Room Correction Suggestions.

[audioholic212]

Hi,

Here are my room pictures.

I was wondering if I can get something in the room that would work as a 'cheap' room correction. I am looking for somebody to say, THIS would change how you listen to sound in this room drastically. Please let me know if you cannot get the feel of the room based on the pictures.

The first picture was my old setup and I just stuck it in here to get a good feel of the room that's all.

 

[lsiberian]

Chair's right next to the surrounds are not good. You will get an earful that way.

You might try mounting them on that rear wall in the kitchen. Though the boundary effect might be a problem.

I'd at the very least move up the chairs and angle the speakers more from the rear to prevent localization.

 

[audioholic212]

Chair's right next to the surrounds are not good. You will get an earful that way.

Thank you. I did notice that. I will move the chair a little further into the room right away. Also, that would mean, I am of course closer to my mains.

angle the speakers more from the rear to prevent localization.

Are you talking about angling the 'rear' bookshelves?

 

[jostenmeat]

Thank you. I did notice that. I will move the chair a little further into the room right away. Also, that would mean, I am of course closer to my mains.

Was there something unclear with my last response to you?
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=619501&postcount=60

You should list the distance from LP to the speakers, and the distance between, say, the L and R mains. From what it *looks* like, you can afford to either spread the mains quite a bit further, pull the speakers further from wall, or scoot your seating up, or a bit of all that combined. Of course, I'm basically just repeating myself.

 

[audioholic212]

Was there something unclear with my last response to you?
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=619501&postcount=60

You should list the distance from LP to the speakers, and the distance between, say, the L and R mains. From what it *looks* like, you can afford to either spread the mains quite a bit further, pull the speakers further from wall, or scoot your seating up, or a bit of all that combined. Of course, I'm basically just repeating myself.

You know, I totally forgot that. I will try this. Thank you.

 

[audioholic212]

I tried it and it did make it a lot better. I moved my chair nearer to my front speakers. I brought the front speakers a little more away from the wall and put the fronts a little further apart.

Let me ask you this. If I put a thick curtain across the windows, would that help the sound?

 

[jostenmeat]

I tried it and it did make it a lot better. I moved my chair nearer to my front speakers. I brought the front speakers a little more away from the wall and put the fronts a little further apart.

Let me ask you this. If I put a thick curtain across the windows, would that help the sound?

Maybe. I would only do that if you find that the audio is a bit too bright, but even then, I don't think your primary LP is that close to the windows. Well, I guess that side couch is, but you are not sitting there, right? If it was me, the main reason for curtains could be better ambient light control. But I sort of rather see a subwoofer in there.

How far are you now from the display? I'd try to get to about 7 ft away, to be able to discern the full benefit of 1080p. If your eyes are any less capable than 20/20, then even closer. So, you might consider moving forward some more, and then pushing back the speakers again (assuming the SBIR sounds fine, just google that), so that you can achieve that. Again, it would be nice if you listed any distance measurements at all.

The above would also get you even further away from the surrounds, which would probably be nice.

 

[audioholic212]

Again, it would be nice if you listed any distance measurements at all.

Here you go. If I am not wrong, the living room itself has ten foot ceiling.