Key posts: Old barn conversion into home studio - Italy
Substantial posts by MicheleS76, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 21 of 28 posts are listed.
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MicheleS76, 11 August 2021Hi! I have been reading the forum for quite some time now but this is my first post: I will try to make it as comprehensive as I can, but please accept my apologies in…
gullfo, 11 August 2021welcome! this is a nicely done presentation. a few things: 1. as you noted, getting the buildings in order: cleaned, repaired, sealed. roof sealed and mass added. check.…
MicheleS76, 11 August 2021Thank you Glenn! Thanks also for the super quick reply. 1. Great! 2. Unfortunately, the North and East walls are adjoining other buildings and even in the South wall…
gullfo, 11 August 2021bearing in mind - once you seal the place up, all the bodies and electronics will contribute to heat and with the massive earth and stone structure, i suspect it will be…
MicheleS76, 13 August 2021I did some research on the topic of ventilation. An obvious issue I hadn't considered is that if you just inject air from outside during a cold winter night, it will…
gullfo, 14 August 2021the air exchange units are "energy recovery ventilator" and "heat recovery ventilator" (ERV and HRV respectively). ERV tend to be used in moist situations as there is…
MicheleS76, 17 August 2021Thanks for the tips! Good point on the sources of heat in the sealed space: I'll have to do some simulation to see how that would impact (although it will only be…
MicheleS76, 18 August 2021If you're being serious here, which doesn't seem to be the case, I am indeed considering heating simply because the location is in the mountains and in the Winter we…
gullfo, 18 August 2021however if you do believe in science, then understand the "warming" thing is false and that's why 15 years ago they changed to "climate change" because its a money grab.…
MicheleS76, 20 September 2021Ok, so finally the structural engineer came to survey the place. She will come back for a more in-depth study, but it looks like the bulk of the building is ok(ish)…
gullfo, 20 September 2021you could go with 3m height in the CR. that's only shifting 350mm. and 3:4:5 is a decent ratio. Room Dimensions: Length=5 m, Width=4 m, Height=3 m Room Ratio: 1 : 1.33 :…
MicheleS76, 20 September 2021Thank you Glenn! When writing my previous post I hadn't realized that room height is obviously also relevant for the staircase design, so it's great to have this figure…
MicheleS76, 20 September 2021Here is the updated design: as mentioned earlier, I just reversed the design putting the staircase where it makes more sense to be, based on where the entrance currently…
Paulus87, 21 September 2021I have limited time to read the entirety of your thread right now, but, the ray tracing on the first page doesn't take into account all possible reflections. It depends…
MicheleS76, 21 September 2021Thanks Paul for taking the time to check and give me your feedback, much appreciated!! So how would you design the room differently to use absorption rather than…
Paulus87, 21 September 2021Actually 12.7 in your design is okay if you're just wanting a RFZ around the listening position, it would give you a pretty clean area almost the entire width of the…
MicheleS76, 22 September 2021Great to know the basic design is ok for the listening position, this is what I was trying to achieve indeed and I'm not going to need a bigger RFZ. But definitely…
MicheleS76, 22 September 2021Here's the updated design based on your suggestion: the door walls are now at 30° and the remaining side walls little less than 4°: Image not preserved: Pic11.jpg With…
Paulus87, 22 September 2021Looking much better. You could shift both doors up slightly more towards the speakers, and have the hinges on the opposite side to where they are now, which, even though…
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MicheleS76, 23 September 2021Moving the doors towards the speakers would make them hit the desk when opening, but I could cut the rear desk corners, which looks like a feasible solution as I…
Paulus87, 23 September 2021No that's a diffuser and not what I mean by the Wideband absorbers. I was referring to the hanging panels which I mentioned in my previous reply to you with the link to…