O.D. Yeo wrote:JAA wrote:plasticman wrote:Malas naman kasi eh. Of all the rooms in the house, the only one that had acceptable dimensions for a music room was also the only one that had suspended wooden floors!
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Another very informative and focused article, Val . . . as usual!
I would think that, other than the usual room dimensions, an attic music room must also offer some unique challenges (and maybe benefits too). Aside from the occasional bukols for the forgetful in the audience, I imagine that the behavior of reflected sound can be a challenge. And much more pag sinabayan pa ng "heavy rains and thunderstorms caused by the ITCZ".
But then the attic room seems to have worked well for Doc Lito and others.
The sloping ceilings of the attic room was benificial for me, same as doc lito, in terms of minimal standing waves and reflections. The long sections in the front and the back of thr room where the ceilings slopes gradually down to almost the floor also prevents any bass boom as they somehow act as natural bass traps.
The is another good sized attic room with minimal and gentler ceiling slopes and solid/non-suspended flooring. I initially put the system there since i figured the solid flooring is a big advantage. However, the bass there was booomy and the mids was muddy. And this was when i was only using 1.25 watts/ch to drive the behomoth altecs!
When i finally measured the room i found the culprit. It was almost a perfect square!
I have no problems even if it's raining hard outside. The asphalt shingle roofing and thick insulation inside the ceiling dampens the noise. I usually only discover that it is raining when i pull up the shades and look out the window.