MarkusBarkus Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 ...what effect are you going for? There have been some claims that a full bookshelf (books, albums, CDs) acts like a quad diffusor of sorts. The speed of sound and the associated math does not support that assertion, however. I'm MarkusBarkus and I approve this post. Link to comment
Popular Post MarkusBarkus Posted November 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2020 ...the acoustics folks reading may disagree, but if there are many open spaces among the books, something like a carpet would likely be less reflective than books or drywall. That would be for higher/mid-frequency waves. The low frequencies don't care about your books or your concrete block. They just keep on truckin. If you have significant open spaces on the shelves, the depth of the books themselves vs. the back wall might give you a helpful time differential for upper frequencies being reflected at different times. If you are seated facing the long wall, with speakers on the desk, you have maybe seven feet behind you? Minus the depth of the books and space between shelf and wall. I found differing opinions, but it seems like 6-8 feet is minimum distance to benefit from the time differential of different reflections distances. And depth of differential. I have two quad diffusors behind my chair, some would say too close, but it sounds good to me. Good luck! At least it's a cheap experiment...unless you're buying rugs from @NOMBEDES. 😉 NOMBEDES and AudioDoctor 1 1 I'm MarkusBarkus and I approve this post. Link to comment
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