Hi Melinda, it's lovely to see you again. My number one priority in your music room would be to place you Rega P8 turntable on a wall mounted isolation platform, to remove any vibrations produced from the flooring being picked up by your cartridge. I hope that you find this helpful. Take care.
RE: acoustic treatment. Get your speakers and listening position in place, then do treatment step by step. That way you’ll hear what each step does and won’t inadvertently over damp your room. Some thoughts (depending upon your room characteristics): A rug on the floor…if you buy a “stock” rug (vs $$$), get a thick one with an open weave backing. Most have a tight or rubber or plastic which are not acoustically transparent and will reflect sound back up. Put a thick (I use ⅝ “) acoustic felt underneath rug. Inexpensive. ** Diffusers don’t work in a smallish room: not enough space. ** Absorption panels: start with L/R wall reflection points and behind your LP ( especially if you sit close to a wall) ** bass traps may help but I can’t make general recommendations. Now spend time listening before anymore treatment. Note: several smaller absorption panels with space between them work better acoustically than the same area covered completely with one large panel. Good luck and go slow. Room treatment is science and art and each room and listener preferences are different.
I cannot recall where you said you were from. I grew up in Western Kentucky, live in Louisville now. I enjoy your content. Fun stuff. You need bass traps in the upper corners of the room and/or in the corners of the room. The back of the room particularly needs to have sound absorption material, so sounds don't reflect back too much. Some of that echo is good, but not a lot. In a room that size, know that the size of the speakers will be a consideration. If you want to fill it with bass, it'll need some power.
I appreciate the feedback. I'm definitely going to work on room treatments and ways to improve the sound. 🤗 I was born and raised in Indiana and lived in Owensboro until we recently moved to Florida. Louisville is awesome. I enjoy Florida but I do miss Kentucky sometimes. Thank you and take care. 🤗❤️
Hi Melinda, One suggestion : I recommend having enough outlets and a dedicated circuit for your equipment. Lots of work, but lots of fun. All the best to you and your husband!
Be true to yourself Melinda. Forget acoustic panels. Soft furnishings and curtains will suffice. No experts. You still need some liveness to the room. Set up the furniture first, position the hifi and listen. The room acoustics will be new. Take time to notice the sweet spots. Different room, different sound.
Thank you for the kind words. The expert happens to be a good friend and he also believes like you do that less (can be) more. I am really looking forward to putting my personality in the room. It's going to be great. ♥️🤗 Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Glad to see you're back doing videos. I always enjoy them. You already have a lot of excellent suggestions for room treatment. Plants and bookcases with random sized books make good inexpensive diffusers. For speaker setup, PS Audio has a great book called "The Stereo" for instructions on setting up your speakers. It comes with an accompanying CD or LP that has numerous tracks for finding the best listening position and speaker placement for great soundstage and imaging. I found it very helpful and easy to use. Good luck on your endeavor. I know It will be a lot of fun.
Awesome room to fill with music, you're so lucky. It will be fun! Plants in it will be a nice touch. I have that too. I have also a 'rule' of no plants near equipment because sooner or later a little accident of giving water to not just the plants is going to happen. So, to bend my own rule, the loudspeakers have artificial plants on them, making the big towers look less imposing. Artificial plants can be so good nowadays that visitors have to look twice to realize that the ones on top of the speaker towers are not real 😊
My plants will not be too close to my equipment. You make an excellent point about the water. I won't have near as many as that picture shows. Lol. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
This one was sent to me a little early so that I could have time to listen to it and do a review on my channel. The review will be coming soon. ♥️😀 Thank you and take care.
Melinda, I have built 2 music rooms basically from scratch. I was able to get nice acoustic panels at a reasonable price from GIK Acoustic in Georgia. The panels look great and perform as expected. I have been extremely happy with all the panels I purchased from them. They also have several styles and colors.
I wonder though, at what point do you start to spend that much time worrying about sound quality, and using this and using that. Not doing this and not doing that, putting curtains 6 inch from the wall, et cetera, et cetera, that the fun of vinyl gets Overlooked?. Good look to you Melinda, but if I had to worry about all of that just to listen to my music, I’d honestly stop, I have a really modest but decent set up when it comes to turntable, speakers and amplifier, and I think it sounds great, I’m using Mission speakers from the 1980’s, a vintage pioneer amplifier and then my turntable, I have none of anything you’ve mentioned!.,and seriously, records can sound really excellent!, so I don’t believe all this top of the range equipment is necessary at all, but I do think it makes audiophiles feel better about the money they have spent!
I agree with you. I'm not going to get too worried about every small detail. I want the room to sound great but I will just take things a step at a time. Enjoying the process and slowly making improvements will be part of the adventure. I'm just so thrilled to have my own designated room. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Would you consider DIRAC ROOM CORRECTION ? .. Great to have you back ! .. All your viewers will as excited as you to see how the new room turns out .. David
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rectangular room is good. When you come into the room, speakers should be along the left wall. Couch in 2/3 deep in the room leaving ample room behind couch. then, wall acoustic foam pieces deco on side walls, deco bass traps in corners... I know expensive, but you can find some used. I used memory foam 24"x48" painted with latex paint and worked great! Just don't touch them after. Heavy theatre drapes I bought some as they are also called blackout drapes will be your friend. Keep equipment rack not too high off the ground and interfer with imaging. May need to build a new low equipment rack, like 60"x12"x16" deep. Mounting wall mounted isolation turntable platform is a good idea..... good luck!😀
Welcome back young lady! I noticed just one window for natural lighting in your new music room? Anyway to bust out the wall and place a matching window equidistant to the other one? Just to get some extra natural lighting? My brother and I just spent 60 grand or so updating my elderly mothers 2700 Sq ft. two story home in Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA. So much work, hope you and Phillip have a good contractor to do your renovations. Your smart to lighten the floors, replace the baseboards, put lots of area rugs, etc. Sounds like you're doing everything right. Thanks for getting back to us, we all miss you greatly!❤❤ P.S., picked up Seal's 30th Anniversary LP and Diana Krall's 'Live in Paris' lp!
Congratulations on your new finds. The Seal album is in huge demand so it's so nice to finally put it out on vinyl. ♥️🤗 At some point we will probably replace the windows. I would love to add some for more light in that room. There are two windows but one of them doesn't really bring in additional light. The flooring is going to be light and bright with a coastal feel. I'm excited to see it when it's done. California real estate is extremely valuable so what you're doing is a great investment. 🥰 Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
While they are not the best in the market, I like panels which are disguised. The Audimute ones feature printable artwork. So fun that you get to start a room from scratch.
@starlightgrecording559 Hi Melinda Murphy*** Gerard Stroh!!! I Miss Your Videos Melinda Murphy!!! Moving Is Not No Easy Battle and it is Hard Work and it Takes Time and I Like To Say Renting A Place is Not Bad But You Can't Built Stuff and Cannot Mount Anything on the Walls or Doing the Floors Because I am Renting and I Can't Look A Gift Horse in the Mouth But I Do Have The Gear to injoy My Music Melinda Murphy!!!! If I have My Own Place I Would Hookup My Large Speakers and Rock out and Start Shaking Walls Down With My 2400 watts Poweramps But You Need Some 20 amp Brakers For My Poweramps!!! My System is Loud Enough Melinda Murphy!!!! Can't Wait to See Your Music Room Melinda Murphy!!!! Bye From Gerard Stroh!!!
I bought two pair of diffusion/absorption panels from GIK Acoustics to use behind my electrostatic speakers--they were recommended as absorbing all the rear output would make them sound worse than having no treatment at all. Similarly, a room with too much absorption is just as bad as a room with too little, but many of us have shelving with books, records, etc. that act perfectly to diffuse the sound. I agree with others--add what you think you need, little by little, adding something only when needed. One thing you may also notice in an enclosed space is that the bass will be very uneven--absent for some notes, and too boomy for others. That would call for bass traps in the corners--the bass tends to collect in corners of a room, and having that energy absorbed in the vertical corners can be helpful. That is the one thing I need for my family room at the moment, yet I have shelving in the way that prevents it. I wish I had kept the corners clear, about two feet in each direction, as that's the space larger traps need. Also, here's a tip that is often forgotten. If you decide on using a coffee table, either use a blanket or cloth on top of it, or make sure it is covered in a lot of "stuff" (diffraction, again). A flat, empty coffee table between the listening area and the speakers is a large reflecting surface that can throw off the imaging. My last recommendation? Heed the words of acousticians, and use speaker and seating placement, and room treatments, to get your sound dialed in. Avoid room correction. What happens with room correction is that you "fix" the sound in only one single listening position, and throw off your response everywhere else in the room. And if bass is being corrected, you risk overdriving your amplifiers as it tries to correct missing bass. At AXPONA several years ago, acoustician Bob Hodas (you can find him and his tips via Google) put on a one-hour presentation about just the sort of things you are going through now with your new room, and those were basically his recommendations. We can never have a "perfect" room but if we minimize a room's problems with placement and room treatments, we're way ahead of the game. 👍 BTW, GIK Acoustics does offer some DIY materials, including the cloth. Still a little expensive though, but not as bad as buying the completed panels. (I'm glad I bought my panels pre-COVID as they are much higher now.)
Great tips. Several people have recommended GIK Acoustics so I will have to look into that company. I agree that doing too much can hurt more than help. A friend of mine warned me about someone that spent several thousands on room treatments and the sound improved once some were removed. 😳 I appreciate the advice on the coffee table as well. I will be very careful as I make my selections. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
I'll Miss This Kentucky Home...Sad To Eventually Say Goodbye To...Many Splendid Memories...It May Sound Silly~But Sometimes I'm Sentimental For Other People...
The Atlantic 75th anniversary series is so good. Foreigner, Hall and Oates, STP, Yes..all killers. I just ordered INXS . I wish you well at your new place.
Hello Melinda! Great to have you back. Your plans sounds great (no pun intended) for you music room , with couch , plants and other stuff. Any updates about your jukebox ? We really hope it’ll be resolvable. Yesterday I took Annette to see Europe play on an outdoor festival. It’s one of her favourite bands. I especially enjoyed seeing the look in her eyes and hearing her sing along thru the whole gig. Also ; I’ve FINALLY got my hands on a copy of Led Zeppelin’s Celebration day 3Lp box. To make it a tripple-whammy would be to hear that the jukebox will be in that music room. Take care. A&R
Oh wow! I'm so happy for your wife. It's a wonderful feeling to experience a band you love playing a favorite song. ♥️ Congrats on finding that Led Zeppelin box set. 🔥 My husband has decided to hire professional movers and he told them we are moving a jukebox. We are going to give it a try. Let's hope professionals can get it up the stairs. 🤗 Thank you and take care.
Sounds like you are going to have an amazing music room. I hope it all works out well and doesn’t take too awful long to get done. Every idea I had about the room, you ended up saying in the video lol. Of course, me giving you tips on sound in a music room would be like a young Jedi trying to tell Darth Vader how to use the Force.
Not at all. You would probably give me amazing advice. I have a lot to learn. I'm very excited about my new music room and I can't wait until we move. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
What did you do with your Jukebox????? Mountain Stage is a syndicated radio show. Hosted by a guy I really like, Larry Groce. He sang in the 70's songs like Junk food Junkie and The Bumper Sticker Song and The Wheat Lies Low (My favorite). He also sang traditional Children's song on the Disneyland Records label. His mainstream stuff is hard to find but if you can c heck him out. A lot of his stuff is on UA-cam. I have no ideas to help you improve the sound quality. I am set up for Digitzing not listening. I usually only play a record once in fear of ruining the condition.
Exciting times for you and your system! Personally, I would get your system set up in the position you want and then get everything isolated to the best level. Recently, I've been upgrading to Stack Audio AUVA isolation pucks and speaker feet. They are based in the UK but deliver Worldwide. You'll find a few UA-cam videos about them. I've never experienced such a single improvement in overall sound quality and pure listening joy than when I started using their products. They are a little expensive but you'll have them for a long time. I don't recommend wall-mounted turntable platforms - It's better to keep your system isolated from the fabric of your house. Once your system is set up, then play around with rugs, furnishings, plants, wall hangings, the height of your seating, the humidity of your room, the positioning of cats and dogs......hahaha!
Lol. Just one dog here. ♥️🤗 I agree with you that I need to place the essentials in the room first and then decide what it might need from there. Thank you and take care.
Just subbed.... I'll be expecting a series of music room videos. 😁 Maybe you can get a manufacturer to help with sound treatment in return for a few videos of design and install. Don't walk into the room and decide .... move things around and listen. You may have block walls.... which can be a good thing for bass. I spent years listening with speakers on the short wall.... until one day I tried the long wall.... it was much better. So try new things in your new room.... and rugs work great too. You didn't mention ceiling height.... 8' , 10' ??
The ceiling height is 8 feet. I definitely need a rug and some treatments. I also still need to hang up some wall art. I hope to make a music room video soon. Thank you and take care. 🤗❤️
G’day Melinda, congrats on the upcoming music room. I was wondering what you’re going to do for music in the rest of the house? Will you have a 2nd system or stream? The reason I ask is that I’ve never had a designated room, but I do love to have music on no matter what I’m doing around the house when I’m not having a concentrated listen. My lounge is where the stereo is & part of an open plan which also includes the kitchen. Would be nice to have a separate space for better sound, but I need a soundtrack to my life as well if that makes sense. Good luck with everything…Ben 👍
I'm not sure what we will do for the rest of the house yet. I am guessing we will eventually have streaming just for convenience. That's something we will figure out down the road. Thank you and enjoy your weekend. ♥️🤗
My secret is to make the whole house the Rush bat cave. I basically have 4 ft hall speakers in the living room and since it's open to the kitchen I rock while I get cooking. My audiophile friend says it's not perfect but he said the heavy plant containers help keep the Permanent Waves from bouncing around. I have the hall speakers because I kept ruining the fine speakers, and overloading amps. I still have vintage British IMF speakers but I'm careful not destroy them. I bet Philip can't wait to drive up here to take in all that is Rush😂 Happy 4th upcoming to my American brothers and sisters. The Indigo Girls are great. Best from Canada, you have any Tragically Hip? " New Orleans is sinking and I don't want swim ". My daughter is healthy, nobody should have to worry about their kid in peril. She has a new dog btw after losing her little Felix.
Lol. Anytime I put on Rush, he runs away. 😀 I don't own any Tragically Hip yet. Maybe someday. I'm sure your daughter's new pup is one happy (and spoiled) dog. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Please tell the person who sent you the album that the "Year" in the "30 Year Anniversary" title is redundant. The "anni" portion of the word anniversary means "year." It should say "40th Anniversary." It would be nice if the album title was grammatically correct. It is just like saying "PIN number" when the "N" in "PIN" means number. Just a helpful hint.😃
Hi Melinda, im from Germany and i have one Idee for your new Music room .I recomend to use magnetic feet on your stand speakers. You will be suopriesd in the Sound impruvement. There a diifrent Companys one that i Can recomend is Audio Physic VCF II M8. The impact is in clarity and Sound Level. Thank you for your Posts and Bye
Hmmm, seems complicated. Take it from a fellow coastal dweller (with palm tree, with dedicated music room), the easiest and most effective route for window coverings are those honeycomb shades that are even marketed for sound absorption (I use Duette by Hunter Douglas, recommended by a studio dude). I then work with GIK Acoustics for (relatively) reasonable and good looking panels. Easy and done!
@@MelindaMurphy Old school audiophile..and I do so enjoy great esthetics (Dark Academia motif with tube amps😌) We’re all looking forward to the rooms transforming into the audio oasis you deserve. Ciao 🍕
For sound control in a room Paul McGowan mentioned in a UA-cam video use crown molding and that will make an improvement. He also has a book and accompanying CD published, The Stereo, unlocked the great secrets to great sound. I’ve used this information and it helped the sound in my set up. I enjoy your channel.
Haha, If I was in Florida I would offer to build you a couch but New Zealand is a bit far away. These days I work for another company making interiors for luxury motor yachts but previously to that I worked in my own business about 25% of which was building custom upholstered furniture to client specs usually from photographs.
That's a very kind gesture but New Zealand is very far away. Lol. It sounds like you have had some wonderful jobs and you have a lot of skills. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Glad to have ya back! Looking forward to seeing the new music room! It's super fun to design from scratch and build it up the way you want. You should be very excited..
Congratulate with a new house. GIK acoustic (or similar business) have a lot of products for treatment. Can also make them self. Thei can provide guidance. There are channels on UA-cam that guid how to build recording and mastering studios. The information and knowledge from those experts are very valuable.
I will definitely watch some UA-cam channels for help and rely on a friend that is very knowledgeable as well. Thank you for the tips. Have a great weekend. ♥️🤗
Fun project and looking forward to your room. I am a novice as well. Currently in a town house that I have been in longer than planned. I want to redo the floors before selling but don't want to spend the money I would for best sound quality or do the floors twice. Decisions, decision... I am watching for anything I can pick up. The YTer the joy of vinyl of records has posted a couple of videos, one not long ago where they went to carpet and another where he put the turn table on a shelf mounted to the wall as the floor was floating and vibrating so, be sure the flooring is solid. The older video is "An Unexpected 50% Sound Improvement in Vinyl Record Playback"
Thank you for sharing. I will have to go back and watch the videos. Carpet is best for sound quality but I will have to get by with area rugs instead. It would have been nice if the former owner had replaced the flooring before she put the house up for sale but our tastes aren't the same so I'm kinda glad she didn't. Lol. Best wishes to you. Thank you and take care.
Talking acoustic panels..🤔 Could you have canvas art, with padding / insulation behind the image?? Then the art could be beautiful and functional. Have fun 😁🖖
I was happy with the size of my room but it was limited on what you could do as it was a rectangle and one side was all window. Pretty much limited where I could put the stereo. After I set up my cabinets I had almost no room for art work. On the plus, the curtains were a,ready layered and about 4 inches from the window! I still have a few things left to do that I need to get around to, I’m just too tired lol
I completely understand how you feel. Moving out of state is exhausting. I'm not sure how much room I will have for artwork either. I have so many things I want to put up. I hope you are adjusting and it's starting to feel like home for you and your wife. It must be amazing being so close to your adorable grandson. ♥️ Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Jumper is topical, just watched the 1st debate: old man v con man. In Florida you need a quiet AC system, so many pump out significant noise making music listening problematic. My music room has lots of vintage ashtrays, smoke in style.
I actually love collecting vintage ashtrays from hotels that are no longer in business. My favorite is one that was from the Stardust hotel in Las Vegas. ♥️ The debate was depressing. Thank you and take care. 🤗
Hi Melinda. Love your videos! Can you create a video where you talk about your vinyl storage furniture. Also, What brand is your equipment stand that your nice Rega sits on? Thanks and good luck on your move!
I think those panels are too industrial ,if you put in hardwood floor consider that Dogs will scratch them up and you will need to finish periodically. High quality vinyl can look really nice. You might try drapes wall hangings tapestry’s. Soffits with fabric. Can you pick out some nice fabric and hang like wall paper. Area rugs are a great idea. If the house is older consider plug in circuits with a power cleanup circuit to help eliminate hum. Older houses do not have clean power. Make sure your Subwoofers are isolated from the floor I use stick on feet of rubber otherwise they resonate like crazy. I have my my speakers on pedestals made of glass bases and metal.
Those are all great tips and things to look out for. I would love to have hardwood but you are absolutely right about dog scratches. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
probably too late, but when moving high quality speakers, always short the terminals, to prevent cone movement which could damage the precision interface between magnet and coil. my other tip is to get a hi fi book on acoustic room treatments, most studios use the live end, dead end, approach after well regarded " shoe box" concert hall acoustics, but I think your friend must surely know the basic principals. of course there is always the classic garage band set up, where you just staple paper mache' egg crate dividers on every possible surface. I'm sure your husband, and the Florida bugs, would just love that. . I was going to make a joke about saluting the American flag, but I was raised better than that.
You speak of wanting to buy stereo acoustic material, it will make little difference to do that, you said you want something cheaper than panels, I recommend not spending anything, because stereo people will recommend stuff to make money, that can sometimes harm sound. You want a loud stereo sound, except in a teeny tiny room. Most things added to a room will make little difference. Just add your plants, books, just normal stuff that you usually add. A hardwood floor with nothing on it is best for reverberation. Any material that is directly at the tweeter height such as curtains will kill 3d imaging. As long as your speakers are 4 feet from any wall, that is all you need for a room. Materials will barely quieten a room. Material on the side walls & the walls behind you will kill imaging. A hardwood floor reverberations helps sound & makes it louder like it should be. A mirror behind the speakers & between the speakers, on the back wall will help 3d imaging, but have nothing else between the speakers.. A deadened room you dont want. Curtain shades & other things wont make a difference. Speakers close to a wall creates unwanted echoes, but 3d imaging is caused by echoes, that materials usually kills the 3d imaging. Speakers to close to walls causes unwanted , but hardwood floors causes loudness that you want, but carpet material is ok, but materials anywhere else is detrimental. Even in an empty room a stereo can sound wonderful. Wood diffusor panels dont work that well & are expensive. Heavy stuccho on block walls are great diffusors, or brick walls inside my house lets me put the speakers close to the walls. Diffusors allow the echoes to stay much closer to the walls. With sheetrock walls, one cant put speakers close to the wall to get more bass. Block walls give more bass where ever speakers are placed. Blocks dont let sound pass through walls like wood does.
I have a friend who is an expert that is against spending money when it's not necessary. He will be a big help. I really appreciate the comments and that you are looking after my best interests. 😀♥️ Take care.
Iam moving as well next month ,not loooking forward to packing 1000's of records and cds and books ,i have been collecting for last 30 years ,luckily iam only moving a few miles
Packing the collection has been very hard. Half of my collection is in Florida and half of it is still here. Lol. There's so much to do but in the end, it will be worth it for both of us. This too shall pass. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
The best to you on the new music room. I'm hoping there will be more than one option for speaker placement, as that can make a real difference. I don't get everything my speakers have to offer because I have only one placement option, which negates the holographic imaging I heard at the audition. The image, though wide, has little front-to-back depth; unfortunate, but If I'm truly listening to the music and not the sound it's less of a bother. Be sure your speakers can breathe! Good to see you again and as your usual pleasent self. You seem to be handling the moving process well; I applaud that, and like everyone else, will be interested to see the new music room when it's up and running.
Speaker placement is so incredibly important. I will be sure and put them in the optimum spot. ♥️ Thank you for the kind words. Moving is very overwhelming. I'm ready to put it all behind me. Take care. ♥️🤗
I am so happy you are back on UA-cam I be waiting to see your new home on video take your time I know is a lot of work moving into a new home and to fix up a new home as well Florida is the new home for Melinda. So happy to hear from you and I will be waiting how your music room will be like congratulations on your new home I hope you ride around to see if they got a record shop places to go to in Florida to buy vinyl records. Happy to hear from you soon take care and have a blessed Thursday peace love and music forever and also one thing I just buy a new record player this month I am so happy right now and I'm enjoying it like a kid in a candy store is a Crossley brand
Nice to see u back and enjoying your move lol. The new music room is good to have dark or at least just a few windows for less sunlight. I know that sounds odd but u now have a chance to install track / spot lighting which u can focus onto your Turntable and audio equipment. Windows also are not good for sound bouncing and changing pitch. Acoustic panels would be great but cheaper is using cork. Cork wall sheets looks good and dampens sound. Throw rugs are a must on any hardwood floors.
keep your speakers away from walls ,especially corners. Keep glass to the minimum, so if you have posters etc remove the glass from the frames. Close the curtains when you are listening. Also no mirrors.. Use carpet or rugs on the floor. If you do all this you may not need acoustic panels. also listening in a dimly llt room will augment your listening experience. Good luck!
On subject of plants years ago people would " sand fill " the speakers. About and inch in the bottom. Its a trend that seems to have died. I believe Gene ( audioholics) is in Florida on vacation at the moment.
I have heard of people doing that in the past as well. That could get very messy but it must have worked to some degree. I won't be adding as many plants as shown in the picture but I do plan on having a couple. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Don't forget the ceiling. A lot of bad reflections come from there. Also, think about defusion, not only absorption. I would invest in a measurement system to get it right instead of guessing.
It's Florida, you said near the beach, and the first thing that hit me was your overall investment just relocated to a disaster prone state. The talk says house and property insurance prices are going off the scale, I hope you can lock in coverage necessary for your needs. I pray the angels protect you and yours.
Thank you for the kind thoughts for us. We aren't in a flood zone so our insurance is about what we paid in Kentucky even though we are pretty close to my favorite beach. Prices have been pretty good so far. Hopefully, that will continue. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
Nice to hear Jason Isbell mentioned. I like Amanda Shires too. My daughter bought a house in WA and will move the first of July. It's really exciting. Thanks for taking the time to make the video!
So good to see you back, buy a subwoofer, that will be a big sounding upgrade, much warmer sound and you will have bass to the albums with less bass.😊😊😁
Thank you for the suggestion. I do have a couple of subwoofers. They have really made a big difference. ♥️ I appreciate your kind words. Have a great weekend.
@ 10:17 I thought all those lp cardboard covers are covered in plastic sleeves? Are you going to remove the plastic sleeves? Posters are cool. Just don't frame them behind glass. 🙂
That's true! I honestly hadn't thought of that. The plastic will probably not have a dampening effect. I will have to rely on other ways like acoustic panels. Thank you and take care.🤗♥️
Lol. I will try to keep making as many videos as possible. You and I may run into each other at a record store at some point. 😀 Thank you for the kind words. Take care.
In my experience the Rega shelf for your turntable is a sound quality improvement. So if it's possible and the wall is made from stable material this could be a great for your new room
Nice thing about area rugs, they are not terribly expensive and it they get stained can be replaced i see you have a dog too, they have accidents of course the other purpose to kill echo i would look at rockwool sound panels you can buy rockwool panels and acoustic fabric to cover and 1/4 plywood to mount it to. works really well hope you have fun with it Melinda 😊
I would love to keep it. We have hired some professional movers. If they can bring it up the stairs, I will be able to. Let's hope. 😄♥️ Thank you and take care.
If you will be putting up any framed wall art, you might want to use a trick that my sound guy friend did in the space where he and his band have recorded. In addition to laying down rugs and hanging quilts on the wall, he saves Styrofoam and cuts pieces to fit between the back of the frame and the wall
Hello Ms. Melinda! It is good seeing you again. Congratulations on the new house and location. When I retire I may move there, but then again I might actually end up missing the snow hear in Baltimore (which this 64 year old Black man can't stand too much of!). Recently I purchased a pre-owned Sota Sapphire turntable after enjoying my Sota Comet for 30 years. It was kinda melancholic leaving the Comet and revelatory with the Sapphire. I've been sold on inner suspension turntables. I haven't played cd's in weeks! Just a update in my audiophile world. Congratulations again to you and your family. I'll see you later.😊👍
Congratulations on your recent purchase. I hope it brings much joy to you.🤗 I love the sunshine and I also like the snow. I'm sure I will miss it occasionally. It's a bittersweet move but we will be near our daughter and my favorite beach. For that, I'm grateful. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
I used 2x2 lumber and made 4x8 frames and used a thin mattress pad with poly-fill over pad. I covered in a nice fabric most don't notice since they are large and don't stand out on wall. Bet your room would only need 2.
If you're going to use area rugs and have a couch and maybe a chair or two I think All you'll need is corner traps behind the speakers they aren't that expensive start there first I think you will surprised with the sound and they look great many colors to choose from
Try using a solid oak flooring will help with acoustics. Also if you can you’re plug socket you’re using for your system trying to get it on a single loop. For curtains try using crush velvet as this has the best for sounding also you could put tapestries on the wall will help another idea is you can put curtains up where is not the window and you can adjust the curtains to change acoustics in the room
I haven't made a video about my books. I will do my best to feature them in the music room tour. It will be great to have them in my music room 🤗 It's a small collection. Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Hey, it seems we are more or less at the same stage in our stereo journey. I have been playing with DIY acoustic treatment in two rooms lately and one the first room is working well, and the other one, not so much yet. But I have figured out a lot and debunked or confirmed many acoustic statements online by doing so. I would be happy to share pictures and opinions if you want, but I can start with adding some personal tips here of what I would do if I could start all over. I could not see exactly how your room is from the pictures, but a rectangle or square has different properties, so here is what to consider. Get your stereo in there before anything else, or something that will make music to test. what you want to focus on is Bass! Higher frequencies are easier to treat, but Bass is a pain overall. You want to position your speakers on the wall that give the best bass response. In a rectangle room, the longer wall is usually the correct choice, however. Make sure you can distinguish from too much bass, cause there exists a sone where it can be overwhelming and make it sound boomy. Don't use sub's for this testing. Your speaker should put out enough bass for music, and since I see u already use a sub in your room means that that room is lacking in treatment. Subs are a last resort. Now, Acoustic panels are not that hard to build, and here is a short list of what to consider: 1 focus on the FIRST reflections. Usually on the sides and corners surrounding the speakers. Optimally add standers to the entire backwall, put insulation in it and staple some fabric over the entire thing. (The corner and first reflection on the side should be good enough though.) Try to cover as much from top to bottom as possible. 2 Because first reflections also mean floor and sealing, you should focus on sealing. There are many videos on how to make this look nice. Having a few smaller panels with space between can cover more surfaces without overdoing it. If possible make the hang a bit down from the sealing. The air behind them does work like with the curtains. 3 Corner panels do not have to be a triangel. it can be a rectangle with air behind it. thickness for bass treatment matters. when you are treating bass, you are also treating treble as long as the thickness is there. thinner panels for only treble. To clarify: Treating the first reflections will in a way take away all the other reflections chained to the first, so it makes sense. I have recently been able to test my bookshelf speakers in a proper room, and man! They have 6,5-inch woofer and they put out so much bass if the room is good. I have been able to simulate this in my home by accident. I put bookshelf speakers in my bedroom for the tv, and the bed acts as a massive dampener. I definitely have the best room there, and it rumbles like a cinema without a sub. (Sure some lower frequencies are for movies, but it sounds amazing nonetheless. ) 4 Speakers like symmetry. sound will be harder to treat if they are not bouncing equally through the room. having speakers pointed straight forward in the room increases the size and centre image. angle then inward for sweet spots does not do any good. That is if there is more than one person, but you will also decrease the openness. (This is also dependent on the speakers though) Ok, here are some of the tips I can remember now that I have tested and worked. It is usually good to test the panels before mounting them. moving them around and finding the best position is best. I had a friend hold my ceiling panels over his head while I was sitting in the listening to hear where aproxemetly they should be. Oh, one last thing try not to use things like glass fiber for panels. not good for health. I found something called wood fibres that are made for the same purpose, and it works amazingly well. It is exactly what it sounds like, wood fibres. Anyway, let me know if you want to see pictures.
Wow! Thank you so much for the tips and suggestions. I would love to see pictures. I have an Instagram account (MelindaMurphy08) if you could send them to that. I appreciate the time you took to send all of this information. It will help me and hopefully other viewers that read these comments. Thanks again. ♥️🤗
Expert advice (regarding sound panels) should probably come from someone who is in your room. Every room is different. You could be "solving problems that don't exist". PS Audio did a video showing the in-home delivery and setup of the first or second pair of speakers they ever sold. The FIX that was needed was to REMOVE many of the panels that the homeowner was using.
Excellent point. A friend of mine shared with me that he knew someone that spent thousands of dollars on treatments but got better results after removing some of those treatments. 😳 I will definitely be careful not to overdo it. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
It looks like you have your work cut out for you. I have been fortunate to have rooms with good acoustics that did not require all kinds of dampening. My current home has the best acoustics of all, because we have 10 feet and 13 feet ceilings in our home. I noticed a big improvement in the sound when I set-up my system in these rooms with high ceilings. I'd recommend looking for a book on the subject of setting up a listening space to get some good input on how to set-up your room for the best sound. With the exception of the compilation album, I didn't recognize the new artists you mentioned. I really enjoy discovering new artists. If you like classical guitar, I recently discovered a young British guitarist named Alexandra Whittingham. She's excellent. I really like her version of Asturias by Albeniz. This is where the guitar meets art, just beautiful. Best of luck with the move and your new music adventures. 👍💖🎸😎
Hi! 😀 I'm so glad your new home has great acoustics. It will be interesting to set up my equipment and play a record for the first time. My ceiling will only be 8 feet. I hope that won't hurt the sound too much. Reading more about room treatments will be a big help and I also have a friend that is very knowledgeable. I do love classical guitar so thank you for the recommendation. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
@@MelindaMurphy My current home has the tall ceilings. I don't know about the next one. I'll just have to live with whatever we choose to move to. You take care as well and you're welcome. 👍👍👍
Be sure to not overdamp the room. Resist the urge to place a coffee table between you and the speakers. Try it to see the effect with and without, if you need to hear for yourself.
i bought my last home some 6 years ago and had to restore some parts and redecorate and paint all and also change the electric system ,water pipes (were still made of lead) but last year all ended and well also my sons and daughters also grandsons and grandaughters have their homes but still some spend a lot of time here with me mostly the girls and enjoy listening music with me , because i have 6 rooms to spare i have now two huge listening rooms but also have systems in the tv room , living room, main dining room and garage, a 40 cars garage as my other hobby either than hi-fi are old cars ,the house was built originally in 1904 the one before was built in the 40´s so i only buy old houses they are well built and no need for AC in everyroom they are fresh inside and was so well built that was all original , it as the original electric switches and wires that were protected not by rubber but with a type of cloth and the swithes look like those old and huge ones in factorys with a wooden handle and two metal rules type and in tiny size to light up at night the ceiling lights, in the garage i left a part with old copnections only because it looks cool , but spens a fortune buying the house and doble restoring it and make it at my own taste in total cost me 2.000.000€ and with work paid at reduced prices, and the house belonged to a friend of mine ,his family house that had still a painting of a 1700´s family guy, the reason why the all house didn´t fall was because the structure was all in wood taken from Africa the huge wooden beams they don´t get destroyd by rain ,humidity if one knocks the wood it will feel like rock and some engeniers get their knucles hurt by hiting it with too much strenght, no one knows what type iof wood is that there are no records about where in Africa it came from or other similar to compare with, but all his great and my last wife is also happy ,it as been with me since i was 50 and have a daughter with her that is younger than my grandsons, before i had 5 the first was in 72 when my oldest son was born, his 52 now and also enjoys cars ,bikes and hi-fi , my older wifes are all friends of eachother and have me as a friend and only two didn´t had a son or daughter from me but they took care of my older sons and daughters, only 5 not that many one for each decade, now i can seat and listen to my favorite records and have been recording to minidisc or cassette that were stoped since mid 90´s and now i´m adicted again in making compilations ,since i re-started in 2017 (late setember of that year) i´ve recorded 180 cassettes from my records cds or reels most of them are TDK sa-x and sony UX-pro also maxell UR from 84 and tdk AR from 92 ,got all for free when they were going to incenerate all in a big warehouse, smme thousands of cassettes and also minidiscs all TDK, reels i´ve been recording them also since 2021, hope you and your family will enjoy and be happy in your new home ,it´s hard but when it´s done it´s like a breathe of fresh air, and some strange feeling of having a lot of time to spare against years of working everyday, i can also say that i bought last december my last hifi system started to buy components for it in 2019 ,it´s a Magnat receiver with all modern features and some power with tubes pre-amplification also bought for chance when in a store in the south of Spain found a magnat cd player the same colour and with the tubes seen from outside from 2016(tube pre-amplified) as the receiver also magnat speakers the transpull 1500, the receiver is a MA900 also a akai open reel deck a GX-4000D, a Rega P10 with a cartridge from Hana, the Umami red (can buy them cheap) and a nakamichi 700ZXL i had restored for cassettes, have a extra cassette deck a CT-91a from Pioneer, had to conect a tape monitor multiplyer from akai as the receiver only as one output for recording,have also spotify and tidal for lazy days(when i want to seat and listen to whatever i like without having to search for it) the receiver already as a multimedia player but i had already bought a prestige node II or similar, sorryb for the long coment but i think it cames with age ,about cassette compilations , when i played them at night after having diner, i hear those songs and make me remenber and see like if it was yesterday when i was hearing those songs new this camping in the summer also remenber girls i knew that if it wasn´t for the music they wouldn´t come to my mind, i had the luck of living in a time when there was more youth in all europe. The best beaches in atlantic coast were untoutched by human hand only hundreds of young people from several countries and portuguese maybe me and some friends girls or boys ,there were litle vilages were there were fisherman so at night only fish grilled caught that afternoon or that day earlier with salad and wine Rosé (it as sparkles) and a bit sweet also bread made all afternoons at 5 o´clock ,like they don´t make it anymore and the tables were made from old wood and beanches also forget when you wanted there were sweet water falls to the beach if you wanted to take the salt from your skin, i refer to this because if it weren´t for the cassettes i wouldn´t remenber those days so specific and clear, sometimes we used to camp on the beach or under the trees near the beach, i used to drive when i was 18 a Mercedes 280S from 1968 i used to fill it with people and friends i´ve just had met that year ,and when needing to go to a near but 60 kms place (1 mile=1.6 km´s) i would drive with 12 to 15 people in the car this without tar roads, the trunk would be full of people and always opened, that´s why i listen to music everyday to remenber what i will never live again what is surprising is that most of the beaches are still in the same place(dah!)untouched by human hands and empty , but some friends i´ve met when 16 or 18 years old after retired some came to live near me mainly from deutschland and netherlands it´s always sunny all year around ,they said and were tired of living in a grey world, today i know young men and women and all are so prud or pudic ,at the time everybody was naked most of the day at night it was cold and we dressed ourselves, but no feeling of shame or complexes it was natural and i think you know there are more women than men, at the time also, i feel like we had paradise and lived it till we were old, again sorry and good luck to you and yours in your new place, hope everything runs good and confortable with the changes
Wow! You have quite a wonderful home. It's awesome to have two listening rooms. I will have my listening room and we will also have a place to watch movies. I'm jealous of your garage. 😄 It sounds like you have a large family and it's great that they have a place to go and enjoy with you. 🤗♥️ Thank you and have a great weekend.
@@MelindaMurphy thank you ,i´m going on holidays to the beach tomorrow but to a home near the beach with my old mother to my uncle her brother the next two weeks than me and my wife ,son , grandsons and grandaughters will go after, more two weeks to a camping that seems more like an hotel near the beaches i used to go when younger, All the best for you and your family in this new adventure in other city ,hope everything turns out perfect
That seems to be the case. He was going along with what others were doing. I wish he had been a little kinder and perhaps more humble. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
I have only been able to go to one record store lately and unfortunately they didn't have any Rainbow albums. I'll eventually find one. ♥️🤗 Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.
Hi Melinda, all the best for your move, and for the exciting music room project. I have recently moved myself and have a similar project starting early next year, for me; my biggest concern/challenge is finding the right speaker for the space. Good problems to have 🙂 Great to see you back, thanks for the streams.
That would be nice. 🤗♥️ I have a friend that is extremely knowledgeable and has told me he would help. I'm extremely excited to get things set up. 🥰 Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.
She really wanted us to remain close. One of the reasons she ranked Florida high on her list was that she knew we would probably be willing to move there. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Good luck with your new home and listening room. If you can do so, look into acoustic treatments for your next space, they don’t have to look as bad as they use to. Also Melinda if you have a laptop, you can pick up a cheap microphone from Amazon and a free program, I can’t remember the name at the moment maybe room eq and do some quick measurements. Your husband along with you will probably enjoy this, that is after you get settled, then you can really dial the room in as it will be your listening room. Melinda what is that third component from the top with the analogue meters below the white step up transformer? Did you buy a new power amp and preamp?
Hi Melinda, it's lovely to see you again. My number one priority in your music room would be to place you Rega P8 turntable on a wall mounted isolation platform, to remove any vibrations produced from the flooring being picked up by your cartridge. I hope that you find this helpful. Take care.
I agree. That's a great idea. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
RE: acoustic treatment. Get your speakers and listening position in place, then do treatment step by step. That way you’ll hear what each step does and won’t inadvertently over damp your room. Some thoughts (depending upon your room characteristics): A rug on the floor…if you buy a “stock” rug (vs $$$), get a thick one with an open weave backing. Most have a tight or rubber or plastic which are not acoustically transparent and will reflect sound back up. Put a thick (I use ⅝ “) acoustic felt underneath rug. Inexpensive. ** Diffusers don’t work in a smallish room: not enough space. ** Absorption panels: start with L/R wall reflection points and behind your LP ( especially if you sit close to a wall) ** bass traps may help but I can’t make general recommendations. Now spend time listening before anymore treatment. Note: several smaller absorption panels with space between them work better acoustically than the same area covered completely with one large panel. Good luck and go slow. Room treatment is science and art and each room and listener preferences are different.
Great tips! I will keep what you said in mind when shopping for area rugs. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
GIK acoustics is most reasonable price treatment and they perform free room analysis
I cannot recall where you said you were from. I grew up in Western Kentucky, live in Louisville now. I enjoy your content. Fun stuff. You need bass traps in the upper corners of the room and/or in the corners of the room. The back of the room particularly needs to have sound absorption material, so sounds don't reflect back too much. Some of that echo is good, but not a lot. In a room that size, know that the size of the speakers will be a consideration. If you want to fill it with bass, it'll need some power.
I appreciate the feedback. I'm definitely going to work on room treatments and ways to improve the sound. 🤗
I was born and raised in Indiana and lived in Owensboro until we recently moved to Florida. Louisville is awesome. I enjoy Florida but I do miss Kentucky sometimes. Thank you and take care. 🤗❤️
So honoured to have my new record included here! All the best with your new music room ventures. Emily
Wow! I'm so honored to hear from you. Your record is terrific. Best wishes to you that it's a huge success. You deserve it. ♥️🤗
Hi Melinda, One suggestion : I recommend having enough outlets and a dedicated circuit for your equipment. Lots of work, but lots of fun. All the best to you and your husband!
Thank you for the suggestion. You're right. 🤗♥️ I appreciate the kind words. Take care.
Excited to see the new room when it is ready, congrats on entering into this new chapter of your life !
It's definitely going to be a new chapter. Thank you for the encouragement. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Be true to yourself Melinda. Forget acoustic panels. Soft furnishings and curtains will suffice. No experts. You still need some liveness to the room. Set up the furniture first, position the hifi and listen. The room acoustics will be new. Take time to notice the sweet spots. Different room, different sound.
Thank you for the kind words. The expert happens to be a good friend and he also believes like you do that less (can be) more. I am really looking forward to putting my personality in the room. It's going to be great. ♥️🤗 Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Glad to see you're back doing videos. I always enjoy them. You already have a lot of excellent suggestions for room treatment. Plants and bookcases with random sized books make good inexpensive diffusers. For speaker setup, PS Audio has a great book called "The Stereo" for instructions on setting up your speakers. It comes with an accompanying CD or LP that has numerous tracks for finding the best listening position and speaker placement for great soundstage and imaging. I found it very helpful and easy to use. Good luck on your endeavor. I know It will be a lot of fun.
Thank you. I will have to look into that book. ♥️🤗 I appreciate the kind words. Take care.
Awesome room to fill with music, you're so lucky. It will be fun!
Plants in it will be a nice touch. I have that too. I have also a 'rule' of no plants near equipment because sooner or later a little accident of giving water to not just the plants is going to happen. So, to bend my own rule, the loudspeakers have artificial plants on them, making the big towers look less imposing. Artificial plants can be so good nowadays that visitors have to look twice to realize that the ones on top of the speaker towers are not real 😊
My plants will not be too close to my equipment. You make an excellent point about the water. I won't have near as many as that picture shows. Lol. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
I Still Hope U Keep Ur Jukebox And Eventually Find Somewhere In Ur New Home To Place It...Perhaps In The Music Room...
We are hiring movers so we may try to have them take it upstairs. I hope it works. 😀 Thank you and take care.
@@MelindaMurphySplendid...There IS Hope For Ur Jukebox...
Great videos😀👍 How do you get those VH one step's so early?
This one was sent to me a little early so that I could have time to listen to it and do a review on my channel. The review will be coming soon. ♥️😀 Thank you and take care.
One tip. Natural fibers on as many items. Cotton silk wool wood etc. they sound good. Stay away from plastic and synthetic textiles. Good luck
Thank you very much for the great advice. Take care. ♥️🤗
Don’t go overboard on room accoustics. Recommend you leave it a bright and lively room.
I agree. I definitely want a bright and lively room. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
Melinda, I have built 2 music rooms basically from scratch. I was able to get nice acoustic panels at a reasonable price from GIK Acoustic in Georgia. The panels look great and perform as expected. I have been extremely happy with all the panels I purchased from them. They also have several styles and colors.
I wonder though, at what point do you start to spend that much time worrying about sound quality, and using this and using that. Not doing this and not doing that, putting curtains 6 inch from the wall, et cetera, et cetera, that the fun of vinyl gets
Overlooked?. Good look to you Melinda, but if I had to worry about all of that just to listen to my music, I’d honestly stop,
I have a really modest but decent set up when it comes to turntable,
speakers and amplifier, and I think it sounds great,
I’m using Mission speakers from the 1980’s, a vintage pioneer amplifier and then my turntable,
I have none of anything you’ve mentioned!.,and seriously, records can sound really excellent!, so I don’t believe all this top of the range equipment is necessary at all, but I do think it makes audiophiles feel better about the money they have spent!
I agree with you. I'm not going to get too worried about every small detail. I want the room to sound great but I will just take things a step at a time. Enjoying the process and slowly making improvements will be part of the adventure. I'm just so thrilled to have my own designated room. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Would you consider DIRAC ROOM CORRECTION ? .. Great to have you back ! .. All your viewers will as excited as you to see how the new room turns out .. David
I would have to look into Dirac Room Correction. Thank you for the suggestion and for the kind words. Take care. ♥️🤗
Im Quite Excited...I Maybe Ordering The My VAN HALEN CD BoxSet This Week...Its The First 6 LPs.. Its Not The Remastered Collections I Wieh A 7Th Disc Of Rarities~Ill Get That Lot Later~But It Will Do For Now...Then Later I'll Purchase The 2nd BoxSet Of The Other 4 Albums Of The Sammy Hagar Era...
Oh wow! That sounds cool!
@@MelindaMurphy Indeed...My VAN HALEN Collection Will Be Instantly Completed...Well Ar Least The David Lee Roth Era~Which Most Fans Prefer~Including[If I'm Not Being Presumptuous] Urself Our Melinda...Then I'll Worry About The Sammy Hagar Era Later...
did you find a new local record store in Florida yet?
There's Quite A lot Of Record Stores In Florida Indeed...
Yes, thankfully where we will be living there are a couple of good ones. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
It's Quite Alright...Ur In The Process Of Moving~So It's Expected That There May Not Be Video From Time To Time...Quite Understandable...
Thank you for understanding. Moving 12 hours away is pretty tough. Take care. ♥️🤗
rectangular room is good. When you come into the room, speakers should be along the left wall. Couch in 2/3 deep in the room leaving ample room behind couch. then, wall acoustic foam pieces deco on side walls, deco bass traps in corners... I know expensive, but you can find some used. I used memory foam 24"x48" painted with latex paint and worked great! Just don't touch them after. Heavy theatre drapes I bought some as they are also called blackout drapes will be your friend. Keep equipment rack not too high off the ground and interfer with imaging. May need to build a new low equipment rack, like 60"x12"x16" deep. Mounting wall mounted isolation turntable platform is a good idea..... good luck!😀
Thank you for the advice. I agree that having a wall mounted turntable platform would be great. Take care. ♥️🤗
Welcome back young lady! I noticed just one window for natural lighting in your new music room? Anyway to bust out the wall and place a matching window equidistant to the other one? Just to get some extra natural lighting? My brother and I just spent 60 grand or so updating my elderly mothers 2700 Sq ft. two story home in Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA. So much work, hope you and Phillip have a good contractor to do your renovations. Your smart to lighten the floors, replace the baseboards, put lots of area rugs, etc. Sounds like you're doing everything right. Thanks for getting back to us, we all miss you greatly!❤❤ P.S., picked up Seal's 30th Anniversary LP and Diana Krall's 'Live in Paris' lp!
Congratulations on your new finds. The Seal album is in huge demand so it's so nice to finally put it out on vinyl. ♥️🤗
At some point we will probably replace the windows. I would love to add some for more light in that room. There are two windows but one of them doesn't really bring in additional light. The flooring is going to be light and bright with a coastal feel. I'm excited to see it when it's done. California real estate is extremely valuable so what you're doing is a great investment. 🥰 Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
While they are not the best in the market, I like panels which are disguised. The Audimute ones feature printable artwork. So fun that you get to start a room from scratch.
Thank you! It's going to be so much fun. I can't wait to have my very own record room. It's so great to hear from you. Take care. 🤗♥️
@starlightgrecording559
Hi Melinda Murphy***
Gerard Stroh!!!
I Miss Your Videos Melinda Murphy!!!
Moving Is Not No Easy Battle and it is Hard Work and it Takes Time and I Like To Say Renting A Place is Not Bad But You Can't Built Stuff and Cannot Mount Anything on the Walls or Doing the Floors Because I am Renting and I Can't Look A Gift Horse in the Mouth But I Do Have The Gear to injoy My Music Melinda Murphy!!!!
If I have My Own Place I Would Hookup My Large Speakers and Rock out and Start Shaking Walls Down With My 2400 watts Poweramps But You Need Some 20 amp Brakers For My Poweramps!!!
My System is Loud Enough Melinda Murphy!!!!
Can't Wait to See Your Music Room Melinda Murphy!!!!
Bye From Gerard Stroh!!!
Oh wow! I would love to hear your music and system. ♥️ Thank you so much for the kind words. Take care.
I bought two pair of diffusion/absorption panels from GIK Acoustics to use behind my electrostatic speakers--they were recommended as absorbing all the rear output would make them sound worse than having no treatment at all. Similarly, a room with too much absorption is just as bad as a room with too little, but many of us have shelving with books, records, etc. that act perfectly to diffuse the sound. I agree with others--add what you think you need, little by little, adding something only when needed.
One thing you may also notice in an enclosed space is that the bass will be very uneven--absent for some notes, and too boomy for others. That would call for bass traps in the corners--the bass tends to collect in corners of a room, and having that energy absorbed in the vertical corners can be helpful. That is the one thing I need for my family room at the moment, yet I have shelving in the way that prevents it. I wish I had kept the corners clear, about two feet in each direction, as that's the space larger traps need.
Also, here's a tip that is often forgotten. If you decide on using a coffee table, either use a blanket or cloth on top of it, or make sure it is covered in a lot of "stuff" (diffraction, again). A flat, empty coffee table between the listening area and the speakers is a large reflecting surface that can throw off the imaging.
My last recommendation? Heed the words of acousticians, and use speaker and seating placement, and room treatments, to get your sound dialed in. Avoid room correction. What happens with room correction is that you "fix" the sound in only one single listening position, and throw off your response everywhere else in the room. And if bass is being corrected, you risk overdriving your amplifiers as it tries to correct missing bass.
At AXPONA several years ago, acoustician Bob Hodas (you can find him and his tips via Google) put on a one-hour presentation about just the sort of things you are going through now with your new room, and those were basically his recommendations. We can never have a "perfect" room but if we minimize a room's problems with placement and room treatments, we're way ahead of the game. 👍
BTW, GIK Acoustics does offer some DIY materials, including the cloth. Still a little expensive though, but not as bad as buying the completed panels. (I'm glad I bought my panels pre-COVID as they are much higher now.)
Great tips. Several people have recommended GIK Acoustics so I will have to look into that company.
I agree that doing too much can hurt more than help. A friend of mine warned me about someone that spent several thousands on room treatments and the sound improved once some were removed. 😳
I appreciate the advice on the coffee table as well. I will be very careful as I make my selections. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
I'll Miss This Kentucky Home...Sad To Eventually Say Goodbye To...Many Splendid Memories...It May Sound Silly~But Sometimes I'm Sentimental For Other People...
It is sad and will be bittersweet. I love this home and am going to miss it. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
So cool. I can't wait to see your post showing your journey on creating your listening room. Love the retro couch idea.
I'm so ready to have a music room as well. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
The Atlantic 75th anniversary series is so good. Foreigner, Hall and Oates, STP, Yes..all killers. I just ordered INXS . I wish you well at your new place.
I have bought some of them and will definitely pick up the INX. That should be an awesome release. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
Hello Melinda! Great to have you back. Your plans sounds great (no pun intended) for you music room , with couch , plants and other stuff. Any updates about your jukebox ? We really hope it’ll be resolvable. Yesterday I took Annette to see Europe play on an outdoor festival. It’s one of her favourite bands. I especially enjoyed seeing the look in her eyes and hearing her sing along thru the whole gig. Also ; I’ve FINALLY got my hands on a copy of Led Zeppelin’s Celebration day 3Lp box. To make it a tripple-whammy would be to hear that the jukebox will be in that music room. Take care. A&R
Oh wow! I'm so happy for your wife. It's a wonderful feeling to experience a band you love playing a favorite song. ♥️
Congrats on finding that Led Zeppelin box set. 🔥
My husband has decided to hire professional movers and he told them we are moving a jukebox. We are going to give it a try. Let's hope professionals can get it up the stairs. 🤗 Thank you and take care.
Sounds like you are going to have an amazing music room. I hope it all works out well and doesn’t take too awful long to get done. Every idea I had about the room, you ended up saying in the video lol. Of course, me giving you tips on sound in a music room would be like a young Jedi trying to tell Darth Vader how to use the Force.
Not at all. You would probably give me amazing advice. I have a lot to learn. I'm very excited about my new music room and I can't wait until we move. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
What did you do with your Jukebox????? Mountain Stage is a syndicated radio show. Hosted by a guy I really like, Larry Groce. He sang in the 70's songs like Junk food Junkie and The Bumper Sticker Song and The Wheat Lies Low (My favorite). He also sang traditional Children's song on the Disneyland Records label. His mainstream stuff is hard to find but if you can c heck him out. A lot of his stuff is on UA-cam. I have no ideas to help you improve the sound quality. I am set up for Digitzing not listening. I usually only play a record once in fear of ruining the condition.
What an incredible line up of musicians. It's a great record. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Exciting times for you and your system! Personally, I would get your system set up in the position you want and then get everything isolated to the best level. Recently, I've been upgrading to Stack Audio AUVA isolation pucks and speaker feet. They are based in the UK but deliver Worldwide. You'll find a few UA-cam videos about them. I've never experienced such a single improvement in overall sound quality and pure listening joy than when I started using their products. They are a little expensive but you'll have them for a long time. I don't recommend wall-mounted turntable platforms - It's better to keep your system isolated from the fabric of your house. Once your system is set up, then play around with rugs, furnishings, plants, wall hangings, the height of your seating, the humidity of your room, the positioning of cats and dogs......hahaha!
Lol. Just one dog here. ♥️🤗 I agree with you that I need to place the essentials in the room first and then decide what it might need from there. Thank you and take care.
Just subbed.... I'll be expecting a series of music room videos. 😁 Maybe you can get a manufacturer to help with sound treatment in return for a few videos of design and install. Don't walk into the room and decide .... move things around and listen. You may have block walls.... which can be a good thing for bass. I spent years listening with speakers on the short wall.... until one day I tried the long wall.... it was much better. So try new things in your new room.... and rugs work great too. You didn't mention ceiling height.... 8' , 10' ??
The ceiling height is 8 feet. I definitely need a rug and some treatments. I also still need to hang up some wall art. I hope to make a music room video soon. Thank you and take care. 🤗❤️
G’day Melinda, congrats on the upcoming music room. I was wondering what you’re going to do for music in the rest of the house? Will you have a 2nd system or stream? The reason I ask is that I’ve never had a designated room, but I do love to have music on no matter what I’m doing around the house when I’m not having a concentrated listen. My lounge is where the stereo is & part of an open plan which also includes the kitchen. Would be nice to have a separate space for better sound, but I need a soundtrack to my life as well if that makes sense. Good luck with everything…Ben 👍
I'm not sure what we will do for the rest of the house yet. I am guessing we will eventually have streaming just for convenience. That's something we will figure out down the road. Thank you and enjoy your weekend. ♥️🤗
My secret is to make the whole house the Rush bat cave. I basically have 4 ft hall speakers in the living room and since it's open to the kitchen I rock while I get cooking. My audiophile friend says it's not perfect but he said the heavy plant containers help keep the Permanent Waves from bouncing around. I have the hall speakers because I kept ruining the fine speakers, and overloading amps. I still have vintage British IMF speakers but I'm careful not destroy them. I bet Philip can't wait to drive up here to take in all that is Rush😂 Happy 4th upcoming to my American brothers and sisters. The Indigo Girls are great. Best from Canada, you have any Tragically Hip? " New Orleans is sinking and I don't want swim ". My daughter is healthy, nobody should have to worry about their kid in peril. She has a new dog btw after losing her little Felix.
Lol. Anytime I put on Rush, he runs away. 😀 I don't own any Tragically Hip yet. Maybe someday. I'm sure your daughter's new pup is one happy (and spoiled) dog. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Please tell the person who sent you the album that the "Year" in the "30 Year Anniversary" title is redundant. The "anni" portion of the word anniversary means "year." It should say "40th Anniversary." It would be nice if the album title was grammatically correct. It is just like saying "PIN number" when the "N" in "PIN" means number. Just a helpful hint.😃
Thank you. 😀 Take care.
Hi Melinda, im from Germany and i have one Idee for your new Music room .I recomend to use magnetic feet on your stand speakers. You will be suopriesd in the Sound impruvement. There a diifrent Companys one that i Can recomend is Audio Physic VCF II M8. The impact is in clarity and Sound Level. Thank you for your Posts and Bye
Thank you so much for the tip. 🤗♥️ I really appreciate it. Take care.
Hmmm, seems complicated. Take it from a fellow coastal dweller (with palm tree, with dedicated music room), the easiest and most effective route for window coverings are those honeycomb shades that are even marketed for sound absorption (I use Duette by Hunter Douglas, recommended by a studio dude). I then work with GIK Acoustics for (relatively) reasonable and good looking panels. Easy and done!
Thank you for the suggestions. I would love to have those shades for my music room.. ♥️ Take care.
Great video 👍
Don’t forget,you gear needs power ..so make sure you’ve got enough outlets and on its own circuits..if you can .
Absolutely right! Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
@@MelindaMurphy Old school audiophile..and I do so enjoy great esthetics (Dark Academia motif with tube amps😌)
We’re all looking forward to the rooms transforming into the audio oasis you deserve.
Ciao 🍕
For sound control in a room Paul McGowan mentioned in a UA-cam video use crown molding and that will make an improvement. He also has a book and accompanying CD published, The Stereo, unlocked the great secrets to great sound. I’ve used this information and it helped the sound in my set up. I enjoy your channel.
Thank you for the tip. I'm wanting crown molding for looks anyway. This helps me to make my case for it. Lol. Take care. ♥️🤗
Haha, If I was in Florida I would offer to build you a couch but New Zealand is a bit far away. These days I work for another company making interiors for luxury motor yachts but previously to that I worked in my own business about 25% of which was building custom upholstered furniture to client specs usually from photographs.
That's a very kind gesture but New Zealand is very far away. Lol. It sounds like you have had some wonderful jobs and you have a lot of skills. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Glad to have ya back! Looking forward to seeing the new music room! It's super fun to design from scratch and build it up the way you want. You should be very excited..
We're overwhelmed by all of the work but we are also very excited. Thank you for the encouragement. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Congratulate with a new house.
GIK acoustic (or similar business) have a lot of products for treatment. Can also make them self. Thei can provide guidance. There are channels on UA-cam that guid how to build recording and mastering studios. The information and knowledge from those experts are very valuable.
I will definitely watch some UA-cam channels for help and rely on a friend that is very knowledgeable as well. Thank you for the tips. Have a great weekend. ♥️🤗
Fun project and looking forward to your room. I am a novice as well. Currently in a town house that I have been in longer than planned. I want to redo the floors before selling but don't want to spend the money I would for best sound quality or do the floors twice. Decisions, decision... I am watching for anything I can pick up.
The YTer the joy of vinyl of records has posted a couple of videos, one not long ago where they went to carpet and another where he put the turn table on a shelf mounted to the wall as the floor was floating and vibrating so, be sure the flooring is solid. The older video is "An Unexpected 50% Sound Improvement in Vinyl Record Playback"
Thank you for sharing. I will have to go back and watch the videos. Carpet is best for sound quality but I will have to get by with area rugs instead.
It would have been nice if the former owner had replaced the flooring before she put the house up for sale but our tastes aren't the same so I'm kinda glad she didn't. Lol. Best wishes to you. Thank you and take care.
Talking acoustic panels..🤔
Could you have canvas art, with padding / insulation behind the image??
Then the art could be beautiful and functional.
Have fun 😁🖖
That's a wonderful idea. I love beautiful art. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
I was happy with the size of my room but it was limited on what you could do as it was a rectangle and one side was all window. Pretty much limited where I could put the stereo. After I set up my cabinets I had almost no room for art work. On the plus, the curtains were a,ready layered and about 4 inches from the window! I still have a few things left to do that I need to get around to, I’m just too tired lol
I completely understand how you feel. Moving out of state is exhausting. I'm not sure how much room I will have for artwork either. I have so many things I want to put up. I hope you are adjusting and it's starting to feel like home for you and your wife. It must be amazing being so close to your adorable grandson. ♥️ Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Wait till you hear Billie Eilish "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" in your new room it's incredible !!!!
I haven't listened to her new album yet. Thank you for the suggestion. Take care. 🤗♥️
Jumper is topical, just watched the 1st debate: old man v con man. In Florida you need a quiet AC system, so many pump out significant noise making music listening problematic. My music room has lots of vintage ashtrays, smoke in style.
I actually love collecting vintage ashtrays from hotels that are no longer in business. My favorite is one that was from the Stardust hotel in Las Vegas. ♥️
The debate was depressing. Thank you and take care. 🤗
Hi Melinda. Love your videos! Can you create a video where you talk about your vinyl storage furniture. Also, What brand is your equipment stand that your nice Rega sits on? Thanks and good luck on your move!
It's called Line Phono but I'm not sure we would buy one again. My husband wishes we had something a little more sturdy. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
I LOVE Margo Price... Midwest Farmer's Daughter is a good place to start. Yep, that's a great lineup, indeed :)
Yes, she's great. 😀 Thank you very much. ♥️🤗
I think those panels are too industrial ,if you put in hardwood floor consider that Dogs will scratch them up and you will need to finish periodically. High quality vinyl can look really nice. You might try drapes wall hangings tapestry’s. Soffits with fabric. Can you pick out some nice fabric and hang like wall paper. Area rugs are a great idea. If the house is older consider plug in circuits with a power cleanup circuit to help eliminate hum. Older houses do not have clean power. Make sure your Subwoofers are isolated from the floor I use stick on feet of rubber otherwise they resonate like crazy. I have my my speakers on pedestals made of glass bases and metal.
Those are all great tips and things to look out for. I would love to have hardwood but you are absolutely right about dog scratches. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
probably too late, but when moving high quality speakers, always short the terminals, to prevent cone movement which could damage the precision interface between magnet and coil.
my other tip is to get a hi fi book on acoustic room treatments, most studios use the live end, dead end, approach after well regarded " shoe box" concert hall acoustics, but I think your friend must surely know the basic principals.
of course there is always the classic garage band set up, where you just staple paper mache' egg crate dividers on every possible surface. I'm sure your husband, and the Florida bugs, would just love that. .
I was going to make a joke about saluting the American flag, but I was raised better than that.
We haven't moved yet so thank you for the tip regarding the speakers. 🤗♥️ I book about room treatments would also be helpful. Thank you and take care.
You speak of wanting to buy stereo acoustic material, it will make little difference to do that, you said you want something cheaper than panels, I recommend not spending anything, because stereo people will recommend stuff to make money, that can sometimes harm sound. You want a loud stereo sound, except in a teeny tiny room. Most things added to a room will make little difference. Just add your plants, books, just normal stuff that you usually add. A hardwood floor with nothing on it is best for reverberation. Any material that is directly at the tweeter height such as curtains will kill 3d imaging. As long as your speakers are 4 feet from any wall, that is all you need for a room. Materials will barely quieten a room. Material on the side walls & the walls behind you will kill imaging. A hardwood floor reverberations helps sound & makes it louder like it should be. A mirror behind the speakers & between the speakers, on the back wall will help 3d imaging, but have nothing else between the speakers.. A deadened room you dont want. Curtain shades & other things wont make a difference. Speakers close to a wall creates unwanted echoes, but 3d imaging is caused by echoes, that materials usually kills the 3d imaging. Speakers to close to walls causes unwanted , but hardwood floors causes loudness that you want, but carpet material is ok, but materials anywhere else is detrimental. Even in an empty room a stereo can sound wonderful. Wood diffusor panels dont work that well & are expensive. Heavy stuccho on block walls are great diffusors, or brick walls inside my house lets me put the speakers close to the walls. Diffusors allow the echoes to stay much closer to the walls. With sheetrock walls, one cant put speakers close to the wall to get more bass. Block walls give more bass where ever speakers are placed. Blocks dont let sound pass through walls like wood does.
I have a friend who is an expert that is against spending money when it's not necessary. He will be a big help. I really appreciate the comments and that you are looking after my best interests. 😀♥️ Take care.
Iam moving as well next month ,not loooking forward to packing 1000's of records and cds and books ,i have been collecting for last 30 years ,luckily iam only moving a few miles
Packing the collection has been very hard. Half of my collection is in Florida and half of it is still here. Lol. There's so much to do but in the end, it will be worth it for both of us. This too shall pass. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
The best to you on the new music room. I'm hoping there will be more than one option for speaker placement, as that can make a real difference. I don't get everything my speakers have to offer because I have only one placement option, which negates the holographic imaging I heard at the audition. The image, though wide, has little front-to-back depth; unfortunate, but If I'm truly listening to the music and not the sound it's less of a bother. Be sure your speakers can breathe!
Good to see you again and as your usual pleasent self. You seem to be handling the moving process well; I applaud that, and like everyone else, will be interested to see the new music room when it's up and running.
Speaker placement is so incredibly important. I will be sure and put them in the optimum spot. ♥️
Thank you for the kind words. Moving is very overwhelming. I'm ready to put it all behind me. Take care. ♥️🤗
Are you getting advice about Absorption/diffraction panels, bass traps ? Maybe reach out to New Record Day Ron, he's been pretty deep into that stuff.
I will be seeking advice about all of this. I have a lot to learn and it's going to be a lot of fun. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
I am so happy you are back on UA-cam I be waiting to see your new home on video take your time I know is a lot of work moving into a new home and to fix up a new home as well Florida is the new home for Melinda. So happy to hear from you and I will be waiting how your music room will be like congratulations on your new home I hope you ride around to see if they got a record shop places to go to in Florida to buy vinyl records. Happy to hear from you soon take care and have a blessed Thursday peace love and music forever and also one thing I just buy a new record player this month I am so happy right now and I'm enjoying it like a kid in a candy store is a Crossley brand
Thank you so much for the kind words. 🤗♥️ I really appreciate it. Take care.
Nice to see u back and enjoying your move lol. The new music room is good to have dark or at least just a few windows for less sunlight. I know that sounds odd but u now have a chance to install track / spot lighting which u can focus onto your Turntable and audio equipment. Windows also are not good for sound bouncing and changing pitch. Acoustic panels would be great but cheaper is using cork. Cork wall sheets looks good and dampens sound. Throw rugs are a must on any hardwood floors.
Thank you for the wonderful advice. Great ideas. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Room is not a Golden Ratio; still better than sq. 😂
Use Rockwool not fiberglass.
Guildford has acoustic fabric.
Thank you for the tips. ♥️🤗 Take care.
keep your speakers away from walls ,especially corners. Keep glass to the minimum, so if you have posters etc remove the glass from the frames. Close the curtains when you are listening. Also no mirrors.. Use carpet or rugs on the floor. If you do all this you may not need acoustic panels. also listening in a dimly llt room will augment your listening experience. Good luck!
Thank you for the great tips. I will make sure to avoid glass for my posters. Take care. ♥️🤗
On subject of plants years ago people would " sand fill " the speakers. About and inch in the bottom. Its a trend that seems to have died. I believe Gene ( audioholics) is in Florida on vacation at the moment.
I have heard of people doing that in the past as well. That could get very messy but it must have worked to some degree. I won't be adding as many plants as shown in the picture but I do plan on having a couple. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Don't forget the ceiling. A lot of bad reflections come from there.
Also, think about defusion, not only absorption.
I would invest in a measurement system to get it right instead of guessing.
Thank you for the tip. There's so much to think about. ♥️🤗 Take care.
It's Florida, you said near the beach, and the first thing that hit me was your overall investment just relocated to a disaster prone state. The talk says house and property insurance prices are going off the scale, I hope you can lock in coverage necessary for your needs. I pray the angels protect you and yours.
Thank you for the kind thoughts for us. We aren't in a flood zone so our insurance is about what we paid in Kentucky even though we are pretty close to my favorite beach. Prices have been pretty good so far. Hopefully, that will continue. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
Nice to hear Jason Isbell mentioned. I like Amanda Shires too. My daughter bought a house in WA and will move the first of July. It's really exciting. Thanks for taking the time to make the video!
Best wishes for your daughter. That sounds very exciting. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
So good to see you back, buy a subwoofer, that will be a big sounding upgrade, much warmer sound and you will have bass to the albums with less bass.😊😊😁
Thank you for the suggestion. I do have a couple of subwoofers. They have really made a big difference. ♥️ I appreciate your kind words. Have a great weekend.
@ 10:17 I thought all those lp cardboard covers are covered in plastic sleeves? Are you going to remove the plastic sleeves? Posters are cool. Just don't frame them behind glass. 🙂
That's true! I honestly hadn't thought of that. The plastic will probably not have a dampening effect. I will have to rely on other ways like acoustic panels. Thank you and take care.🤗♥️
Oh how I missed you! Melinda withdrawals are not fun. I was in danger of going back to CDs...
Lol. I will try to keep making as many videos as possible. You and I may run into each other at a record store at some point. 😀 Thank you for the kind words. Take care.
In my experience the Rega shelf for your turntable is a sound quality improvement. So if it's possible and the wall is made from stable material this could be a great for your new room
That's a great idea. 😀 Thank you very much. ♥️
Nice thing about area rugs, they are not terribly expensive and it they get stained can be replaced i see you have a dog too, they have accidents of course the other purpose to kill echo i would look at rockwool sound panels you can buy rockwool panels and acoustic fabric to cover and 1/4 plywood to mount it to. works really well hope you have fun with it Melinda 😊
I'm hoping our dog Lucy will hang out with me in the new music room. Area rugs will be a must. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
Good luck with your move Melinda, please tell us you’re going to keep the Seeburg. I really enjoy your chanel.
I would love to keep it. We have hired some professional movers. If they can bring it up the stairs, I will be able to. Let's hope. 😄♥️ Thank you and take care.
If you will be putting up any framed wall art, you might want to use a trick that my sound guy friend did in the space where he and his band have recorded. In addition to laying down rugs and hanging quilts on the wall, he saves Styrofoam and cuts pieces to fit between the back of the frame and the wall
That's an awesome tip. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
Melinda, it will be fantastic, I‘m sure. Greetings from Cologne in Germany😊
Thank you very much. ♥️🤗 Greetings!
Hello Ms. Melinda! It is good seeing you again. Congratulations on the new house and location. When I retire I may move there, but then again I might actually end up missing the snow hear in Baltimore (which this 64 year old Black man can't stand too much of!). Recently I purchased a pre-owned Sota Sapphire turntable after enjoying my Sota Comet for 30 years. It was kinda melancholic leaving the Comet and revelatory with the Sapphire. I've been sold on inner suspension turntables. I haven't played cd's in weeks! Just a update in my audiophile world. Congratulations again to you and your family. I'll see you later.😊👍
Congratulations on your recent purchase. I hope it brings much joy to you.🤗 I love the sunshine and I also like the snow. I'm sure I will miss it occasionally. It's a bittersweet move but we will be near our daughter and my favorite beach. For that, I'm grateful. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Hi Melinda. I recently put an extra underlay under the rug in my music room. Made a big difference in damping sound. And cheap too👍
That's great! I will keep that in mind. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
I used 2x2 lumber and made 4x8 frames and used a thin mattress pad with poly-fill over pad. I covered in a nice fabric most don't notice since they are large and don't stand out on wall. Bet your room would only need 2.
Oh wow! That's very clever. Thank you so much for the idea. 🤗♥️
If you're going to use area rugs and have a couch and maybe a chair or two I think All you'll need is corner traps behind the speakers they aren't that expensive start there first I think you will surprised with the sound and they look great many colors to choose from
Thank you! I will keep this in mind. I don't want to overdo things. 😀 Take care.
Try using a solid oak flooring will help with acoustics. Also if you can you’re plug socket you’re using for your system trying to get it on a single loop. For curtains try using crush velvet as this has the best for sounding also you could put tapestries on the wall will help another idea is you can put curtains up where is not the window and you can adjust the curtains to change acoustics in the room
Oh wow! Great suggestions. There's so much to think about. I like the idea of crushed velvet curtains. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Welcome back again.
Have I miss a video about your music books? Or have you dont make that video?
I haven't made a video about my books. I will do my best to feature them in the music room tour. It will be great to have them in my music room 🤗 It's a small collection. Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
Hey, it seems we are more or less at the same stage in our stereo journey. I have been playing with DIY acoustic treatment in two rooms lately and one the first room is working well, and the other one, not so much yet. But I have figured out a lot and debunked or confirmed many acoustic statements online by doing so. I would be happy to share pictures and opinions if you want, but I can start with adding some personal tips here of what I would do if I could start all over.
I could not see exactly how your room is from the pictures, but a rectangle or square has different properties, so here is what to consider. Get your stereo in there before anything else, or something that will make music to test. what you want to focus on is Bass!
Higher frequencies are easier to treat, but Bass is a pain overall.
You want to position your speakers on the wall that give the best bass response. In a rectangle room, the longer wall is usually the correct choice, however. Make sure you can distinguish from too much bass, cause there exists a sone where it can be overwhelming and make it sound boomy.
Don't use sub's for this testing. Your speaker should put out enough bass for music, and since I see u already use a sub in your room means that that room is lacking in treatment.
Subs are a last resort.
Now, Acoustic panels are not that hard to build, and here is a short list of what to consider:
1 focus on the FIRST reflections. Usually on the sides and corners surrounding the speakers. Optimally add standers to the entire backwall, put insulation in it and staple some fabric over the entire thing. (The corner and first reflection on the side should be good enough though.)
Try to cover as much from top to bottom as possible.
2 Because first reflections also mean floor and sealing, you should focus on sealing. There are many videos on how to make this look nice. Having a few smaller panels with space between can cover more surfaces without overdoing it. If possible make the hang a bit down from the sealing. The air behind them does work like with the curtains.
3 Corner panels do not have to be a triangel. it can be a rectangle with air behind it. thickness for bass treatment matters.
when you are treating bass, you are also treating treble as long as the thickness is there. thinner panels for only treble.
To clarify: Treating the first reflections will in a way take away all the other reflections chained to the first, so it makes sense.
I have recently been able to test my bookshelf speakers in a proper room, and man! They have 6,5-inch woofer and they put out so much bass if the room is good.
I have been able to simulate this in my home by accident. I put bookshelf speakers in my bedroom for the tv, and the bed acts as a massive dampener. I definitely have the best room there, and it rumbles like a cinema without a sub. (Sure some lower frequencies are for movies, but it sounds amazing nonetheless. )
4 Speakers like symmetry. sound will be harder to treat if they are not bouncing equally through the room. having speakers pointed straight forward in the room increases the size and centre image. angle then inward for sweet spots does not do any good. That is if there is more than one person, but you will also decrease the openness. (This is also dependent on the speakers though)
Ok, here are some of the tips I can remember now that I have tested and worked.
It is usually good to test the panels before mounting them. moving them around and finding the best position is best. I had a friend hold my ceiling panels over his head while I was sitting in the listening to hear where aproxemetly they should be.
Oh, one last thing try not to use things like glass fiber for panels. not good for health. I found something called wood fibres that are made for the same purpose, and it works amazingly well. It is exactly what it sounds like, wood fibres.
Anyway, let me know if you want to see pictures.
Wow! Thank you so much for the tips and suggestions. I would love to see pictures. I have an Instagram account (MelindaMurphy08) if you could send them to that. I appreciate the time you took to send all of this information. It will help me and hopefully other viewers that read these comments. Thanks again. ♥️🤗
@@MelindaMurphy Unfortunetly I dont have a Insta account so I don't see how I can send anything without it?!
Have you been able to obtain and/ or listen to Paul McCartney's One Hand Clapping?
I haven't heard it yet. I definitely have that on my want list. 😀 Thank you and take care.
Expert advice (regarding sound panels) should probably come from someone who is in your room. Every room is different. You could be "solving problems that don't exist". PS Audio did a video showing the in-home delivery and setup of the first or second pair of speakers they ever sold. The FIX that was needed was to REMOVE many of the panels that the homeowner was using.
Excellent point. A friend of mine shared with me that he knew someone that spent thousands of dollars on treatments but got better results after removing some of those treatments. 😳 I will definitely be careful not to overdo it. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
@@MelindaMurphy not sure if Erin's Audio Corner has data on your particular speakers, but might be good to check it out. Good luck!
Lord willing I’ll be moving from Kentucky to Florida one day soon
Kentucky is a great state but I am looking forward to the new adventures in Florida. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
It looks like you have your work cut out for you. I have been fortunate to have rooms with good acoustics that did not require all kinds of dampening. My current home has the best acoustics of all, because we have 10 feet and 13 feet ceilings in our home. I noticed a big improvement in the sound when I set-up my system in these rooms with high ceilings. I'd recommend looking for a book on the subject of setting up a listening space to get some good input on how to set-up your room for the best sound. With the exception of the compilation album, I didn't recognize the new artists you mentioned. I really enjoy discovering new artists. If you like classical guitar, I recently discovered a young British guitarist named Alexandra Whittingham. She's excellent. I really like her version of Asturias by Albeniz. This is where the guitar meets art, just beautiful. Best of luck with the move and your new music adventures. 👍💖🎸😎
Hi! 😀 I'm so glad your new home has great acoustics. It will be interesting to set up my equipment and play a record for the first time. My ceiling will only be 8 feet. I hope that won't hurt the sound too much. Reading more about room treatments will be a big help and I also have a friend that is very knowledgeable.
I do love classical guitar so thank you for the recommendation. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
@@MelindaMurphy My current home has the tall ceilings. I don't know about the next one. I'll just have to live with whatever we choose to move to. You take care as well and you're welcome. 👍👍👍
Be sure to not overdamp the room. Resist the urge to place a coffee table between you and the speakers. Try it to see the effect with and without, if you need to hear for yourself.
I was possibly going to get a coffee table so thank you for the warning. 🤗♥️ Take care.
i bought my last home some 6 years ago and had to restore some parts and redecorate and paint all and also change the electric system ,water pipes (were still made of lead) but last year all ended and well also my sons and daughters also grandsons and grandaughters have their homes but still some spend a lot of time here with me mostly the girls and enjoy listening music with me , because i have 6 rooms to spare i have now two huge listening rooms but also have systems in the tv room , living room, main dining room and garage, a 40 cars garage as my other hobby either than hi-fi are old cars ,the house was built originally in 1904 the one before was built in the 40´s so i only buy old houses they are well built and no need for AC in everyroom they are fresh inside and was so well built that was all original , it as the original electric switches and wires that were protected not by rubber but with a type of cloth and the swithes look like those old and huge ones in factorys with a wooden handle and two metal rules type and in tiny size to light up at night the ceiling lights, in the garage i left a part with old copnections only because it looks cool , but spens a fortune buying the house and doble restoring it and make it at my own taste in total cost me 2.000.000€ and with work paid at reduced prices, and the house belonged to a friend of mine ,his family house that had still a painting of a 1700´s family guy, the reason why the all house didn´t fall was because the structure was all in wood taken from Africa the huge wooden beams they don´t get destroyd by rain ,humidity if one knocks the wood it will feel like rock and some engeniers get their knucles hurt by hiting it with too much strenght, no one knows what type iof wood is that there are no records about where in Africa it came from or other similar to compare with, but all his great and my last wife is also happy ,it as been with me since i was 50 and have a daughter with her that is younger than my grandsons, before i had 5 the first was in 72 when my oldest son was born, his 52 now and also enjoys cars ,bikes and hi-fi , my older wifes are all friends of eachother and have me as a friend and only two didn´t had a son or daughter from me but they took care of my older sons and daughters, only 5 not that many one for each decade, now i can seat and listen to my favorite records and have been recording to minidisc or cassette that were stoped since mid 90´s and now i´m adicted again in making compilations ,since i re-started in 2017 (late setember of that year) i´ve recorded 180 cassettes from my records cds or reels most of them are TDK sa-x and sony UX-pro also maxell UR from 84 and tdk AR from 92 ,got all for free when they were going to incenerate all in a big warehouse, smme thousands of cassettes and also minidiscs all TDK, reels i´ve been recording them also since 2021, hope you and your family will enjoy and be happy in your new home ,it´s hard but when it´s done it´s like a breathe of fresh air, and some strange feeling of having a lot of time to spare against years of working everyday, i can also say that i bought last december my last hifi system started to buy components for it in 2019 ,it´s a Magnat receiver with all modern features and some power with tubes pre-amplification also bought for chance when in a store in the south of Spain found a magnat cd player the same colour and with the tubes seen from outside from 2016(tube pre-amplified) as the receiver also magnat speakers the transpull 1500, the receiver is a MA900 also a akai open reel deck a GX-4000D, a Rega P10 with a cartridge from Hana, the Umami red (can buy them cheap) and a nakamichi 700ZXL i had restored for cassettes, have a extra cassette deck a CT-91a from Pioneer, had to conect a tape monitor multiplyer from akai as the receiver only as one output for recording,have also spotify and tidal for lazy days(when i want to seat and listen to whatever i like without having to search for it) the receiver already as a multimedia player but i had already bought a prestige node II or similar, sorryb for the long coment but i think it cames with age ,about cassette compilations , when i played them at night after having diner, i hear those songs and make me remenber and see like if it was yesterday when i was hearing those songs new this camping in the summer also remenber girls i knew that if it wasn´t for the music they wouldn´t come to my mind, i had the luck of living in a time when there was more youth in all europe. The best beaches in atlantic coast were untoutched by human hand only hundreds of young people from several countries and portuguese maybe me and some friends girls or boys ,there were litle vilages were there were fisherman so at night only fish grilled caught that afternoon or that day earlier with salad and wine Rosé (it as sparkles) and a bit sweet also bread made all afternoons at 5 o´clock ,like they don´t make it anymore and the tables were made from old wood and beanches also forget when you wanted there were sweet water falls to the beach if you wanted to take the salt from your skin, i refer to this because if it weren´t for the cassettes i wouldn´t remenber those days so specific and clear, sometimes we used to camp on the beach or under the trees near the beach, i used to drive when i was 18 a Mercedes 280S from 1968 i used to fill it with people and friends i´ve just had met that year ,and when needing to go to a near but 60 kms place (1 mile=1.6 km´s) i would drive with 12 to 15 people in the car this without tar roads, the trunk would be full of people and always opened, that´s why i listen to music everyday to remenber what i will never live again what is surprising is that most of the beaches are still in the same place(dah!)untouched by human hands and empty , but some friends i´ve met when 16 or 18 years old after retired some came to live near me mainly from deutschland and netherlands it´s always sunny all year around ,they said and were tired of living in a grey world, today i know young men and women and all are so prud or pudic ,at the time everybody was naked most of the day at night it was cold and we dressed ourselves, but no feeling of shame or complexes it was natural and i think you know there are more women than men, at the time also, i feel like we had paradise and lived it till we were old, again sorry and good luck to you and yours in your new place, hope everything runs good and confortable with the changes
Wow! You have quite a wonderful home. It's awesome to have two listening rooms. I will have my listening room and we will also have a place to watch movies. I'm jealous of your garage. 😄 It sounds like you have a large family and it's great that they have a place to go and enjoy with you. 🤗♥️ Thank you and have a great weekend.
@@MelindaMurphy thank you ,i´m going on holidays to the beach tomorrow but to a home near the beach with my old mother to my uncle her brother the next two weeks than me and my wife ,son , grandsons and grandaughters will go after, more two weeks to a camping that seems more like an hotel near the beaches i used to go when younger, All the best for you and your family in this new adventure in other city ,hope everything turns out perfect
Glad to see you back. Have missed you on You Tube. I hope the rest of your move to Florida goes well and you get your music room sounding amazing .
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it. 🤗♥️ Take care.
All the Tour de France racers were roided up. The world was just mad because our roided-up rider beat their roided-up racer.
That seems to be the case. He was going along with what others were doing. I wish he had been a little kinder and perhaps more humble. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Good luck with the move!
Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
nice music room glad you are back missed your videos and still keep a look out for some rainbow
I have only been able to go to one record store lately and unfortunately they didn't have any Rainbow albums. I'll eventually find one. ♥️🤗 Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.
Good luck with the new room and the move. Best wishes.
Thank you very much. ♥️🤗
Carpet and Curtains, no Glass no mirrors, lots of wine! enjoy!
Sounds great to me. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
Hi Melinda, all the best for your move, and for the exciting music room project. I have recently moved myself and have a similar project starting early next year, for me; my biggest concern/challenge is finding the right speaker for the space. Good problems to have 🙂 Great to see you back, thanks for the streams.
I hope you find the perfect speakers for you. 🤗♥️ I'm looking forward to putting the move behind me. Thank you and take care.
@@MelindaMurphy Thank you, you too - good luck with all the boxes 🙂
Hi Melinda, very cool Music room. very cool. 😊😊🤠
Thank you! ♥️🤗
I would get Vicoustics to come in and design you room from the ground up.
That would be nice. 🤗♥️ I have a friend that is extremely knowledgeable and has told me he would help. I'm extremely excited to get things set up. 🥰 Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.
How does your daughter feel about you moving to where she moved?
She really wanted us to remain close. One of the reasons she ranked Florida high on her list was that she knew we would probably be willing to move there. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
My mom just bought a new town home so I have been helping her with her move it takes a lot of time
It does take a lot of time. Best wishes to you and your mom. ♥️🤗
Great video my friend
Thank you JC. ♥️
Good luck with your new home and listening room. If you can do so, look into acoustic treatments for your next space, they don’t have to look as bad as they use to. Also Melinda if you have a laptop, you can pick up a cheap microphone from Amazon and a free program, I can’t remember the name at the moment maybe room eq and do some quick measurements.
Your husband along with you will probably enjoy this, that is after you get settled, then you can really dial the room in as it will be your listening room. Melinda what is that third component from the top with the analogue meters below the white step up transformer? Did you buy a new power amp and preamp?
Congratulations Melinda 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 🤗♥️
Forgot to say , you can overdampen and deaden the sound.
I definitely don't want to do that. Thank you. 🤗♥️
Renovation OY! Twice as long as you want and twice the cost that you expected. Wishing you both the very best !
Definitely! We have had some delays but hopefully we can make the move soon. 🤗 Thank you.