"Is a very big listening room as bad as a very small one?"
Is a concert hall too big for a small instrument like a violin to sound good?
Hello Socrates
I'll prefer to listen to a solo violin in a room instead of even a small concert hall.
"Is a very big listening room as bad as a very small one?"
Is a concert hall too big for a small instrument like a violin to sound good?
Thanks Paul. You are correct to point out to a good acoustician but unfortunately I don't know if there is an acoustician specialized in hi-end stereo audio in my country.
I know and even friends with a couple of great acousticians but they are building recording studios and av systems all the time. I happen to get a couple of advices from them from time to time and they all ended up bad. The room became dead most of the time. It is magic to create an intimate sounding system and I think you need a very focused acoustician on this particular field.
It is a great investment for me and I don't know any acoustician that I can trust for hi-end stereo so I am trying to learn myself first and then monitor the acoustician that I will hire.
Ceasar,
I am investigating improving our living/listening room 27x17x12 with a large opening on one side and many obstacles on the other.
I have contacted Mr. Odemalm re purchase of SMT transparent wings with my thought of using near field close to speaker for 1st reflection.
Your response of SMT advice for SMT wall behind listening position maybe all I need - or perhaps in addition (?)
What type of wings were advised for this use?
Thanks for whatever insight you give,
Dave
I can build a room as big as 33W x 46L x 16H (feet) within the ideal ratio but is it too big for a standard full range speaker experience?
When discussing this, you should forget about "amp power" and concentrate on SPL. This will depend mostly on speaker efficiency and radiating area of the drivers.
The acoustics of the room are more important than the size in my opinion.i had a pair of Proac d100 speakers in a 3.6 by 4.5 metre room and they sounded excellent. I than build my new room which is 8 by 5 metre and no matter what I did I just couldn’t get them to sound good.
While a very big room minimizes specular reflections and standing waves and which is generally great, it also needs to be balanced up against getting a spacious and intimate listening experience. If the room is both very long and wide, achieving lateral diffuse energy arriving at the right time can be difficult.
You may also need more treatment surface in a big room in order to remove flutter echo.
The acoustics of the room are more important than the size in my opinion.i had a pair of Proac d100 speakers in a 3.6 by 4.5 metre room and they sounded excellent. I than build my new room which is 8 by 5 metre and no matter what I did I just couldn’t get them to sound good.
klaus says there’s no such thing as room acoustics.I think there is.At bass frequencies walls can be either absorbers or reflectors - we must also consider materials and building techniques in the equation.
Building techniques are very different in Europe and the US - it is why sometimes we read very difference advices on acoustic treatments.
F. Toole has a very interesting comment in his book on how simply using a double layer of drywall in place of a simple one completely ruined a room acoustics.
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