Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

RE: Pure mathematics I guess...

As suggested, get a rug or some other upholstered/soft things to absorb some.

What are your room dimensions? If you have any dimension that is a multiple of another, you may end up with pretty severe standing waves. Standing waves can give huge boost and suckout at some frequencies. You can calculate what frequencies will be emphasized in your room - see link.

One approach that might work is a live end/dead end setup. Heavy drapes or an upholstered wall behind the speakers can make that the dead end, though it can work the other way as well (with the live end behind the speakers.)

Non-right angles are wonderful. Bookcases or record cases that effectively change the room length or width for part of the side help. Anything that breaks up the parallel surfaces will help - see pic of a studio live room. Those triangle thingies are surprisingly effective. You probably don't want that in your living room, but it might give you some ideas - be creative. (BTW, the keyboards are a Wurly and a Hammond B-3 in a "contemporary" housing on the right, with the mighty Leslie 147 behind the piano.)

Window treatments help - even just sheers over that glass would help.





Good luck.

WW
"Put on your high heeled sneakers. Baby, we''re goin'' out tonight.


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