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Feet up and letting our poor tired brains soak in the music…
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Feet up and letting our poor tired brains soak in the music…
Doesn’t that huge expanse of glass make the sound reflect horribly?
Hi JM,
There are some sound reflection issues that we have to deal with – but their effect is not too horrible.
The right all is all glass, yes, but the left wall is hard wood (mahogany plywood) and it’s reflective characteristics not too dissimilar to that of glass. So the first reflection points, though live, are fairly symmetrical.
We like a ‘live sound’, most room treatments making music sound dead to our ears – the real problem for us, when we have such a live room, is being when the sound does not decay appropriately – just bouncing around the room a wee bit too long.
We’ve ameliorated that to a good degree:
The front wall is covered by a medium-weight drape (there is a large mirror and fireplace behind it in this mid-century modern Eichler home), the carpets have thick pads underneath them, and the ceiling is broken up by cross beams.
Large couch and chairs complete the sound dampening picture.
It is still not perfect, and I know some people really hate anything coming to their ears from the first reflection points – but the vast majority of the sound comes direct from the horn and plasma tweeter and in practice it works pretty well.
And, finally, for us, listening to music in a man or woman cave just seems… unpleasant, unhealthy and unappealing… YMMV. 🙂
Take care,
-Mike