Key posts: Mix Room in Scottsdale, AZ - Construction Starting

Substantial posts by Mark Jeangerard, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 12 of 18 posts are listed.

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  • Mark Jeangerard, 18 July 2013OK... Two and a half months ago I was going to start building corners slats, slat walls, pressure traps, and hanging 703 fixtures almost at random. Based on a few ideas…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 13 August 2013My primary concern here is stereo reproduction. I am going to build a center soffit and have surrounds on stands. Except for the center soffit, I will consider the 5.1…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 20 August 2013OK... corner slat will be my second project. :) It has become obvious to me, after speaking with the Sylomer guy, that I should build my speaker boxes first. I need to…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 25 August 2013Lessons for today: 1. Never let your exuberance over a laser guided chop saw cloud your better judgement. Image not preserved: Laser.JPG Seeing that I would eventually…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 21 October 2013Several Years Indeed... :( It's a whirlwind out there. After coming home from our trip I had a choice 2 days to not unpack and recharge before going back out for a…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 21 October 2013Just like room measurements, I took these measurements several times each. The scale was perfectly level and calibrated. The left speaker assembly is 0.3 pounds heavier…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 21 October 2013So... the room is a bit cockeyed. The ceiling slants from left to right. I have decided to load it on the long axis. In an attempt to use as much space as possible for…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 28 October 2013Whilst resetting the room I found two problems with my earlier set that I adjusted for. 1. For whatever reason, I documented the acoustical center of the speaker 1/4"…
  • Soundman2020, 11 November 2013... Then you need to fix that! Two possible solutions: 1) Make it flat (wastes valuable volume), 2) Make it gabled (might need extra treatment at the peak). I would go…
  • Soundman2020, 15 November 2013It's more of a general compromise that works for most situations. Some people tell you to point the mic directly at each speaker as you test it, but that makes no sense…
  • Mark Jeangerard, 20 December 2014Thank you for your response, Stuart. I started to answer this just before Christmas last year. Our landlord went hostile just about then, taking advantage of every legal…
  • Soundman2020, 20 December 2014Wow! I can't believe it's been a year since I wrote that! Time flies... I'm sorry to hear about your landlord hassles! That must have been very frustrating, after you…