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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Dedicated Music Room Build

Post Subject: Dedicated Music Room BuildPosted by T3GGG on: 3/3/2011

Hi Romy and others

I am in the initial stage of planning a new home, which will have a dedicated music room. I noticed Romy in another thread you were impressed with the rough stone walling. This looks like a great way to disperse reflections.

What I would like some help with is colaberating ideas for a great room for a (soon to be built) horn setup. The hard part is the room must be aesthetically and architectually pleasing.

The speakers will be something like a TAD et703 or Fostex T500aMK2 for HF, then TAD 4001 in a Tractrix or LeCleach' 60cm horn then a 1metre horn with either Fane, B&C 8", or maybe TAD 1201. The horns will be built of layers of plywood and finished on a DIY lathe.
Due to room layout and the fact there will be a first floor above there will be no room for big bass horns in the roof, but i may look at utilising a bulkhead or the first metre or so of room for the 30-200hz region.

Initially I am thinking of a room around 6m wide, 9 metre long(giving 1 metre up for bass horns) and 3.3m ceiling.

The side walls would be what we call random sandstone, and the ceiling two layers of 16mm drywall on Resilmounts, to decouple the ceiling.
Floor will have to be thick carpet, as much as I dont like carpet. I will run dedicated power to the room.

I know I will need to tune the room at a later date once everything is installed but I need to find a balance between visually pleasing, practicallity and sounding good.

Would this be a good start to a music room, what else do I need to look at?

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