Listening room from hell?

[sleepysurf]

Check out this "unique" listening room, and the owners comments about his tweaks, including the violin and egg crates! For those of you battling spouses/significant others over room treatments, you can now prove to them that it could always be worse!

Here's the link... http://www.stereopal.com/HomeVisit/William.htm

 

[Feltran]

All that work, and that's the best he could come up with? That's kind of sad...

 

[slowGEEZR]

Thanks for posting that picture! I'll use it if my wife starts complaining about my acoustic treatments. :clap:

 

[C.A.P]

I think ill have a fried egg now !

 

[sleepysurf]

The guy who runs the stereopal.com site, which features the "chicken coop" system, actually has a bunch of other EXCELLENT systems posted. There is at least one ML setup featured there as well. Check out the systems at...
http://www.stereopal.com/Home_Visit.htm

 

[Bernard]

IIRC egg cartons are a major fire hazard.

Interesting use of a violin. Anyone here have a violin he could use and report back on the results ?

 

[amey01]

Yes, but I'm not mounting my wife's extremely expensive and sentimental Italian one up on the wall. That, and I would feel stupid succumbing to a "tweak" like that.....

Did you see the other system on there with musical instruments all around the room?

 

[Bernard]

Yes, but I'm not mounting my wife's extremely expensive and sentimental Italian one up on the wall. That, and I would feel stupid succumbing to a "tweak" like that.....

The rest of the world probably thinks we are stupid anyway, so go for it !

Did you see the other system on there with musical instruments all around the room?

No, too many to go through. I noticed, though, that most of these guys are from Toronto or its suburbs.

 

[FISH_MAN]

at the risk of attack

It looks terrible but how does it sound? I bet it sounds great! angled walls,high ceilings and a lot of room around the speakers! a little egg carton treatment on the walls I have a feelling it sounds good and if you are blind who who cares! it really could belong to a blind person there is no video and I am sure that there are blind audiophiles.

good thing that there are no logans present that may be a crime

 

[amey01]

The rest of the world probably thinks we are stupid anyway, so go for it !

Too true!!

 

[amey01]

it really could belong to a blind person there is no video and I am sure that there are blind audiophiles.

You'd really think there would be a lot of blind audiophiles. If I was missing one sense, I'd make sure I appreciated the other ones all the more. And one of the ways to do that is to ensure your ears don't get abuse from cheap audio!

 

[JohnA]

Egg cartons are a well-known cheap'n'cheerful way of 'treating' a room.

I've done it, but I was 15 at the time.

Just because something is better than nothing, doesn't make it the best option though - some DIY basstraps would go a long way.
The violin is a nice touch. I wonder if the vocal depth changes as you move it forwards/backwards. And what about using a guitar instead? will the vocals become more 'throaty'?
Questions, questions...