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Front Screen wall HELP
Real quick: I have been reading this forum daily since I was in college (past 6 years or so) and I am finally ready to dig in on my first big project. Its time for ME to start posting stuff for once...
So I just bought this house last year and it has a partially finished basement. However not to my likings. So my dad and I are going to tear the whole thing down and start fresh. We are beginning the demo now.
Since my design isn't exactly a dedicated theater (for certain reasons), I would like to dress up the front wall a little. However I want to know if and how much I will be compromising the sound. I have the majority of the plans already thought out and designed in SketchUp.
The majority of the bottom "shelf/cabinet" is comprised of 2 F-20 subs that we will be building. The wall is 16 feet wide and each sub is 5 feet. So I plan to build some sort of filler to make it look like one complete unit. As you can see I would like to add some kind of panel molding to the subs to try and hide the fact that they are...well, subs.
The speakers I will be using are SEOS 12 tempest. Those still need to be constructed as well, however I am going the easy route and getting the flat packs.
NOW on to the issue at hand. Notice I would like to add these side walls. Not sure if we are going to construct them out of drywall or just build some sort of tall cabinet to place on each side. Is that going to compromise the sound in a significant way. I know that I will be limiting the space for sound treatment behind the speakers...if I even have any room at all. Will the side wall create some weird reflects? Does anyone see anything here that makes this look like a terrible idea.
If this is a big NO NO, then I guess I will go the boring route. I really would like to dress it up a bit, but the whole reason I am doing this basement is so that I can finally have a theater really sounds top notch.
Thanks in advance!!,
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So I just bought this house last year and it has a partially finished basement. However not to my likings. So my dad and I are going to tear the whole thing down and start fresh. We are beginning the demo now.
Since my design isn't exactly a dedicated theater (for certain reasons), I would like to dress up the front wall a little. However I want to know if and how much I will be compromising the sound. I have the majority of the plans already thought out and designed in SketchUp.
The majority of the bottom "shelf/cabinet" is comprised of 2 F-20 subs that we will be building. The wall is 16 feet wide and each sub is 5 feet. So I plan to build some sort of filler to make it look like one complete unit. As you can see I would like to add some kind of panel molding to the subs to try and hide the fact that they are...well, subs.
The speakers I will be using are SEOS 12 tempest. Those still need to be constructed as well, however I am going the easy route and getting the flat packs.
NOW on to the issue at hand. Notice I would like to add these side walls. Not sure if we are going to construct them out of drywall or just build some sort of tall cabinet to place on each side. Is that going to compromise the sound in a significant way. I know that I will be limiting the space for sound treatment behind the speakers...if I even have any room at all. Will the side wall create some weird reflects? Does anyone see anything here that makes this look like a terrible idea.
If this is a big NO NO, then I guess I will go the boring route. I really would like to dress it up a bit, but the whole reason I am doing this basement is so that I can finally have a theater really sounds top notch.
Thanks in advance!!,
without.png 326k .png file
with.png 378k .png file
Screenshot3.png 690k .png file
Screenshot4.png 495k .png file
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Great point. I did not even think of that. Its my first time dealing with a waveguide design so that one slipped right past me. Id like to keep all three front speakers the same. However I would have to do something like this with the center in order to keep all three...
Not sure about this. Might look a little funny. I'm guessing I would also have to angle it upwards a bit. Would I be better of building a real center channel. I just looked at the "Fusion-8 Alchemy MTM" and it seems to have good reviews.
Here is what that would look like. All of this is to scale as well incase anyone was wondering.
Also as far as the walls/cabinets depth is concerned...I plan on making the speakers stick out past the walls, I need to fix my design in SketchUp.
Great point. I did not even think of that. Its my first time dealing with a waveguide design so that one slipped right past me. Id like to keep all three front speakers the same. However I would have to do something like this with the center in order to keep all three...
Not sure about this. Might look a little funny. I'm guessing I would also have to angle it upwards a bit. Would I be better of building a real center channel. I just looked at the "Fusion-8 Alchemy MTM" and it seems to have good reviews.
Here is what that would look like. All of this is to scale as well incase anyone was wondering.
Also as far as the walls/cabinets depth is concerned...I plan on making the speakers stick out past the walls, I need to fix my design in SketchUp.
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