


Get free, friendly, expert advice call 1-888-352-9466 or email
Recently added item(s) ×
You have no items in your shopping cart.
Forums » General Discussion » Home Theater » Upstairs bonus room: Slanted ceilings
|
|
#351194 - 06/29/11 10:49 PM
![]() |
|
![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 04/04/07 Posts: 4870 Loc: Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Any guess on how the acoustics would be impacted by a room with slanted ceilings such as the one in the photo below:?
![]()
_________________________
-David |
Top |
#351195 - 06/29/11 11:32 PM
![]() |
|
![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 03/07/05 Posts: 7463 Loc: Glendale, Arizona |
I'd think you'd get some different reflections, maybe better maybe worse?
I don't really know? It'd be interesting to do a graph of that room. See how the sound waves react in there.
_________________________
*********** "Nothin' up my sleeve. . ." --Bullwinkle J. Moose |
Top |
#351197 - 06/29/11 11:56 PM
![]() |
|
![]() shareholder in the making Registered: 05/11/02 Posts: 10621 |
David, Dr. Toole and others emphasize how difficult it is to predict the effect of non-parallel walls on room modes and the separate effect of reflections from the room boundaries at about a quarter-wavelength distance. Hopefully, because of the continually varying distances between the angled surfaces the number of mode and reflection frequencies would be much greater and would lead to an overall smoother response.
_________________________
----------------------------------- Enjoy the music, not the equipment. |
Top |
#351198 - 06/30/11 12:12 AM
![]() |
|
![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 04/04/07 Posts: 4870 Loc: Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Thanks for the input. A lot of the houses we have looked at have some type of slanted ceiling in the upstairs. This particular one is worse than most so was just wondering. Ideally I'd like to find a room that I can fit a projector in, but a nice alternative would be to have any room separate from the living room that I could fit a large TV and some Axioms in so I can have a place to hide
![]()
_________________________
-David |
Top |
#351203 - 06/30/11 12:56 AM
![]() |
|
![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 12/26/03 Posts: 10415 Loc: Calgary, Alberta |
Wasn't Jason's(myrison) HT room similar to that? Seems to me it was and he thought it worked very well.
|
Top |
#351204 - 06/30/11 01:34 AM
![]() |
|
![]() local Registered: 10/06/06 Posts: 280 Loc: CT |
We have the HT room setup in a room with slanted walls and acoustics is excellent - without Audyssey or other room correction applied.
|
Top |
#351208 - 06/30/11 07:50 AM
![]() |
|
![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 01/29/04 Posts: 13567 Loc: Iowa |
There is a guy on the elemental designs forum that has a room just like that. He placed black acoustic panels along the walls and each slanted ceiling, said it helped, but before it was not bad.
_________________________
M80s-VP180-4xM22ow-4xM3ic-EP600-2xEP350 Anthem AVM60 Outlaw 7700 Emotiva A500 Epson 5040UB |
Top |
#351209 - 06/30/11 07:59 AM
![]() |
|
![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 01/29/04 Posts: 13567 Loc: Iowa |
It is a little bigger than yours, but you get the idea..before and after treatment shots....
![]() ![]() ![]()
_________________________
M80s-VP180-4xM22ow-4xM3ic-EP600-2xEP350 Anthem AVM60 Outlaw 7700 Emotiva A500 Epson 5040UB |
Top |
#351211 - 06/30/11 08:26 AM
![]() |
|
![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 03/23/10 Posts: 3596 Loc: Massachusetts Badlands |
Originally Posted By: sirquack It is a little bigger than yours, but you get the idea..before and after treatment shots.... That's what they all say. Really! They have injections to do that now?
_________________________
Always call the place you live a house. When you're old, everyone else will call it a home. |
Top |
#351212 - 06/30/11 08:28 AM
![]() |
|
![]() axiomite Registered: 09/16/04 Posts: 5319 Loc: Marion, IA |
That looks both strange and somewhat awesome with all of the treatment panels.
Yea, I've seen a few photos over the (many) years of people using this "bonus room" for a home theater and don't recall anyone mentioning any more (or less) acoustical issues than other rooms without slanted ceilings.
_________________________
http://ht.buol.us 2-M60s, VP180, 8-M3s, SVS 20-39PCi, DIY Sub, 8-Shakers, JVC RS45, Anthem MRX-1120 |
Top |