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An Acoutically Pleasing Home
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Add acoustic panels. Emmi says the best solution for sound quality would be to start from the ground up before construction or during a remodel and install acoustic panels behind the sheetrock, or as insulation. You can purchase acoustic panels to install on your walls, but Emmi says they're not very aesthetically pleasing. “Acoustic panels are a hard sell,” he says. “They tend to dominate the space unless they’re being designed into the room with cedar panels or something.”
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If possible, put a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf behind the sound system and in front of it. In other words, on each end of the room. This will create ideal uneven surfaces for optimal absorption and diffusion.
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Place speakers an equal distance from each long wall. If one speaker is closer or further to the wall than the other, the sound from one speaker will reach your ear before the other and cause delay, limiting sound quality. “Try to get it perfectly geometric if you can,” Emmi says.
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Put your sound system on one of the far ends of the room, along a short wall rather than the long wall. This allows the sound to travel out and diffuse and reflect toward the listener.
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The best room shape is a shoebox, in which the length, width and height are all different. A cube is the worst shape. This has to do with the way sound waves reflect off the surfaces.
Add acoustic panels. Emmi says the best solution for sound quality would be to start from the ground up before construction or during a remodel and install acoustic panels behind the sheetrock, or as insulation. You can purchase acoustic panels to install on your walls, but Emmi says they're not very aesthetically pleasing. “Acoustic panels are a hard sell,” he says. “They tend to dominate the space unless they’re being designed into the room with cedar panels or something.”
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