This is a topic of more than passing interest to me, so I’ll through in my 2 cents. If I were to judge a hamburger by an experience at one particular fast food joint, and was disappointed with that burger, I could come away from that experience wondering just how burgers could be so popular. In reality, it was the recipe that was the issue.
I know a dealer that spent well over $100,000.00 to have two rooms done. He hated them. He, and his employees told me that they couldn’t stand to be in the large room for more than 20 minutes. I believe the problem was lack of phase coherence due to the diffusion methodology that caused the issues. I was in both rooms more than once. I’ve been in rooms that were annoyingly dead as well.
I believe that successful room acoustic treatment requires well designed components placed correctly for that room. Positioning is critical for some of the pieces and only experience and experimentation can really give the individual the knowledge base to position these pieces, and the correct number of pieces where they belong.
Then, personal taste of the designer comes into play as well. My two-room display at AXPONA was intended to not only show what a significant role room acoustics can play in a room, but my take on how to address the acoustic signature of the room. I felt it was very important to demonstrate to potential clients just what they could expect in return for their investment.
My patent-pending corner towers are successfully treating bass below 30hz as measured at AXPONA. That alone is pretty significant. James, if you would ever like to bring a pair of your speakers to Tampa, I will be happy to remove all treatments from my room and re-assemble one stage at a time. Or, at the next show I do a two-room demo; perhaps you could bring a pair of your speakers into my rooms either before or after hours for a test. It could be an opportunity for both of us to learn something.
Bart Andeer
Resolution Acoustics
I know a dealer that spent well over $100,000.00 to have two rooms done. He hated them. He, and his employees told me that they couldn’t stand to be in the large room for more than 20 minutes. I believe the problem was lack of phase coherence due to the diffusion methodology that caused the issues. I was in both rooms more than once. I’ve been in rooms that were annoyingly dead as well.
I believe that successful room acoustic treatment requires well designed components placed correctly for that room. Positioning is critical for some of the pieces and only experience and experimentation can really give the individual the knowledge base to position these pieces, and the correct number of pieces where they belong.
Then, personal taste of the designer comes into play as well. My two-room display at AXPONA was intended to not only show what a significant role room acoustics can play in a room, but my take on how to address the acoustic signature of the room. I felt it was very important to demonstrate to potential clients just what they could expect in return for their investment.
My patent-pending corner towers are successfully treating bass below 30hz as measured at AXPONA. That alone is pretty significant. James, if you would ever like to bring a pair of your speakers to Tampa, I will be happy to remove all treatments from my room and re-assemble one stage at a time. Or, at the next show I do a two-room demo; perhaps you could bring a pair of your speakers into my rooms either before or after hours for a test. It could be an opportunity for both of us to learn something.
Bart Andeer
Resolution Acoustics
