Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions What is the ideal acoustical environment?

No offense taken, none intended.

dmw,

Lots of good advice from Bren, Ajax and all, but a mix of both reflective and absorbent surfaces is ideal. Axiom speakers are designed with consistent frequency responses both on and off-axis such that early and later lateral reflections from side walls will add to the sense of spaciousness. That has been confirmed by many tests at the NRC in Canada.

So normal domestic furnishings--upholstered furniture, area rugs, some bare walls broken up by bookshelves, etc. You don't want the room excessively "live" or "dead".

Regards,

>>So normal domestic furnishings...

You understand why he is asking, right ? This is a man decorating his own space. It's not gonna BE normal domestic unless someone gives him very specific instructions... "Honey, this is a rug. It keeps your bare feet from leaving marks on the hardwood floor"

And NORMAL furnishings also doesn't mean a pyramid of beer bottles and walls lined in animal skins.

Bren R.

Hey, what's wrong with beer bottles and animal skins? beer bottles are glass -- reflective -- and animal skins are absoptive

I thought that was exactly what we were looking for -- a mixture of reflection and absorption. :-)

Lexxen,

Beer bottles and animal skins. Good mix, reflective and absorbent. I'll pass the decor hints on to a friend who writes for the Design section of the L.A. Times magazine. Might start a trend.

Regards,

From what I've read elsewhere on the subject, the front and side walls should be hard surfaces (the sides being as symmetrical as possible, i.e. bookshelves etc) and the back wall should be damped or softened.

I think I really need to do somthing with my back wall, things get harsh in here at higher volumes. Might just find me a bear skin rug to hang on the wall.

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I'll pass the decor hints on to a friend who writes for the Design section of the L.A. Times magazine. Might start a trend.

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Make sure I get credit, now!

Bren R.

If anyone needs a supply of animal skins my father happens to own an abattior so I can get you all the untanned pig, sheep, goat, buffalo, cow and sometimes emu hides you want (packed in salt, of course) -- for al thsoe DIYers that like to tan their own hides...

;-)

Lexxen, I read your post several times and I must tell you I am a shambles. There is SOOOOO much that lends itself to replies that I am a wreck as the permutations riddle my body!!! . My brain governor brought everything back under control as it mulled over the question - "What DOES one do with an Emu hide?"

My wife and I had a horrific furniture trauma when a neighbor's dog attacked and decimated our treasured naugahide couch years ago. We would have dealt with it better, but then we found out it could not be replaced as the nauga has become extinct. I do keep my last remaining shark skin suit under protection.