Room Treatment 101

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Offline Natural Sound

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on: March 03, 2013, 06:44:03 AM
Does anyone have any recommendations for books or web resources that discuss room treatments? I need to fine tune my room and don



Offline Jim R.

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Reply #1 on: March 03, 2013, 07:54:04 AM
Tom,

There's some information on the GIK acoustics web site, and there is a good, brief and fairly non-technical primer on the galen carol audio site (gcaudio.com).

Also there is a forum on the michael green audio web site: michaelgreenaudio.com

I recently bought a roomtune pack from mga and some extra pieces and I know from experience with another, no longer made similar product that these work well.  A basic roomtune kit is $375 and may be all that most smaller rooms will need.  I've had GIK in the past and they work well, but they can get expensive and from my experience it is tough to get just the right balance with these in a smaller room.  The MGA stuff is an entirely different approach, which I used in my last listening room and worked great and for a fraction of the other stuff out there.

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Jim

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Reply #2 on: March 03, 2013, 08:03:51 AM
The Master Handbook of Acoustics is very good.

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Reply #3 on: March 03, 2013, 08:58:26 AM
I just downloaded a freeware room analyzer from Home Theater Forum.
I gotta admit that I haven't had time to try it yet but it looks pretty good (and it was recommended by some well respected engineers). One nice thing about these home theater applications is that the support is easy for anyone to understand.
Like most programs like this, an audio interface with balanced mic inputs and something like the Behringer ecm8000, a mic stand and cable is needed to get the the room sound samples into the application.

http://www.hometheatershack.com/roomeq/

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Reply #4 on: March 03, 2013, 11:54:41 AM
And I happen to have an unused behringer mic that I no longer need.
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Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 09:50:37 PM
The Master Handbook of Acoustics is very good.


Yes. That is the book that I have read and applied to my room. You may not be able to get it right 100%, but then any improvement is worth it. For starters, I have zero fatigue.


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system 1. oppo, quickie,SEX 2.1 ( V cap), Decware DFR8 in ZOB cabs
System 2. Tascam cd200, Terra Dac,Zbox,Decware Zen amp(V cap) Lowther PM6A in Acousta horns.
Maple rack, Brass footers,Power conditioner, dedicated treated room, iso pads, plenty of tubes. All cables DIY.