Greetings from a new member! I am sooooo grateful to have found this site and especially this section of the forum. I have a ton of questions about my HT (almost done) and a potential problem.
I am a little concerned about sound quality in my HT. (23 long, 10 wide and 7 high) Floors will be laminate so we can eat/drink while watching movies, and there will be a thin area rug that covers the front half of the room. Two sofas (Modern Danish style and leather/chome)
I bought SVS speakers including a cylinder sub and I have an Onkyo 705. We are wired for 7.1.
With such a small space, I am concerned about sound quality and there not being time for the sound to image and I am ignorant about wall treatments. Many of the photos of HT I see have most of the walls covered in fiberglass panels hanging on walls of thin carpet, but they are huge theaters and mine is small.
We had planned to put a low pile carpet 3 ft up the wall, then a chair rail, and then leave the rest textured sheetrock, but after the choice to use hard floors I am wondering if we should carpet the entire walls and hang wall treatments also. My wife (very supportive) suggested the carpet/chair rail and then hanging traps the 4 feet above. And while searching on eBay I discovered some pretty inexpensive foam corner traps and pyramid panels and was wondering if these would work.
From what I have gathered after reading some posts here, I need to:
"Kill" the front wall (I'll use OC 703 and heavy drapes hanging on rods to cover)
Put as many panels as I can manage in the front half (Would carpet on the lower half be as effective?)
Treat upper corners of front wall with triangle foam traps (would the OC 703 on the front wall do the same thing?
Hang OC 703 panels sporadically in the rear 1/2, and on back wall as design allows.
My biggest concern are these amazing speakers combined with a small space sounding like garbage and me confusing loudness with quality. I'm kind of new at this.
Thanks in advance!
I am a little concerned about sound quality in my HT. (23 long, 10 wide and 7 high) Floors will be laminate so we can eat/drink while watching movies, and there will be a thin area rug that covers the front half of the room. Two sofas (Modern Danish style and leather/chome)
I bought SVS speakers including a cylinder sub and I have an Onkyo 705. We are wired for 7.1.
With such a small space, I am concerned about sound quality and there not being time for the sound to image and I am ignorant about wall treatments. Many of the photos of HT I see have most of the walls covered in fiberglass panels hanging on walls of thin carpet, but they are huge theaters and mine is small.
We had planned to put a low pile carpet 3 ft up the wall, then a chair rail, and then leave the rest textured sheetrock, but after the choice to use hard floors I am wondering if we should carpet the entire walls and hang wall treatments also. My wife (very supportive) suggested the carpet/chair rail and then hanging traps the 4 feet above. And while searching on eBay I discovered some pretty inexpensive foam corner traps and pyramid panels and was wondering if these would work.
From what I have gathered after reading some posts here, I need to:
"Kill" the front wall (I'll use OC 703 and heavy drapes hanging on rods to cover)
Put as many panels as I can manage in the front half (Would carpet on the lower half be as effective?)
Treat upper corners of front wall with triangle foam traps (would the OC 703 on the front wall do the same thing?
Hang OC 703 panels sporadically in the rear 1/2, and on back wall as design allows.
My biggest concern are these amazing speakers combined with a small space sounding like garbage and me confusing loudness with quality. I'm kind of new at this.
Thanks in advance!