Forum: Room Acoustics & ML Placement

HI all, Just wanted to share an experience I had last weekend. I have a variety of acoustic panels in my room that I've effectively tuned by ear. Very bad, I know, but that's how I address the issue. I'm old school and trust my ears. I re-installed one ATS bass panel (24" X 36" X 4") on...

House is right up next to the freeway. What can/should I do to make my rooms quieter? Each room has 2 full size double doors that look old that I'm sure could be replaced with a more solid double windows. I could cover up the opening to the chimney. Would adding one more wall a few inches...

Folks: I am fortunate enough in today's difficult economic times to be be relocated by a new employer. We currently have a pair of Martin Logan Vantage speakers that are set up on a floor that is a thick carpet over a concrete slab. The Vantages are spiked into the carpet. Our new place...

I purchased Owens Corning acoustic insulation and need to get some cloth to wrap them around in. The place online sell burlap material. Thank goodness I went to a fabric store to help me decide what to get - because burlap is such an ugly fabric. The acoustic panel store also sell microsuede,...

Just added a Dynamo 700w sub to my slowly but surely home theater set up. Room size is 12x17. Using the ELectromotion ESL for fronts and the C2 for my center. I have the sub placed in the front left corner of the room, down firing. I cannot pinpoint where the bass is coming from, so the placement...

Hi all, We all know that the back wall plays a major rle in the erformance of the ML range as sound emits from both front and back. Panels should be placed not too far or to close to the back wall and if possible try some shelving or drapes.... But here where I can nit find any info on, a...

Hi, first time poster here. I'm looking closely at selling my McIntosh XLS340 speakers and replacing them with the Ethos (Ethoses?). I've already auditioned them in the store and they just blow away what I have now. Part of the attraction is the powered bass units, which means I can discard a very...

Hi Im working on acoustically tuning my listening room and have been advised by an acoustic engineer that i should find out the dispersion specs and general placement recomendations for my Preface speakers. He informed me of the none standard placement of all ML speakers and that i cant fine tune...

Hello Everyone, I've been the proud owner of some Electromotions for about a month now. After they were broken in I did the entire setup procedure in ML's youtube video. After I was done the voices in music were coming slightly left-of-center. I have tried changes in toe-in, moving the speakers in...

Looking for some advice here guys.... I'm using a "shared" room for a pair of Vantages so obviously wish any trapping to be as uninvasive as possible. 2 Questions : 1. Although I've positioned the MLs 4.5ft from the front wall is there anything to stop me using a portable trap (e.g. similar to...

This past week I added a Motif as my center channel. It's sitting inside the top center cabinet space of a BDI Avion 8929 AV stand, which is essentially enclosed on all sides except for the front (there's a small round hole in the back for routing the cables). I have it resting on its enclosed...

Hi guys. We are looking at a new house and have several rooms I can use for the odysseys/descent combo I have. The floors are all hickory. Drywall all around. So question is this. I can use a room 12x15 and it would be seperated and be a dedicated room. Do you think I could be satisfied with that...

Hey guys, I hope you can help me with the following: I am building a room dedicated for my ML Summits. Room is 20' x 16'. There are curtains over the full length of the 16' walls. I have to decide how to place the speakers. In front of the short wall or in front of the Long wall. Based in...