My audio room is 11'x15'x9' with room treatments including bass traps, side, ceiling and corner traps. I have thought about opening the ceiling on the short wall (behind the speakers)
with a 8'x 2'vent. The area above the ceiling approximately 2' tall and quite open (between the 1st and 2nd floor). Any idea as to if this would increase the room size from an acoustic perspective? Would this change room modes/nodes?
Thanks!
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Fun4jt
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The area between floors does have R19 between the joist but I like the idea of the second layer as the master bedroom is directly above the audio room. Unfortunately I have spot lights around the perimeter of the room so corner openings would not be possible at this time, thus the reason for the single large opening. In addition to the speakers seeing a larger room I’m hoping this will shift the null points in the room which would provide for additional flexibility in listening position options. With the room only 15’ deep and the speakers at 42” from the front wall and 6’8” apart and the listening position at 7’ from the speakers the seating is approximately 18” from the rear wall, exactly in the middle of a bass node. I'm in the mist of shooting the room from various positions in a effort to map the modes and nulls. Once I complete we may start cutting holes. after all it's only drywall. Will post with my findings...
