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Acoustic Treatments for Your Home Theater

acoustic_treat_room2_800_504x358.shkl.jpgFocusing on ways to improve your hi-fi listening experience through affordable, DIY acoustic treatments. I've made DIY bass traps and Acoustic Panels based on the designs of Jon Risch and comments on the Audio Asylum Forums. This lense will teach you how to make affordable acoustic treatment for your listening room with materials readily available at your local home and fabric stores.

Remember: treat room acoustics acoustically, not electronically (unless it's for frequencies below 120 Hz where your brain cannot tell the difference between your loudspeakers and subwoffer and your room).

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Posts describing the construction and application of acoustic panels and bass traps in my listening room.
DIY Acoustic Panels Reveal Depth and Clarity in Orchestral Recordings
With my six acoustic panels in place I sat in my sweet spot Saturday morning to listen to the Broadway soundtrack. I was curious if the panels would clarify the soundstage of complicated recordings like an orchestra and a musical theater cast.
How To Build Jon Risch’s DIY Acoustic Panels
Jon Risch's DIY acoustic panels have changed my system more than any other tweak and component upgrade. After placing the panels at my listening room's early and diffraction reflection points (two behind the speakers and four on the sidewalls (the two panels closest to me actually sit in easy chairs because I can't move the chairs out of the way)) I heard these improvements.
5 Hi-Fi Listening Room Habits for Healthy Audiophiles
I've made major improvements to my music listening experience over the last year, some at no cost. The following distills the top five guidelines I've followed to optimize my enjoyment.
Why You Must Acoustically Treat Your Hi-Fi Room
Holy crap! My DIY acoustic panels (following Jon Risch's recipe, my own how to experience coming soon) have improved my listening experience like nothing else. You have got to try these. I wish you could borrow mine. For the price of two sets of Black Diamond Racing Cones you can change your whole music listening experience for the better. This is the most noteworthy upgrade I have ever made.
Jon Risch Quick and Dirty Bass Traps Dressed Up By Ikea
My DIY acoustic panels project is on hold until I can breathe again (nothing like a cold over Labor Day weekend). I've built the wooden frames but haven't begun to work with the fiberglass because I can't imagine coughing through a respirator. So, to feel like I was making progress I threw together two Jon Risch Quick and Dirty Bass Traps (scroll down to "New Quick & Dirty Recipe").
Why I Need to Build Jon Risch’s DIY Acoustic Panels
For the past two weeks I've been obsessed over my listening room's acoustics. I'm sure that acoustic problems are now invading the space (or I've read too much about the subject and I'm just noticing them now, always train your ears). The most obvious problem is too wide a stereo image. For example, I'll get a tight, centered combo of snare and kick drum that I can imagine a drummer playing and then he hits a cymbal eight feet away over past the right speaker. Another problem is losing center imaged singers to a weird lobing split between either speaker-the voice may suddenly collapse to one side. These anomalies are subtle, don't think my room is crap.

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Reader Feedback 

How have you acoustically treated your listening area?

basementjack wrote...

I've built some of those DIY tube traps, and I've got a panel on the wall covered by fabric.

I hope to get some pictures up on www.acousticsoftwarereviews.com, but the site's just getting started....

ReplyPosted October 29, 2006

Great Movies to Show Off Your New Acoustic Treatments 

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Other Acoustic Treatment Sources 

Forums, Tutorials and Retail Sources for Acoustic Treatments

Room Acoustics Forum by Rives Audio
Audio Asylum's Acoustic Treatment Forum hosted by Rives Audio. Great source for DIY projects and reviews on other solutions.
Jon_Risch's Web Page, Index
I have based my acoustic treatment designs on Jon Risch's various DIY projects. Detailed instructions, pictures and material sources can be found at his site.
RealTraps
Affordable acoustic treatments and knowledgeable advice.
Home Audio Acoustics - Home Theater Shack
Home Audio Acoustics on Home Theater shack. Home Audio Acoustics includes acoustical treatments for your home theater or listening room.
Moderators: Alan Brown, bpape, Ethan Winer, Glenn Kuras
GIK ACOUSTICS
More affordable Bass traps and acoustic treatments with attractive fabric covers.

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