Viocustized my room!

Mike, I can only imagine the change in your space is dramatic. You certainly went full scale! How do you like it?
 
Bobvin said:
Mike, I can only imagine the change in your space is dramatic. You certainly went full scale! How do you like it?
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Bob - I ignored my problematic room for too long (the angled roof is an acoustic nightmare - if not treated). The change is dramatic. The room is so quiet. Decay of instruments - especially trumpet and piano - is now bang on with no excessive ringing. Imaging is much sharper. I can listen to Chris Botti all day long. Bass is even better, even though I know that's not the number one benefit of the Vicoustic panels.

I'll be adding 6, 3 foot tube traps (four 13 inch and two 16 inch) in the middle of the room in front of the window. The 6 traps will be stacked to form 3, 6 foot traps. I will then put one 4 foot, 16 inch tube trap in the front corners and two 4 foot tube traps on the outside of each of the speakers. I will move my existing bass traps to the back corners of the room. Then, I should be 95% of the way there. Maybe some diffusion on the roof. We shall see.

Room treatments certainly aren't sexy and exciting like a new amp, but they are a necessary evil. The key is time, patience, working with a professional like Jeff and measurements. Then formulate a plan and execute. Writing the check was the hardest part!


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dlb2 said:
:exciting: Yowzaa!!! You don't do things half-way do you? How does it sound?
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Amazing Doug. Amazing. I've gone from having one of the worst rooms in our audiophile club, to probably one of the best.


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Are those MSR Springtraps in the corners? I have some that are not going to fit in my room.
 
Looks really good. How has it impacted your bass issues. Did u do none then all panels or did you do incremental build up to make sure things improved but not too damped? One minor suggestion is if your listening chairs r above ear level-a throw blanket would b much less reflective than leather. I had similar issue and a small shearling blanket worked wonders.

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Excellent Mike. Happy for you. Does that pop corn machine still works ??? ;)

Mike are you consider this bass traps ? I found them interesting.

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veindoc said:
Looks really good. How has it impacted your bass issues. Did u do none then all panels or did you do incremental build up to make sure things improved but not too damped? One minor suggestion is if your listening chairs r above ear level-a throw blanket would b much less reflective than leather. I had similar issue and a small shearling blanket worked wonders.

Nick
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Bass seems more tight and better defined. But I think the tube traps will have the most impact on bass. I'm anxiously waiting for those to arrive. I did all this in one day! Phew! It's not too damp. If I hadn't left a 3 inch space between each vicoustic panel, it might have been. But this is perfect.

I will try the blanket on the leather chair. Good idea. Thanks.
 
BlueMcIntosh said:
Excellent Mike. Happy for you. Does that pop corn machine still works ??? ;)

Mike are you consider this bass traps ? I found them interesting.

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Very cool Paul! What are those? How much?

And yes, the popcorn machine still works. I wish it didn't - then I could get rid of it. My wife loves it.
 
Mike said:
Very cool Paul! What are those? How much?

And yes, the popcorn machine still works. I wish it didn't - then I could get rid of it. My wife loves it.
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Its call Vicoustic Vari Bass ( 2 for $ 900 CAD ) I believe . I think its perfect for your corner since you dont have much height
 
When I put in tube traps I had some improvement, when I put in the Springtraps there was a sea-change in bass response. I stacked two pairs in the back corners. Obviously in your space that couldn't happen. If my new space would allow I'd use the Springtraps over the tube traps in a minute, IMHO they work better, but it is hard to say definitively because I had both in use together. I did not have all corners treated with one then the other, and perhaps just getting all the corners of that room treated was the solution.

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WOW!! nice work Mike. i can see the hard work and money spent paying off nicely!!!
 
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