Amp or room treatments

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Ryan8886

Audioholic
I don't really think you should be concerned about the receiver at the moment but rather try to concentrate on speaker placement and room acoustics. These things will dictate the "punchiness of your speakers much more than amplification will. From what you have said, it seems you have not really maxed out the H/K yet, so I would read up on placement and acoustic treatments for the speakers and room.:)
Hmmm...okay...always willling to learn. Acoustic treatments are an option I suppose. As far as placement goes, the room design has me limited to placement in the least favorable configuration: spread across a corner with large windows on either side. To make matters worse, the windows have vertical blinds, not drapes.
Sadly, this is a family room, not a dedicated H/T room and I literally have no other placement options. The house is a tri-level, so the family room is partially below ground (windows are at ground level). Walls are paneling over drywall over concrete.
I've done what I can so far to make it workable (the Athenas are front-ported so as not to be venting back into the big empty void and the furniture is set up so listening isn't too far off axis). Are acoustic treatments a realistic option without getting into heavy money?
Okay...I'm bringing this over from the receiver/pre-pro area. I've followed Seth's advice today and done some reading on room treatments. Seems this is also a possibility, and it seems this forum would be the better area to pose my questions now. Anyone have any suggestions or is it something I really need to talk about with someone from a place like GIK??? I don't have a fortune to spend....$550 tops and admittedly limited knowledge.
 
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Nick250

Audioholic Samurai
Okay...I'm bringing this over from the receiver/pre-pro area. I've followed Seth's advice today and done some reading on room treatments. Seems this is also a possibility, and it seems this forum would be the better area to pose my questions now. Anyone have any suggestions or is it something I really need to talk about with someone from a place like GIK??? I don't have a fortune to spend....$550 tops and admittedly limited knowledge.
Yes, IMO you really do need to talk to some who knows what they are doing. You could start by drawing a room layout, posting it here and see what people have to say. There are a couple of good ID acoustic paneling manufacturers as far as I can tell. I flipped a coin and GIK won the flip. I am very happy with the Tri-Traps since boomy bass was what I was trying to correct and they solved the problem 100%. Others may have a difference experience, but mine was very good.

If you scroll through the threads in this forum you will learn a whole lot.

Nick
 
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bpape

Audioholic Chief
If you can post a sketch of your room noting where seating, speakers, and any doors and windows are, I'll be happy to take a look and see what would work best for you.

Bryan
 
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Buckeye_Nut

Audioholic Field Marshall
Aaaaah yes....


A room upgrade is money very well spent. You'll be amazed at the significant difference a room can make. The fact that you're asking this question is telling me that you're already starting down the correct path......

I far as a GIK choice goes?? I highly recommend them, and my dealings with them have been 100% positive. I consider my room treatments to be the most significant single dollar/per/dollar upgrade that I have ever made.
 
Glenn Kuras

Glenn Kuras

Full Audioholic
I flipped a coin and GIK won the flip. I am very happy with the Tri-Traps since boomy bass was what I was trying to correct and they solved the problem 100%. Others may have a difference experience, but mine was very good.

If you scroll through the threads in this forum you will learn a whole lot.

Nick
Well come on Nick tell the truth. I did send you a quarter with heads on BOTH sides. :D:D

Your the man Buckeye_Nut!!

Ryan8886,
Like Bryan said please do post some drawings. We are all here to help you out.

Glenn
 
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Ryan8886

Audioholic
Thanks Glenn! I'll try to figure out HOW to post some drawings. :eek: Then again....I'd have to figure out how to make them first. Will work on it!
 
avaserfi

avaserfi

Audioholic Ninja
Thanks Glenn! I'll try to figure out HOW to post some drawings. :eek: Then again....I'd have to figure out how to make them first. Will work on it!
I sent a drawing to GIK that I made using powerpoint. While it wasn't the best I just created a grid and than made something as close to scale as I could. It looked decent enough and the grids weren't shown when I exported it to a jpeg.
 
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