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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate.

Post Subject: Using of the “High ceilings”Posted by Romy the Cat on: 8/21/2009

Yes, I was thinking of take advantage of high ceilings, feeling the space above with midbass horns. A few days back I found a very interesting building. It is big factory from the beginning of the century converted into many lofts. The building has heavy concrete between the floors and it looks very good.

I do not think that I would consider living in there (because multiple reasons) but I was attracted to the idea and I asked the real-estate girl to show me a few more lofts in the building, even if they are not “exactly” on the market. She did and I saw perhaps ten lofts. All of them had one separate bedroom and one room of 800-1200sq feet and 30-35 feet ceilings. What I detected was that for 800-1200sq feet rooms the 35 feet ceiling is too high. The room does not feel right as I had a feeling that I am in airport not in a home. I think if a room has 35 feet ceiling then in order to get more sensible feel of a room the room had to be 1500-1700sq. I do not know if I am willing to go for over 1500sq of single room. It is VERY difficult to load this space with proper sound. Regardless the room sixe I will end up I still be using Macondo in nearfiled from 9-10 feet. However, in over 1500sq of single room the fundamental frequencies in order to load the room with proper pressure would demand tremendous amount of power and perhaps different topologies. I think the 700-800sq feet room are way more manageable. I might go for 1000sq to accommodate the midbass horns but it would demand to pay toll for other aspects of sound.

BTW, in the building that I sow there was an interesting thing. I asked if the ceilings would support a hanging 1000 pounds contraction. They told me that one of their tenants hanged… a large concert piano from the ceilings. He is a pianist and he took old large piano, removed the external wooden cover and kept the internal “exploded” version. Then he released the strings, making them to hang erratically; twisted actions and bridges; loaded the piano with lights and converted it into a large sculptural chandelier. It is around 800 pounds and he hanged it 25 feet in air. If you asked me then it is VERY cool.

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