Post by dharmabum on Oct 20, 2016 16:54:33 GMT
Hello,
In reading Ethan Winer's great article "How To Set Up a Listening Room" and using it as a guide to set up my control room I ran into a few questions that I'd love some help/ideas with.
The main question right now is in regards to finding that elusive yet precious listening position. The steps outlined in the article are to first find the ideal listening position and then set up your speakers. So you start at the 38% rule of thumb position however in the article it states
. So the question is; if I haven't set up my speakers yet as this is suppose to come after you find the listening position, what's the best way to measure the rooms response before finding the best placement for the speakers so that one can first find the flattest listening position? I.E. What are the steps/methods to achieve this measure in regards to speaker placement and state of the room (items in the room. remove all minus pc for test etc.)?
By the way I will be using REW for testing with a Dayton EMM-6 microphone.
Another quick question. If the vertical middle of the room is 3' 11" (from drop ceiling) and the speakers (tweeter or acoustic axis) are at 3' 7 1/2" (my ear level) in the room, is this position ok or is it too close to the middle?
In my room I have a drop ceiling that gives me about 7' 10" of height. In figuring out the vertical middle of the room for monitor placement do I go off of the 7' 10" or go up to the solid top above (as Ethan mentions to do for "figuring out room size as far as low frequencies are concerned" and mode calculations in the "Minitraps Demonstration video") which is like another 1' 8"?
thanks!
In reading Ethan Winer's great article "How To Set Up a Listening Room" and using it as a guide to set up my control room I ran into a few questions that I'd love some help/ideas with.
The main question right now is in regards to finding that elusive yet precious listening position. The steps outlined in the article are to first find the ideal listening position and then set up your speakers. So you start at the 38% rule of thumb position however in the article it states
"The only way to know which location really is flattest is to measure the low frequency response at high resolution"
. So the question is; if I haven't set up my speakers yet as this is suppose to come after you find the listening position, what's the best way to measure the rooms response before finding the best placement for the speakers so that one can first find the flattest listening position? I.E. What are the steps/methods to achieve this measure in regards to speaker placement and state of the room (items in the room. remove all minus pc for test etc.)?
By the way I will be using REW for testing with a Dayton EMM-6 microphone.
Another quick question. If the vertical middle of the room is 3' 11" (from drop ceiling) and the speakers (tweeter or acoustic axis) are at 3' 7 1/2" (my ear level) in the room, is this position ok or is it too close to the middle?
In my room I have a drop ceiling that gives me about 7' 10" of height. In figuring out the vertical middle of the room for monitor placement do I go off of the 7' 10" or go up to the solid top above (as Ethan mentions to do for "figuring out room size as far as low frequencies are concerned" and mode calculations in the "Minitraps Demonstration video") which is like another 1' 8"?
thanks!
