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How to improve family room acoustics?
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I have an open architecture house. Family room flows into the kitchen and into large living room and foyer (two story). In addition the entire first level has hard floors - hardwood and tile. My family room has a 42" TV and a home theater system. I would like to improve the acoustics since the sound echoes even when people talk. Using microphone for singing echoes even more. I like the modern look of the open space, but what can I do to improve the acoustics without compromising the look of the room? I understand that I will not be able to get a perfect sounding room, but if any noticeable improvements can be done, I will appreciate your advice. What are my choices? What would it cost? How much improvement will I notice? |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
Well, there're two aspects to this sound conundrum: First is the sound
when normal things are going on, and second is the sound when you do recording. The first you can attain fairly easily. The second not so much without being at least somewhat flexible on the "look". I'm sure you'll get a lot of good advice, but mine would be to not insist that one solution will satisfy both the audio and your sense of "without compromising look of the room". Large, flowing spaces and hardwood and tile floors can be great for recording, but they have to be controlled (rather the reflections have to be controlled or tamed), or else all the soundwaves flow as much as the visual. Your best bet is to use well placed portable baffles and diffusers when you record, and them you can put them away afterwards. Almost any semi-permanent treatment to the room as you describe it will compromise the visual flow of it. r wrote: Hi! I have an open architecture house. Family room flows into the kitchen and into large living room and foyer (two story). In addition the entire first level has hard floors - hardwood and tile. My family room has a 42" TV and a home theater system. I would like to improve the acoustics since the sound echoes even when people talk. Using microphone for singing echoes even more. I like the modern look of the open space, but what can I do to improve the acoustics without compromising the look of the room? I understand that I will not be able to get a perfect sounding room, but if any noticeable improvements can be done, I will appreciate your advice. What are my choices? What would it cost? How much improvement will I notice? |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
smanilov wrote:
Hi! I have an open architecture house. Family room flows into the kitchen and into large living room and foyer (two story). In addition the entire first level has hard floors - hardwood and tile. My family room has a 42" TV and a home theater system. I would like to improve the acoustics since the sound echoes even when people talk. Using microphone for singing echoes even more. I like the modern look of the open space, but what can I do to improve the acoustics without compromising the look of the room? I understand that I will not be able to get a perfect sounding room, but if any noticeable improvements can be done, I will appreciate your advice. What are my choices? What would it cost? How much improvement will I notice? http://www.realtraps.com Effective and reasonably priced. Plenty of prior discussion here, and if you Google it, ignore the sour-grapesters. Standard Disclaimer Applies: I have no financial affiliation with Realtraps, but I've fondled some at an AES convention, and I have tried like hell to get a local church to buy some of them. -- ha |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:28:00 -0500, hank alrich wrote
(in article ): smanilov wrote: Hi! I have an open architecture house. Family room flows into the kitchen and into large living room and foyer (two story). In addition the entire first level has hard floors - hardwood and tile. My family room has a 42" TV and a home theater system. I would like to improve the acoustics since the sound echoes even when people talk. Using microphone for singing echoes even more. I like the modern look of the open space, but what can I do to improve the acoustics without compromising the look of the room? I understand that I will not be able to get a perfect sounding room, but if any noticeable improvements can be done, I will appreciate your advice. What are my choices? What would it cost? How much improvement will I notice? http://www.realtraps.com Effective and reasonably priced. Plenty of prior discussion here, and if you Google it, ignore the sour-grapesters. Standard Disclaimer Applies: I have no financial affiliation with Realtraps, but I've fondled some at an AES convention, and I have tried like hell to get a local church to buy some of them. -- ha "I have tried like Hell to go to Heaven" hmmmm, The new Alrich Lyric Motivator seems to be working.... Regards, Ty Ford -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric stuff are at www.tyford.com |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
It seems that if I do no recording, but only listening, it is easier to
make the room "sound" better. I have heard that placing acoustic foam under the couches may help, but I am not sure if it's really true and if the effect is noticeable. Any comments on that? |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
I have heard that placing acoustic foam under the couches may help, but I
am not sure if it's really true and if the effect is noticeable. Any comments on that? That won't be useful. ALL acoustic problems are caused by reflections off the walls, floor, and ceiling. So the solution is to apply absorption to those surfaces. Putting something under a couch will have minimal effect if the floors are bare, and no effect at all if you already have carpet. rboy's suggestion for portable absorbers makes sense if you can't treat the room surfaces, though you need absorption more than diffusion. Hank's suggestion of my company RealTrap's products is also a good choice (thanks Hank), and we have a number of panels and stands and wheeled options that do exactly what you need. --Ethan |
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:38:01 -0500, wrote
(in article .com): It seems that if I do no recording, but only listening, it is easier to make the room "sound" better. I have heard that placing acoustic foam under the couches may help, but I am not sure if it's really true and if the effect is noticeable. Any comments on that? Your problems sound greater than what foam under a bench might do. Regards, Ty -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric stuff are at www.tyford.com |
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How to improve family room acoustics?
In article . com,
wrote: Hi! I have an open architecture house. Family room flows into the kitchen and into large living room and foyer (two story). In addition the entire first level has hard floors - hardwood and tile. My family room has a 42" TV and a home theater system. I would like to improve the acoustics since the sound echoes even when people talk. Using microphone for singing echoes even more. I like the modern look of the open space, but what can I do to improve the acoustics without compromising the look of the room? I understand that I will not be able to get a perfect sounding room, but if any noticeable improvements can be done, I will appreciate your advice. What are my choices? What would it cost? How much improvement will I notice? The first thing you can do is put carpet down everywhere. The second thing you can do is block off the family area with screens. Take reflective surfaces and make them nonreflective, then block sounds in a smaller area so they can't reach reflective surfaces. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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