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Ceiling Materials effect on sound

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9/1/09 at 6:55pm
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Ive used a room in my home for a theater since we moved in 7 years ago ( it's only 16.5 x 11.5 x 8) and have begun to work out design plans for a more polished look. I really like the idea of a coffered ceiling and would like to do it entirely in wood. I was just thinking the other day that it may be like putting hardwood floors on your ceiling as far as sound reflectivity goes. I know the coffered aspect is supposed to have beneficial aspects to it but the coffers are not going to be very deep, probably not much more than 3 or 4 inches at most (only 8 foot ceilings) and large for the room size at 3' square. anybody have any thoughts on this, now mind you I'm not a sound engineer and don't need the room perfect I just don't want to create any headaches for myself that some simple acoustic panels cant fix.
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post #2 of 2
9/2/09 at 6:14pm
Do be careful.  Sound reflects like light, and you can also focus it.  Curved surfaces, especially hard curved surfaces, can do some strange things with sound.
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