Nate,

My current room is 13x19 with a sloping ceiling (9ft at peak) that you typically see in a room over the garage. The sloped ceiling is something I've never had to deal with, acoustically, and this room has some serious bass issues.

Isolating from the floor helped dramatically, and I've also tried some cheap Auralex foam "traps". Unfortunately, for the bass region, the foam created a severe 125hz suckout without affecting any lower frequencies. Actually, I'm expecting delivery of a McIntosh C42 Pre that has the 8-band EQ, so I hope to tweak the room a bit more easily. I was real close to trying digital room correction, but I couldn't bear to digitize my vinyl.

Matt

rmmeyer February 10, 2006 02:55

Superfund,

I've enjoyed my Stratus Goldi's for many years now, but when I moved to a new house and much smaller listening room a few years ago, I had major bass issues to deal with. The most dramatic fix was to address a sympathetic room resonance caused by my second floor suspended floors and the major vibrations put out by these large speakers. I basically made two 1-1/2" thick oak platforms roughly the size of the footprint each speaker (plus 1" each side), and between these platforms and the speaker used Mapleshade Isoblocks. Decoupling the speakers from the floor made a huge difference (and it was inexpensive), and it solved a problem that I thought I needed bass traps to cure. I've also experimented with stuffing the ports, but that fix wasn't without some unwanted side effects. Good luck dialing-in your new room.
Matt

rmmeyer February 08, 2006 04:01