Sat here listening to Haircut 100’s ‘Pelican West’ (I was a lot younger then…) and had forgotten how well recorded it was. The reason for playing it was because I wanted to try something as my GIK Acoustic panels have arrived this morning and I’ve temporarily installed some of them.
OK so before anybody comments these corner units should only be one high but there are a couple of points to sort in the room first. One is the skirting board has yet to be installed meaning all four units will be secured clear of the floor. Second is that there will only be the one unit in each corner.
These sockets were installed at this height to clear the Victorian era skirting we’ll be having replicated. Thus all four corner units will be mounted at an identical height to just clear these sockets. I wonder how many comments there will be about the ‘rat’s nest’ of cables here?
Great to see you are embracing room treatment. That recess where you have put a GIK Tritrap in ( at this point not sure if you are joking ), would it be worth simply closing it off ie as wall and filling it up with acoustic wool, which you can also buy from GIK= an invisible corner bass trap… et voila! ATB Peter
The intention of retaining the original recess was to put in shelves to store LP’s - I hadn’t even considered room treatments when the room was being stripped out and re-built.
I’m not sure whether to use this Tri-trap or not i.e. just stick with the three - if I do then a corner is a corner - where else would I put it?
I’ve fitted the brackets to the two panels to be fitted to the ceiling.
I need to consult with SWMBO before fixing anything even though it is “my” room.
I had a listen to the system this morning after the very crude initial installation and the bass had certainly improved being much more ‘clear’ i.e. less muddy
I had a UnitiQute (same rated power as the Atom) running a pair of Contour S1.4. I thought it was not up to the task. I could not play orchestral or other demanding music. There just was not enough power/current to control the speakers in a satisfactory way. That is why I bought a 250-2, which made a night and day difference (as one would expect). I thought the S1.4 were just too much for the Qute to handle, except for undemanding source.
Dyns, especially Contour on up, just need a lot of current to provide good control and output, at least with the music I listen to. I just upgraded from my 250DR to a 300DR and appreciate even more how much that is true (for my Confidence C2 Platinum). I thought my 250 did a great job, and the 300 makes me realize how much I was missing from them. Playing Mahler’s 2nd with the 300 new and cold out of the box made that very obvious.
), would it be worth simply closing it off ie as wall and filling it up with acoustic wool, which you can also buy from GIK= an invisible corner bass trap… et voila!
ATB Peter