EricPrebys
Auditioning
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- Apr 3, 2003
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I have built a room that is very sound insulated. It is a small square room, 12' by 12' with 9' ceilings.
Is it possible to use the room for HT in the 5-10 thousand dollar range or am I better off picking a different room?
The room conforms to the following specs:
Quietzone accoustic door.
walls and celing:
fiberglass insulation on all 6 sides (floor ceiling and 4 walls).
resilient channels. spaced 16" on center on the walls starting 8" off
the ground and ending 8" from the ceiling. 16" on center on the
ceiling starting 6" away from the walls.
Soundstop over the resilient channels.
5/8" think firecode drywall over the soundstop.
OSI accoustic sealant all the way around between ceiling and walls and in any crack.
flooring:
9 " fiberglass batting.
3/4" standard subfloor
Quietzone accoustic floor mat.
two layers 1/2" thick exterior grade plywood floating on top of the
floor mat but screwed and glued together.
5/8" thick prefinished bamboo flooring
the weaknesses in terms of sound proofing:
medium quality door solution.
poorly installed double pane windows and 3' x 3' skylight. (less concerned about exterior noise)
rough plan for HT (6000$):
3500$ 42" plasma television
500$ A/V receiver
400$ subwoofer
400$ dvd player
1000$ front/rear/center speakers and stands
what are the the weaknesses in terms of HT and how significant are they?
the room is square which i know is bad because it causes standing waves. what kind of room treatment would be appropriate? how much space would i have to sacrifice?
the room is a small. for my budget, is a projector or a plasma better?
the walls are intentionally resilient to block transmission of sound from other rooms. is this a bad thing for sound quality in the room? as far as i can tell it is according to page 26 of this free journal article from audio perfectionist:
http://www.audioperfectionist.com/P.../journal2rl.pdf
Is it possible to use the room for HT in the 5-10 thousand dollar range or am I better off picking a different room?
The room conforms to the following specs:
Quietzone accoustic door.
walls and celing:
fiberglass insulation on all 6 sides (floor ceiling and 4 walls).
resilient channels. spaced 16" on center on the walls starting 8" off
the ground and ending 8" from the ceiling. 16" on center on the
ceiling starting 6" away from the walls.
Soundstop over the resilient channels.
5/8" think firecode drywall over the soundstop.
OSI accoustic sealant all the way around between ceiling and walls and in any crack.
flooring:
9 " fiberglass batting.
3/4" standard subfloor
Quietzone accoustic floor mat.
two layers 1/2" thick exterior grade plywood floating on top of the
floor mat but screwed and glued together.
5/8" thick prefinished bamboo flooring
the weaknesses in terms of sound proofing:
medium quality door solution.
poorly installed double pane windows and 3' x 3' skylight. (less concerned about exterior noise)
rough plan for HT (6000$):
3500$ 42" plasma television
500$ A/V receiver
400$ subwoofer
400$ dvd player
1000$ front/rear/center speakers and stands
what are the the weaknesses in terms of HT and how significant are they?
the room is square which i know is bad because it causes standing waves. what kind of room treatment would be appropriate? how much space would i have to sacrifice?
the room is a small. for my budget, is a projector or a plasma better?
the walls are intentionally resilient to block transmission of sound from other rooms. is this a bad thing for sound quality in the room? as far as i can tell it is according to page 26 of this free journal article from audio perfectionist:
http://www.audioperfectionist.com/P.../journal2rl.pdf