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In Reply to: Should the door be opened when listening music instead of closing door with acoustic panel? posted by michaelv20850 on March 17, 2007 at 12:30:35:
Well, if the door is located at a first reflection point, having it open eliminates the reflection point. The sound exits the room instead of being reflected back. You will still get some reflection back from surfaces outside the room but they aren't going to have the same impact. An open door is essentially a more effective acoustic panel in that regard.The open door will also change bass response as Mark indicated.
The simple solution with this question, as with quite a few others, is simply to try it. It costs you nothing and it takes 5 seconds. If you don't like the result, waste another 5 seconds closing the door again. You've lost nothing and you're exactly back where you started.
You're trying to make things sound better to you, to get a bit more enjoyment out of your listening. You CAN AND SHOULD rely on your ears for that sort of decision. Things aren't going to be perfect with the door closed, and they won't be perfect with it open. There will be different advantages and disadvantages to both options. Which one do you prefer? Run with that option and then try some other acoustic treatment as well in order to improve the result of that option even further.
David Aiken
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