Hi folks,
My HT build is still in relative infancy - the drywall is hitting the studs today - so I'm looking forward to getting into the meat of the setup, including sound treatments. I'm fairly up to speed on basic acoustic, having run a home recording studio for a few years now. My main concern for treating the HT is a large stone fireplace in the space - couldn't move it, so have to deal with it......
The fireplace, a rather imposing field-stone monolith, is situated along the right-hand wall of the HT space (as viewed from seating position), starting about 4 ft from the top right corner of the room and extending approximately 6-7 feet down the wall, and floor to ceiling.
My thought is that the stonework is almost guaranteed to be a huge reflection point for the surround sound (lucky me!), but aesthetically I can harldy cover the entire thing with absorber panels. The Wife Acceptance Factor on that would be in the negative numbers........:yikes:
Has anyone here dealt with a similar situation? Any experience or advice is much appreciated.
My HT build is still in relative infancy - the drywall is hitting the studs today - so I'm looking forward to getting into the meat of the setup, including sound treatments. I'm fairly up to speed on basic acoustic, having run a home recording studio for a few years now. My main concern for treating the HT is a large stone fireplace in the space - couldn't move it, so have to deal with it......
The fireplace, a rather imposing field-stone monolith, is situated along the right-hand wall of the HT space (as viewed from seating position), starting about 4 ft from the top right corner of the room and extending approximately 6-7 feet down the wall, and floor to ceiling.
My thought is that the stonework is almost guaranteed to be a huge reflection point for the surround sound (lucky me!), but aesthetically I can harldy cover the entire thing with absorber panels. The Wife Acceptance Factor on that would be in the negative numbers........:yikes:
Has anyone here dealt with a similar situation? Any experience or advice is much appreciated.