After finally moving the business out of the house I now have a room to dedicate to a listening room. Problem is it sounds like crap.
It is a basement room about 11' x 20' with very low 6' 8" ceiling. There are heating ducts running along the ceiling full length of the room on one side. Floor is rubber backed carpet on concrete. Walls are 1/4 inch paneling on the studs, nothing behind it. Ceiling is the old rigid ceiling tiles. No furniture at this point and there may never be much.
The biggest problem with the sound is that the mids are harsh. The vocals on California Dreamin' will shred my ears. It's a nail on the chalk board type thing. At first it sounded like a transistor radio at the end of a tunnel, but with some playing with speaker placement that has improved somewhat.
I believe I need some absorption, but how much?
My goal is a rich, smooooooth sound. My ringing old ears can't tolerate bright or harsh. I have been heading that way with my equipment and was getting pretty close in the living room. Set up wasn't ideal for sound stage and imaging but was getting pretty good there too.
Thanks for any help.
Mark
It is a basement room about 11' x 20' with very low 6' 8" ceiling. There are heating ducts running along the ceiling full length of the room on one side. Floor is rubber backed carpet on concrete. Walls are 1/4 inch paneling on the studs, nothing behind it. Ceiling is the old rigid ceiling tiles. No furniture at this point and there may never be much.
The biggest problem with the sound is that the mids are harsh. The vocals on California Dreamin' will shred my ears. It's a nail on the chalk board type thing. At first it sounded like a transistor radio at the end of a tunnel, but with some playing with speaker placement that has improved somewhat.
I believe I need some absorption, but how much?
My goal is a rich, smooooooth sound. My ringing old ears can't tolerate bright or harsh. I have been heading that way with my equipment and was getting pretty close in the living room. Set up wasn't ideal for sound stage and imaging but was getting pretty good there too.
Thanks for any help.
Mark