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Old 23rd April 2006   #7
Fletcher
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Originally Posted by Fuge
My goal is to build a room with the number one goal of "what I hear is what I get" (I guess were all chasing that one).
Wow... no ceiling height. Bummer. It's not that you're totally screwed it's just that you have a pretty large problem to try to work around. I would highly recommend you consult a professional acoustician... depending on where you're located I'm sure there is someone within reasonable proximity with whom you could consult.

Off the top of my head I'd say that the "Auralex solution" you seem to have proposed should look pretty bitchin' but be somewhere in the semi-useless to totally useless range in terms of getting the bass response under control.

On the bright side, it looks like you can manage the reflection patterns pretty easily but I would definitely recommend you examine a series of 'random diffusion' objects attached to the ceiling [parallel floor/ceilings are a drag upon drags].

The couple thousand it'll cost you to consult a professional will most likely save you several thousand in time and agita as you try to get your mixes to reference out of the room... you nearfield monitor choise will also be pretty critical [and fortunately it doesn't look like you're trying to build a "in the wall" kind of system [because if you are, you might want to start a Prozac® regimine before using/tweezing the room].

Best of luck with it!!
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