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In Reply to: RE: Room posted by AudioDwebe on January 3, 2009 at 07:40:55:
OK, if you're like me and into small group jazz, I can understand the reluctance to go the diffusor route.
2' x 4' panels will work fine at the first reflection points. I'm using MondoTraps which are 4'9 x 2' at mine. The partial wall is OK because the panel absorbs the bulk of the sound so little gets through to reflect from the wall. In fact one of my MondoTraps covers the edge of an archway entrance and the first part of the wall next to it, which is a vertical version of your kitchen bench situation. The only problem is that it does block the view in/out of the kitchen, plus it will reduce light in the kitchen which may be an issue when you're working there. You may actually need 2 panels there, one to cover the below bench reflection point on the wall and another further along to block the sound above the benchtop reflecting from the kitchen wall. Because of the different distance to that wall, the reflection point will be at a different angle and the panel for the reflection point on the wall below the bench may not be wide enough to cover the other angle as well, probably won't be in fact. You're likely to need 2 panels almost side to side there.
Absorbing a significant amount of the side reflections will compensate for the image shift to one side quite well but it may not be perfect in every case. It does extremely well in my room which is L shaped and has an open archway on one side wall very close to the first reflection point, plus the wall then bends at 45 degrees causing another imbalance problem. I need 2 panels on one side and 1 on the other to get around that, plus treatment behind me where the toe of the L extends the length of the left side of the room but not the right side.
I think you could probably do a quite reasonable job with the setup shifted slightly to the left and the balance control. I think you can do a slightly better job with the panels, even with the existing speaker positions, though a lot depends on just how absorptive the panels will be. The balance control will help if the result isn't perfect.
I'm using monitor speakers and a nearfield style setup as well and the imaging is superb with that, and I don't have to use my balance control at all to centre the centre image.
You can certainly make the room work, and get better results than I think you expect in the process.
David Aiken
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