Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

the engineer that I had hired to help evaluate my structure has lost her licence and is being sued for negligence related to concrete works in a bunch of commercial buildings. I've decided to hire another engineering firm :shock: Wow! Sounds like a really smart move to get a new engineer! Glad to h...

I'm assuming this room is already fully isolated? In other words, you'll be adding insulation to the final, inner leaf of the room? No more isolation needed? So your intention is only to treat the completed room now, not isolate? Just checking, because often there's confusion here. OK, assuming this...

Normally I don't allow newcomers posting unrelated links to YouTube videos, but in this case I'll make an exception, since it really is a very interesting comparison of room sounds. The differences are crystal clear, not subtle, and somewhat surprising (assuming that all factors were kept identical ...

could you remove the sides top and bottom of the speaker box, mount the face with the speakers attached in the baffle box and ... I would not recommend doing that. The speaker box is an integral part of the overall speaker design and performance: if you take parts away from it,then you are going to...

As Glenn mentioned, doing tests in the empty room reveals the basic, underlying response of the overall room, which gives you good hint on what treatment you'll need in the low end, and some hints on where to put it. But you are beyond that now, as your room is mostly complete and furnished. Thus, y...

You are very right that soffit-mounting (or "flush mounting", if you prefer) changes the sound of the speaker, but it does so in a mostly beneficial way. First, it extends the dimensions of the front baffle considerably in all directions, thus driving down the "baffle step response&qu...

Hi Stef, and Welcome to the forum!

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6508 instead of continuing with absorbers, to move towards Helmholtz resonators. But what do I tune them to? Helmholtz resonators are notoriously hard to tune. It can be done, of course, but it isn't easy to get right. Small dimension deviations can tune it far enough off from where it should be, a...

6580 i disagree with Rod on this, bridging isolation walls reduces the isolation. Absolutely agree with Glenn here! (and thus, also disagree with Rod...) Flanking is a very real thing, and can greatly reduce isolation. When I teach seminars on this (in person), there's a simple demonstration to sho...

Hi there Clark, and welcome to the Forum! :thu: :D And WOW! What an excellent first post! Very detailed, very complete, with all your goals and current situation clearly explained. I wish all first posts were like yours! Awesome. I'm going to take a while to work through that, and get beck to you wi...

6446 Thank you, Stuart, I take that as an encouraging endorsement from you. I've used both the KH310's and the KH750's on several projects, and they are great. Neumann was very smart to not change anything but the logo on the old K+H line, then continue developing in the same direction as before, w...

6443 agreeing to change the front wall to include flush-mounted Neumann KH310 monitors and KH750 subs That's a very, very smart move! Great set of speakers, with great possibilities. Looking forward to seeing that happen! :thu: And great to see you getting back into "studio build" mode! -...

Right! There's been some DoS attacks on the server lately (Syn floods mostly, but others too), and it protects itself by going offline for a brief time, then coming back up again, automatically. But sometimes the damage is already done (damn DoS bots!!), and it can't come up again fully, so it needs...

6435 Would it be acceptable to make another small hole on the back of the speaker boxes to provide easy access to this without having to remove the entire speaker from the box? Definitely! In fact, don't make the hole small: make it BIG. That rear panel can end up looking like Frankenstein's Swiss ...