Why not try a room lens arrangement?

Posted by bartc (A) on December 22, 2004 at 12:59:44

In Reply to: Room treatments for my first dedicated stereo room posted by Chris_F on December 22, 2004 at 09:10:29:

This was my first acoustical treatment, my best and still amazes me and others in my system, which is NOT in a neat dedicated room at all.

IT's easy to DIY a room lens clone from Jon Risch's and Thorsten Loesch's instructions in the archive. I did this and it works fantastically well. David Aiken has experimented with other forms of this pipe array and he can fill you in on them, as have others; check the archives. "Noodles" are another form of absorption/diffusion device on partially similar principals as Room Lenses, so look them up as well.

The room lens clones (and the original) work 4 synergistic acoustical adjustments: diffusion/dispersion, diffraction, absorption, and resonance. Yep, you get all that for one easy device and they're highly flexible to use and cheap to build. Mostly it's the diffusion/diffraction of early reflections that does the trick here.

I also use the bass traps (JR's quick and dirty) and these work great, but they are not as dramatic a change in my room as the lenses.

Felt dots for slap echo work too. Look them up.

The range of cheap, easy, flexible DIY experiments in room acoustical treatment is amazing. You've alluded to louvre type diffusers, which I've read about in the "Master Handbook of Acoustics", which is a great point for further explanation/exploration.

Have fun, because your musical experience is about to improve!

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Topic - Room treatments for my first dedicated stereo room - Chris_F 09:10:29 12/22/04 (14)

Don't worry about the room becoming too dead - warnerwh 18:42:40 12/23/04 (0)

Why not try a room lens arrangement? - bartc 12:59:44 12/22/04 (2)

Re: Why not try a room lens arrangement? - Chris_F 04:46:51 12/24/04 (1)

WAF again! LOL - bartc 06:23:23 12/24/04 (0)

Re: Room treatments for my first dedicated stereo room - David Aiken 12:14:00 12/22/04 (5)

Re: Room treatments for my first dedicated stereo room - Chris_F 14:30:11 12/22/04 (4)

Re: Room treatments for my first dedicated stereo room - David Aiken 19:32:46 12/22/04 (3)

Miror method and proposed string method - Chris_F 04:52:13 12/23/04 (2)

Re: Miror method and proposed string method - David Aiken 16:05:12 12/23/04 (1)

Re: Miror method and proposed string method - Chris_F 04:41:48 12/24/04 (0)

Diffusion - pburant 09:25:26 12/22/04 (3)

Cheap diffuser alert!!! - Scholl 07:52:53 12/28/04 (0)

Re: Diffusion - David Aiken 12:03:34 12/22/04 (0)

Re: Diffusion - Chris_F 10:24:08 12/22/04 (0)

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Why not try a room lens arrangement? - bartc 12:59:44 12/22/04 (2)

Re: Why not try a room lens arrangement? - Chris_F 04:46:51 12/24/04 (1)

WAF again! LOL - bartc 06:23:23 12/24/04 (0)

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