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In Reply to: RE: Nice job.... posted by Oface on May 09, 2009 at 07:06:45
Chris, If ever you find an effective window treatment please post your findings. My room sounds great but… always a but… I have a 30” x 70” window on the long side and am curious how it effects the room.
I am lucky that the way my room is now it sounds great.
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I will let you know what I find effective.
Was at a thrift that gets brand new reams of fabric of all types for really cheap (really do not know what fabric cost), at a $1 yard. Seems like a good deal. So I bought about 5 yards now and will have to get my wood for the frames and such.
I have to paint first, so I am taking my time. I will post my results.
The thread below about the liner seems like it would be nice, just need to find a source though, have to get to googling.
Later,
-chris
I had a similar sized window in one of my listening rooms. Dale Pitcher of Intuitive Audio who designs some of the best speakers out there said that it would most likely affect bass response under 100 hz and cause some high frequency reflections. His recommended solution to me was to use a thick set of natural fiber (cotton or wool) curtains. The set I used was cotton and also included a sound proofing/light blocking backing (the type used in hotel rooms). Worked fine for me a looked very nice as well. Not cheap though.
Noise absorbing curtain liners are very useful. I've got such a liner behind curtains covering 2 windows in my room, a curtain spread around 9 or 10' wide and running floor to almost ceiling, so there's a fair sized area involved. Curtains on their own helped but adding the liner behind the curtains made a very audible improvement. As you say, they're not cheap but as far as acoustic treatment goes they're also not outrageously expensive.
David Aiken
I am in the States....
Thanks
-chris
And I'm in Australia so my source won't work for you.
Go to a curtain store and ask them about noise absorbing liners. They should be able to give you some details.
Alternatively search the main US curtain fabric firms websites for details.
The linings in my room are a fabric called "bumph".
David Aiken
Been searching, found some at large store chain here in the states,, but did not say anything about for use in sound or noise blocking, nor did the reviews have any mention of it....
Still looking....I'll stumble across it eventually.
Thanks,
-chris
Relatively speaking room treatments are probably the cheapest improvement someone can do in audio...imo. Although most often its either the last and the most over looked.
Karma Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry 音楽は力です。
Paint & treatments first, while I it is a "fresh" room. Then will worry about placement and such, but I all ready have most figured out now. Just have to get this done before school starts back up. I have a week and a day.
This room is going to be primarily a listening room and with the option of a vintage Altec 604 (I have 2 atm , have a lead on a cheap 3rd) equipped modest home theater. Looking at adding a infinite baffle sub-woofers later as well. I am waiting for the led projectors to get cheaper.....Till then I will use a plasma or a lcd screen.
Again Dynaudio, good looking room you have there.
-chris
Its good that you have a clean slate to work with, if you are using it for HT you may have a to approach it a bit differently than a 2 ch. set up.
How big is your room?
And what type of speakers will you be using?
Karma Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry 音楽は力です。
21'x17x6'-8' with the last dim being like yours with the ceiling slanting down.....
It will be set-up initially with my Altec 604K's in 620A cabs, being fed by a pair of Bottlehead 2A3 paramour's, with a passive-pre being fed with a sacd player, Ipod and eventually a mini-mac with an dac (been ripping all my music with uncompressed wavs)..... the last 2 are in the works as I speak, they will be a couple of months away.....
I just want some sounds in their before the wife gets any bright ideas!!!
Later,
-chris
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