Thunder22
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Please share your room treatments and ideas for room treatments.
Which sadly does not work too well as a diffuser. But it looks good and usually beats an empty wall, so if you got lots of books, why not?Once apon a time, bookshelves with different "depth" books was a recommend diffuser.
It's a great idea, I really like it))View attachment 121044View attachment 121044 I saw a similar shelf at a brewery in Copenhagen a couple of years ago. I liked it enough that I took a picture and re-created it in my living room. What I didn't know at the time was how much it would help the overall sound in my listening space. In full disclosure my girlfriend assembled all the frames as I was table saw ripper and consultant. It was made from repurposed oak base trim that we removed from various parts of the house (1930's). I did have to mount it though. The individual frames are mounted 16" on center.
Please share your room treatments and ideas for room treatments.
I would like to have a look at the subject of your renovation)I will try to find the original picture and post later.
oak base trim that we removed from various parts of the house
View attachment 121044View attachment 121044 I saw a similar shelf at a brewery in Copenhagen a couple of years ago. I liked it enough that I took a picture and re-created it in my living room. What I didn't know at the time was how much it would help the overall sound in my listening space. In full disclosure my girlfriend assembled all the frames as I was table saw ripper and consultant. It was made from repurposed oak base trim that we removed from various parts of the house (1930's). I did have to mount it though. The individual frames are mounted 16" on center.
Please share your room treatments and ideas for room treatments.
Replacing original/old wood trim in a house hurts a part of my soul. Especially after seeing the new matching flooring that was put down in a 'new' corner of our house to match the original wood floors. It is the same kind of wood, dimension, but it is not the same.
I do like that at least you kept and repurposed it so that part of the house can live on.
Having such a pre-history is really inspiring, I would do a similar thing in my parents' house, they have a terrible echo in the living room.As promised. The original Copenhagen brewery shelf that inspired.View attachment 121189View attachment 121190
But it can’t hurt, especially if the starting point is a blank painted wall. Starting with measurements, however, is a prerequisite, to know how much or little you’re doing.I think some of you need to read up on effective treatments for what actually ails the acoustics of your room. Just putting up panels, bookshelves, or an inch or two of foam is pretty random and may not be doing much that's helpful. Floyd Toole has some info on it in his book.