Tom Carr's

by tomcarr on Listening Room

Description


Acoustically treated dedicated listening room. Dedicated AC line to room. Custom rack has all square tubing filled with sand. Shelves are 1.5" thick butcher block and are isolated from frame with silicone. Asymmetrical setup yields smoothest bass response. Setup in equilateral triangle. Speakers toed-in 30*. Distance between middle of tweeters 84". Distance to ear position in listening seat measured from tweeters 84".

Measurements are confirmed with tape measure and laser measure.
Speakers are sitting vertical, checked with bubble level. At seated position ears are at 37" above floor, center of midrange drivers are at 42" above floor, center of tweeters are at 48" above floor.
Floor is wood glued down over concrete slab.
Noise floor of room is 37 dB in the mornings.
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    • Primacoustic, OPPO, Topping, Vincent, Anticables, B&W Room treatment panels, custom rack, 103 UDP, Pre90, SP-331, Level 2 ICs and SCs, 803 D3 B&W
    Acoustically treated dedicated listening room. Dedicated AC line to room. Custom rack has all square tubing filled with sand. Shelves are 1.5" thick butcher block and are isolated from frame with silicone. Asymmetrical setup yields smoothest bass response. Setup in equilateral triangle. Speakers toed-in 30*. Distance between middle of tweeters 84". Distance to ear position in listening seat measured from tweeters 84".
    Measurements are confirmed with tape measure and laser measure.
    Speakers are sitting vertical, checked with bubble level. At seated position ears are at 37" above floor, center of midrange drivers are at 42" above floor, center of tweeters are at 48" above floor.
    Floor is wood glued down over concrete slab.
    Noise floor of room is 37 dB in the mornings.

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Interesting acoustic treatment. It looks like all absorption, no diffusion. The wood flooring was probably making things too bright. It definitely would not work in my house of stereo. I do like your attention to precise measurements. Enjoy!

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