In my new HT I am now unsure as to whether I should have treatments on the walls above the curtains. I originally was going to use Roxul panels all around the room with one layer above the curtains. One layer below the curtains, and then 1st reflection points. The curtains are a heavy velvet stage curtain, and go wall to wall on the wall behind where the speakers will go. I am also installing curtains on the side wall too... on the right side it will go to the fireplace, and on the left to the door opening.
As you can see the room is all concrete or stone so it is very live, and large. I cannot do any treatment above the 2nd French cleat other than we will have a curtain to cover the windows when we watch movies. I am planning on getting more Persion rugs to put in front of the front 3 channels to stop floor reflection.
I have used DIY RPG Diffusers in the past, and also made my own absorption panels. I have been told by some to use diffusers instead of absorption panels in this room.
What should I do? My wife wants me to start getting the room appearance completed...meaning get the frames up for the panels so we can at least display art work on absorption panels where ever we are going to use absortion. If I do absorption I will make blank panels for now, and then fill later since Roxul is $100 plus shipping a bundle here vs $55 in the USA.
Closing the curtains has def made an improvement in intelligibility of voices alone. I will be using YPAO to tune the room until I can get Dirac. This year is my audio build part, and next year will be projector, screen, and new AVP.
I will have 3 horns for the front channels, 2 horns for side channels just behind the mlp side walls, and 2 more horns in the rear corners of the room (in front of the bar, and where the coat rack is). The rears will be angled toward the mlp from the corners.
With the curtains in the front I will not be able to have corner traps unless I do not have the curtains go all the way to the wall...which would then mean I would have light leakage. Also the curtain direction is being changed to a single rail which opens and closes like a normal curtain. When the curtains are open I will have layers of material in the corners...especially with the side and front curtains all retracting into each corner. I can put panels down the center of the front wall though.
Room dimensions
Width 19' 7"
Height to center of the Boveda ceiling 32'
Length from below loft to front wall 21'
Length from hall way door to the front wall 46'
Length from kitchen bar to the front wall 31' 7"
MLP to front wall 18' 7"
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