Sweet room...love the album art frames. How do you like that MH RCM?
The RCM works great but one requires ear protection or risk becoming deaf. My only issue is that MH/Roy Hall was not cooperative is anwering questions about accessories or spare parts, namely the suction wand and the felt pads which will eventually wear out. There are a few AK threads about this issue plus a YouTube video by another MH RCM customer. I have yet to hear back from Hall about this issue and there are others who have had the same crappy experience. My recommendation is to look elswhere (Okki Nokki, VPI, etc) due to MH not even responding to my emails and telephone calls.
Great room! I'm in the process of taking over a spare bedroom and would like to do something like this. What is the construction process of the panels? Are there dyi plans avail. anywhere? Can't be that hard to build. Can it? Love the wall colors too. Nice job.
Mike
Mike, the panels were made by a small business. The price, IMO, was well worth it. But there are many threads here on AK on how to make your own panels. Just make sure you have the right material such as Roxul RHT 40 or something similiar. Also, my advice is to go for as thick as possible. There is a huge difference between 2" and 4". My wall panels are 4.5" thick and the tri-corner bass traps are 12" deep.
Looks like a great listening space! So, what are the room dimensions; it doesn't look like a standard type bedroom or the like. Was it s special room used for something else before?
Good question. It's small and far from perfect for sound..hence the need for panels. The dimensions are 16' long by 7.75' wide with a 8' ceiling.
The room was originally used as an office, never a bedroom, in my 1950's bungalow. It's on the ground floor and is accessed from the family room/HT room on the same level. Both these rooms are on a cement floor--the rest of the house is raised 3-4'. The best thing about the listening room is that it is almost sound proofed from the rest of the house.
What a beautiful room! TINY, but absolutely gorgeous. I love the album display and the colors used in the decor and the sanitary look of the equipment. The acoustic panels and bass traps are a very nice touch.
A couple questions...
- The green tape on the carpet is for marking the speaker location? Do you set the speakers back out of the way at times? I've been thinking about how to do that in an unobtrusive way. Maybe a tiny loop of bright sewing thread in a couple places, or something like that.
- What is the album between Born To Run and Boy, right above Alice Cooper? I think I have every other album that I can actually see in your frames, except for that one. It may be something I need to find and listen to if our tastes are so aligned.
Good eye spotting the tape. I only used it when I was moving the speakers to attach the panels.
The album is Ultravox "Rage in Eden" from the early eighties. One of my favourite bands for this type of music. Btw, the album to its right is not U2's "Boy", but "War". Easy mistake since U2 changed the original album cover for Boy to be a similiar one of the same 10-year old boy on the War cover. I am not sure the reason for this switch?
