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Author: bb01 on December 12 2007 Viewed 2272 times. 9 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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Hello,
I've recently moved to a nice fifties apartment. It has nicely curved walls and alround a very organic, friendly athmosphere.
The room where Im gonna build my music cave has one of these bends in one of the walls, and its giving me a headache.
I've drawn absorbers where problems with early reflections should arise. The rest is a bit more confusing.
Please oh collective uberbrain thats is the em411, can you help me figure this one out?
1 is the listening position.
2 : would be the ideal listening position.
3 : absorbers
4 : monitors
5 : heating (my table isnt in the middle of the room cos of this)
6 : segmented door
1) Am I right in thinking the angled corner will help prevent bass accumulation?
How do I mimic that on the left?
2) What would be the effect of opening the doors behind me? Will unwanted frequencies (standing waves) dissappear out the back?
3) Is it really benificial to attempt getting the room as symmetrical as possible?
The dotted black lines show a left/right difference.
The blue line would correct this. (see red points)
Should this be a diffuser (bookshelf) or a absorber (clothes rack).
4) Am I being anal? I know I do not need to be so precise, but it's nice to know what the ideal situation would be 
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12/12/07
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ignatius
i recently went through a few adjustments to get my room to sound better. it was actually no big deal. i was getting low end mud in some of my mixes and ill defined bass. i inquired at gikacoustics (since i had bought some bass traps from them) as to what to do.
i was told to move my desk 6 inches to one side so my listening position wouldn't be along the center of the room and to make sure my listening position was 38% the length of the room from the front wall. i was already pretty close to that mark and only had to move my desk out 6 inches.
i also moved some panels to the rear wall to absorb more low end and poof. my problems seem to have been fixed.
so, it's all about finding that right spot but 6 inches in one direction can make all the difference.
my bass traps sit on the floor in the corners and the panels hang like pictures. one nail or screw is all it takes. they also make bass traps that sit on stands so you don't need to mess w/your walls... those might work well for the rear of your room because you can move them around easily and see where they work best.
there's a lot of info here:
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and here:
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12/13/07
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bb01
adc - you probb didnt see because I couldnt get it to load (gif dont work, jpeg does) so was my fault
ignatius - thats exactly the type of stuff Id like to hear
interesting that youve been adviced to not sit in the center
12/13/07
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ignatius
the 38% rule is pretty standard but i was surprised to have to move 6 inches to the left or right to get off center. i guess it's the side room mode that helps fix. also, my ceiling is only 7 ft down there so i think that's part of the issue as well.
12/14/07
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bb01
my room is 11'4 by 11'4
the ceiling is at 8'6
I can make the room bigger by opening the "french windows" behind me
actually, if I dont open them up I need to put some panelling in front of them
which would be stupid, since they're doors.
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