I will be moving into a house with a finished room in the basement that will, at least for now, be allocated to my listening hobby. The plan is to put the pair of Dutch & Dutch 8Cs in there and use them with BACCH. My hope is that in a properly configured and treated room, it will be possible to realize the full potential of BACCH and the 8Cs.
Here are the room dimensions (drawing not to scale):
Ceilings are nine feet. The little marks on each wall are small windows (two on the long wall, one on the short wall). Toward the corner diagonally opposite from the door, the floor slopes down slightly toward a steel hatch for mechanical and plumbing access (it's a finished basement). The floor has carpet, but rugs will be added to help with floor reflections. Aesthetics are a non-factor.
The desideratum of this project is to achieve results like these to the extent physically possible in a smaller room, but with a greater focus on spatial presentation of the sound via BACCH. Bass performance from the 8Cs will be fine for my needs at the outset, but I will augment them with subs in the future as D&D builds out the software in the 8Cs. The BACCH team previously has advised that, in a room with a BACCH system, treating first reflection points enhances the 3D effect of BACCH significantly.
I of course realize that I need to read Dr. Toole's book carefully to have a better theoretical grounding in this subject, but I'd be very grateful for any practical thoughts that the greatest minds in audio have on speaker placement, optimum listening positions, and room treatment products. Thank you all in advance for any responses.
Here are the room dimensions (drawing not to scale):
Ceilings are nine feet. The little marks on each wall are small windows (two on the long wall, one on the short wall). Toward the corner diagonally opposite from the door, the floor slopes down slightly toward a steel hatch for mechanical and plumbing access (it's a finished basement). The floor has carpet, but rugs will be added to help with floor reflections. Aesthetics are a non-factor.
The desideratum of this project is to achieve results like these to the extent physically possible in a smaller room, but with a greater focus on spatial presentation of the sound via BACCH. Bass performance from the 8Cs will be fine for my needs at the outset, but I will augment them with subs in the future as D&D builds out the software in the 8Cs. The BACCH team previously has advised that, in a room with a BACCH system, treating first reflection points enhances the 3D effect of BACCH significantly.
I of course realize that I need to read Dr. Toole's book carefully to have a better theoretical grounding in this subject, but I'd be very grateful for any practical thoughts that the greatest minds in audio have on speaker placement, optimum listening positions, and room treatment products. Thank you all in advance for any responses.
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