Dedicated 2-Channel Room with GIK Acoustics

[HiFiCrossFit]

Originally Posted by PMCH

Trey, I enjoy seeing your before pics and your placement of equipment in your dedicated audio room. Look forward to seeing how it all comes together when you are done. I keep thinking about doing the same in my living room since it is never used, it is 18' x 13' x 8' but after trying my system in there I prefer to listen to it in the family room which is 15' x 22' x 17', maybe the volume of air in there helps. I know room treatments would help in the smaller room. I am even considering a 2nd smaller system to go in there but wonder if I will ever use it. Let us know about the improvements in sound to your room after you get the room treatments.

I will try to keep all the changes made to the room updated here. Hopefully others will gain from this experience. When the system was located in the living room I believe the larger space helped. I'm certain the correct treatments will make all the difference.

One very cool thing I learned yesterday...ALL outlets in my home are 20 amp, I previously believed them to be 15 amp.

My second smaller system which consists of a Peachtree Nova125 and Monitor Audio RX8s will now serve my living room. It will also be receiving my Mcintosh speaker cables since the placement of the rack in my dedicated room is to far from the speakers. I guess that means Ivan will be sending me WW speaker cables at some point

[Masterlu]

[HiFiCrossFit]

Originally Posted by David.m

If you can it is well worth taking some room measurements at various stages of your treatment installation. The right treatments should give you the best upgrade per $ spent over any component change. Re the lost bass, have you tried moving the listening position forward/backwards 2-3 feet? Moving around the room with bass notes playing (or low freq test tones) will give you an idea of where the peaks & dips are. Good luck

I would love to take some measurements but know little to nothing about how to go about doing this. If anyone lives in South East Texas, knows how to do this kind of thing, wants to spend some quality time with me, and doesn't mind driving then you may come and teach me. I will make sure to grill some steaks and we can listen to music.

[HiFiCrossFit]

Originally Posted by antipop

I totally agree. Room treatment had the most impact on the sound in my system. For the cost, you cannot not do it.

That's very encouraging

[HiFiCrossFit]

Ivan, who is that and what does it mean?

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by HiFiCrossFit

Ivan, who is that and what does it mean?

Benny Hill... "Yes sir"

[dirtbag]

For the highway noise thru the windows you may want to try some honeycomb blinds. They are atheistically pleasing and will provide some noise reduction. you can get them in varying configurations to help with noise transfer.

[j3brow]

Congrats Trey, one for the dedicated room and two for getting room treatments. I too am placing an order with GIK on Monday. Our orders will be built out side by side. Wanna have a race? It is really amazing what room treatments can accomplish. I will be mixing in some of my pre-existing ASC products alongside GIK. Bryan has been most helpful and everyone at GIK has offered excellent customer service. I have to say, my experience with GIK, up to this point, is hands down better than with ASC back in 2007 and especially better than my consultation with ASC last year. GIK is a class outfit. I am extremely excited about receiving their products.

[HiFiCrossFit]

Originally Posted by dirtbag

For the highway noise thru the windows you may want to try some honeycomb blinds. They are atheistically pleasing and will provide some noise reduction. you can get them in varying configurations to help with noise transfer.

Thank you for the tip!

[HiFiCrossFit]

Originally Posted by j3brow

Congrats Trey, one for the dedicated room and two for getting room treatments. I too am placing an order with GIK on Monday. Our orders will be built out side by side. Wanna have a race? It is really amazing what room treatments can accomplish. I will be mixing in some of my pre-existing ASC products alongside GIK. Bryan has been most helpful and everyone at GIK has offered excellent customer service. I have to say, my experience with GIK, up to this point, is hands down better than with ASC back in 2007 and especially better than my consultation with ASC last year. GIK is a class outfit. I am extremely excited about receiving their products.

Haha! And congrats to you as well on the GIK

A race huh? Well why not, Haha. I will be placing my order Monday hopefully. I sent Bryan a e-mail with all my dimensions and I haven't heard back yet so It could be Tuesday before I can make my order but hopefully Monday