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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Fri, 20 June 2008 12:13 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room modes
…right because the walls are so rigid. Room modes are pronounced, making a resonant condition that sounds like singing in a shower. Some bass and midbass notes are way over-represented, others aren't there at all. Also, the walls are usually pretty …
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 11 June 2008 22:58 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room modes
…it also sounds very rigid. I'll bet your room modes are very well defined. If that's the case then any speaker with some bass will energize the modes and they'll stand out.Best thing to smooth room modes is multiple subs and/or room damping.Bass damper …
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Fri, 20 June 2008 14:56 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Four π and room interactions
… performance dataJust a few more words about room interactions:The key to damping room modes is sympathetic vibration of things that are big enough to absorb long wavelengths. The same things that tame higher frequency reflections don't apply to bass. …
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 10 September 2008 11:31 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Smoothing room modes
…if the problem is in the speaker or in the room.2. Model the room with CARA to find out where to put your subs for smoothest response. Using careful placement, you can average the room modes, effectively cancelling notches and peaks. For example, where…
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Thu, 09 August 2007 13:24 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room treatments
…contribution is usually even worse than room modes, because they tend to form a resonant chamber, like a large bass drum. You really have two sets of room modes to deal with when setting up a sound system in a room having a suspended wood floor. You …
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Mon, 24 September 2012 14:06 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: Six Pi Review
…corner outdoors naturally do not show room modes, the response down low is ruler-flat. But indoors, room modes take over and make hot spots and dead spots, causing ripples in response. I'm sure in your case, the room modes clean up considerably when the…
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Forum: Speaker «»
Posted on: Tue, 05 April 2011 15:24 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room modes, multisubs and flanking subs
… Welti. He did several tests that showed in-room amplitude response could be made smoother using multiple subs, and gave specific guidance about placement. His favored locations for subwoofers in a rectangular room were to use a sub at each wall …
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 13 January 2010 21:25 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room Treatments
…probably the best thing you can do to tame room modes. You can't hurt yourself putting them on every wall. If you're lucky, framed drywall will come close, but even then, the extra damping won't hurt. They really help rooms with rigid walls like brick…
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 20:58 «»
By: Fritz Bogott
Solved: Gnarly room modes.
D'oh. It was a mic-placement / room modes issue. Now I have the room modes to deal with, but at least I know it's not the cabs.
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Forum: Room Acoustics «»
Posted on: Fri, 22 October 2010 12:07 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Room treatments
… a lot, as will multiple subs to help smooth room modes. Then again, garages are often pretty lively and they usually aren't built with any attention paid to soundproofing. Stuff tends to vibrate.
Myself, I might be tempted to hang a few thick …
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