Re: another shape than rectangular
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Originally posted by heinz1964
I have searched for the subject on diyaudio
but most of the threads deal with already excisting rectangular rooms. not with making a room that is not rectangular'
best regards
uwe
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Certainly, rectangular rooms are the easiest framing wise, and one can find any number of magical formulas for dimensions and treatment regimens borrowed from recording studios. But if you have the freedom to design outside of those parameters, rooms with the fewest parallel surfaces can manage will tend to cause far fewer acoustic problems.
Of course that's easier said than done.
At the very least if the ceiling can be raised above 10ft and lofted to cathedral angles you can mitigate much of the mid-bass floor bounce.
My main listening room is a teeny former basement bedroom, with a lower than usual ceiling and only slightly wider than 8ft. It's far easier to build a speaker that sounds good in a larger room, than to get this little room out of the way of even a small bookshelf or stand-mounted 2-way or fullranger.
OTOH, a buddy of mine has a very nice room that is not gigantic in terms of total floor space, but has a very highly vaulted ceiling (from just over 6ft on the front wall, to almost 17ft on the back wall) - floor to ceiling reflections are not an issue, and the room is wide enough ( L-shaped between 16 and 32ft) that the lowest frequencies in any of the music we ever listen to are quite effortless.
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