the basement so there is a sloping 9 feet long area that the sound can resonate in. When I get the woofer the speakers will change form large to small on the receiver so maybe there won't be so much base resonating in the stairwell.

The room is 1078 cubic feet.

 

[bpape]

Sorry but it's still going to travel up the stairs. While it's not a full solution, something you can do that would help a little would be to replace the door at the top of the stairs with a solid core wood door instead of the hollow doors that are installed 99.9% of the time.

Good luck.

Bryan

 

[moggi1964]

I have read about sound absorbing blankets and I wondered if hanging one of these behind the speaker (actually it would be to the side of the speaker as it is angled at about 30°) and then changing the door too?

Something like this:

http://www.audimutesoundproofing.com/Absorption-Sheets.aspx

I intend on installing bass traps and some wall hung acoustic treatments too once I get my sub and run some tests.

Thanks for the help Bryan.

 

[bpape]

Adding treatment to the inside of the space will help the sound inside if done properly. Unfortunately, it's not going to stop sound transmission to the outside. That simply takes mass and sealing air leaks.

An additional layer of drywall with Green Glue in between will help as long as you also get putty pads or something similar to seal all the little holes in the room like can lights, outlets, switches, etc. It's not an inexpensive solution but at least it's something that has a shot at a real improvement.

Bryan

 

[moggi1964]

Thanks Bryan,

I will research the materials you suggested.

Sincerely,

Morris

 

[Haoleb]

Look at it this way. How often are you going to be in the kitchen in the middle of a movie?

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Look at it this way. How often are you going to be in the kitchen in the middle of a movie?

It's called a snack and beer run.

 

[moggi1964]

Look at it this way. How often are you going to be in the kitchen in the middle of a movie?

I just don't want the contents of the kitchen to be in the movie

Once I get my Valor in the best spot and do some frequency analysis then I will work out what acoustics I should save for. BTW: the Valor is gorgeous