Curse of the Pharaohs!!! (and a question for John)

[OzNimbus]

Ok, here's a little "creative decorating" for soffit faces

 

[OzNimbus]

Here's a closeup of the pattern. We found this in a fabric store the other day, and it was just too cool to say "no" to!

 

[OzNimbus]

Ok, so here's my question:

We're putting bass traps under the soffits, made from acoustic hangars. I figured it might be a good idea to continue those hangars all the way across the front of the room, making it one giant trap. You can see the start of the framework in this pic. YES, it will make a turn and continue flush with the soffits.

My main question is: Now that I've got this framework, it seems I have a shelf running between the two soffits (albeit a low one)... is this thing going to cause me problems acoustically?

 

[John Sayers]

That should be OK mate - nice place to put my drink You realise that the front baffle should continue to the port at the bottom??

cheers
john

 

[OzNimbus]

Yes. What you're seeing is only a framework right now. There'll be a layer of wood, insulation & cloth all the way across the front.

 

[rsb]

Question

I am a little confused....

I thought that the front baffle of the soffit should be timber finish. It looks like there is insulation then cloth on the ones in your pictures.

Am I musunderstanding Johns design?

Thanks
Ryan

 

[Michael Jones]

Re: Question

I am a little confused....

I thought that the front baffle of the soffit should be timber finish. It looks like there is insulation then cloth on the ones in your pictures.

Am I musunderstanding Johns design?

Thanks
Ryan

If I understand correctly, the "timber finish" is just a trim out piece around the speaker soffit.

 

[John Sayers]

Am I musunderstanding Johns design?

No - this is not my design - My design would be to have a layer of plywood covered with a second layer of timber as a finish. That's what left bank was - in the pics you see the plywood before the veenered finish was applied. (Must get a photo of that as it looks cool )

cheers
John

 

[OzNimbus]

Re: Question

I am a little confused....

I thought that the front baffle of the soffit should be timber finish. It looks like there is insulation then cloth on the ones in your pictures.

Am I musunderstanding Johns design?

Thanks
Ryan

Actually, it can be either. All depends on what you want, I guess. I've seen examples of both types on John's site.


-0z-

 

[OzNimbus]

I was just checking out Sonar in Ireland, which looks like cloth covered insulation. I could be wrong.

 

[Michael Jones]

...My design would be to have a layer of plywood covered with a second layer of timber as a finish. ...
cheers
John

Ah, I see said the blindman!
That would look very cool indeed.

 

[John Sayers]

AH - OZ those pics of Sonar are deceptive. It was len's idea to cover the plywood with cloth cos he liked the look - it's only thin cloth over plywood. Otherwise it's to plan.

cheers
john

 

[OzNimbus]

Oh great - NOW you tell me


Well, it's a pretty thin layer of insulation to begin with. If it winds up sounding bad, I can always remove it and keep the cloth over the O.S.B.


I'll let you know how it works out!

-0z-