Key posts: Live room/rehearsal room project completed! Tuning to come!

Substantial posts by Kaj, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 38 of 76 posts are listed.

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Kaj, 1 October 2006First comes first, thanks for this forum, it has kept me busy in a good way. I want to post the layout clean from any treatment or design, in hope of getting inputs from…
Kaj, 10 November 2006Been a few weeks away from the small project. Budget for this project is 4,000 Euros, and all work will be done by ourself, also the company that is the owner of the…
Kaj, 17 November 2006So there has been some progress, in removing and moving walls in the building. A big ventilation system for the dishwashing machine is decommissioned as well with the…
Kaj, 17 November 2006[/b]The wall is down and the other wall is moved see Pics. [b] The wall that is moved will be coated this weekend with gypsum boards and we will start to erect studs the…
Kaj, 18 November 2006Thanks Steve, I've read it several times, but (yes but) we have been negotiating with our company to get as much as possible sponsored by them, so the 4000 Euro will be…
knightfly, 18 November 2006OK, you just answered one of the questions on the list - the one about sound isolation. Basically, you're saying you don't care about that - if this is true, and neither…
Kaj, 18 November 2006Thanks Steve, I'll try to clarify what I need the Gypsum boards for: The wall that is moved towards our neighburs canteen, (only used during office hrs) and we only play…
Kaj, 19 November 2006Think the pictures speak by themselves. The ceiling is 12mm MDF + plastic-film and joists cant see anything above that. Secondly, The walls is all 2x4" with 12mm MDF,…
Kaj, 21 November 2006Insulation arrived, Tomorrow time for putting on the long sleeves(normally we have this dress code this time of the year) and get into action. This thread will be in…
Kaj, 23 November 2006Hi, started with the bass trap and the Helmholtz absorber yesterday and its moving forward, here are som pic that illustrate the work done so far. But, I did not get the…
Kaj, 25 November 2006Another day is passed and I had some time with my son and did majority of the x-mas gifts. Below you can see pictures of installation of slabs and the tools we used,…
Kaj, 25 November 2006Thanks Spaceboy, I can see alot of people that been to this thread but not too many with any comments soo far, but I will not stop and wait for that to happen. Here is a…
Kaj, 26 November 2006Hi, Today did we get some work done, stained a part of the slats and completed another 25% of the insulation of second wall. And completed 25% of the slats of first…
Kaj, 27 November 2006Vspaceboy, I have not calculated any %, and I dont really know if i know how to do this as I dont know what to compare between and for what frequencies it has to be…
Kaj, 27 November 2006Thank you Ro, I like when people challenge what I'm doing, maybe not everything but.....guess you know what I mean. To get a question from readers can make me aware of…

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Kaj, 15 December 2006So, back from Russia, what have the guys done while I'm being away for 14 days? I do it easy for my self, and attach some pics. :) They ran out of material, and the…
Kaj, 18 December 2006Shalom Filip, sure was the trip to Russia nice, will go back soon again. The problem is that it is little time left for me to enjoy the Russian life style full as I work…
Kaj, 20 December 2006Andre, Thank you, its nice to hear that you like it, we shall hopefully get the wall paper done this week, and more wood has arrived, so I have to get the stainer to get…
Kaj, 22 December 2006:D I´m happy to continue with our progress. And here we go again! Again pics saying more than thousand words.... I have swapped over two radiators to accomodate another…
Kaj, 23 December 2006Hi, I have a plan to install soft wood fibre board (same as advertisement board for pins) to get rid of flutter between floor and ceiling. We will have laminate floor so…
Kaj, 23 December 2006Ro, thanks, I should write Deflect sound and avoid flutter. I will put similar to OC 703 on top of the board, i dont want to kill the high end completely. I will use…
Kaj, 28 December 2006Hi, It was nice to get a break from x-mas hysteria and get into the work clothes again :lol: :lol: . So all broadband absorbers are completed and only a few slats to be…
Kaj, 31 December 20068) Orksnork, Yes < 4k, if I dont include what has been on the owners budget, and how much that is I might never know but I assume >4k in materials. Our own budget still…
Kaj, 31 December 2006Happy New Year all, I have som updates of recent work done. All walls are painted and the light fixtures (flourocent) removed. Installed new Halogene light total 1200W,…
Kaj, 3 January 2007Hi Kris, I have not done the wireing for the power sockets yet (watch this space), only light and ventilation fan done so far! Reasons being that I want to have the…
Kaj, 3 January 2007Thanks Steve, you firming up Ro's suggestion to make them curved but not tilted. The flutter that I've been hearing, are related to ceiling VS floor, will love to get…
Kaj, 5 January 2007Thanks Steve, I've got your message about the Soundboard and the thin plywood, but too late for stopping the order of it :? :( . So now I hope that we will be okay, I…

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Ro, 5 January 2007geeeez, can you believe this guy, he pulls of more work in 1 day than the rest of us lamers do in 1 year! We'll it ain't all that. Without plans, and little research you…
Kaj, 5 January 20078) 8) 8) Thanks Ro, first, Better to do a bad decision and correct down the road than make nothing at all! I'm not a lose electron nor a lose canon, all done so far..…
Kaj, 6 January 2007Hi, Ro, no worries, you are welcome to have a look and listen to the acoustic, if you come to Sweden. And I can understand that it appear random as we have so fast…
Kaj, 6 January 2007:D :D :D My friends had a good progress this afternoon and evening, think they will be ready before tomorrow at lunch, I think the colour of Walnut looking cool 8) 8)…
Kaj, 7 January 2007I´m :D , Ok Keith, happy to hear that you like it. We are happy as well as it comes together. The white boxes are European standards as Edo stated, (not UK I assume as…
Kaj, 7 January 2007Thanks Ro, We will see how it works, it will take some time before I will measure the room, but thats because I want to play music, and in March when I'm back from…
Kaj, 7 January 2007Hi Spaceboy, long time since last? I will try to clarify again in a bit more depth, reasons behind decisions about design, I have qouted similar questions about these…
Kaj, 9 January 2007Spaceboy, The panels (clouds) are curved as you know and will deflect any sound hitting the surface and its not paralell with any surfaces in the room, hence it will…
knightfly, 11 January 2007Ron, flutter is caused by any two parallel surfaces - the larger the surfaces, the more evident the flutter. The actual frequency of the flutter is predominantly…
Kaj, 12 January 2007Finally, after 1-1/2 month of hard work are the construction of the rehearsal room completed, and all trims installed electrical in place, only the electrical inspection…

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Kaj, 18 January 2007:D :D :D I just heard that we are energized!!!!!! And premiere practice tomorrow! What a thrill, the horn section (1 person) tried it out and horn section is happy, the…