Hello everybody,
Stuart is back in great health, at least I hope so .... I see that he is recovering very quickly and is particularly active in the forum.
I also saw that Glenn (Gulfo) joined us, I know him indirectly, it's fantastic.
It's time that I too resume this thread with the updates that we managed to make in several months, COVID has really "reset" us, economically and for the limited time we have been able to dedicate to the construction of the new control room (A) for which Stuart gave us advice for the front and an overall idea of the treatment of the back.
Unfortunately, when Stuart had health problems we were a bit confused .... we didn't have the measures to build the back and I managed to derive them quite "empirically" from the Sketchup video he sent me.
The same goes for the platform that we made from the entrance, Stuart had recommended an overall height of 18 cm, with underlying cavities that he would have liked to "tune" but ..... we have to be satisfied with 14 cm in height due to of problems related to the entrance door etc etc.
Guys .... it was really a hard job even if you don't perceive much from the pictures, especially to make and assemble the "hangers" made with a 12mm chipboard core and 30mm fiberglass on each side with a density of 20kg / mc, I don't remember the flow resistance but I think about 10000. The heaviest panels are over 40kg, consider that the height of the room is 3.48mt.
We have proceeded to install the HVAC ducts, on the front there will be the suction, I have inserted in the ducts some valves (DIY) that are adjustable since we can then adjust the quantity of suction from the top of the speakers and from the 2 side compartments at the bottom that will house any amplifiers or processors for 5.1, we have an oversized HVAC system, if interested in taking pictures of that too.
The silencers are not yet completed, or rather, we have only made that of the supply air which is located outside the rear wall, and it was really difficult to mount it in that position .... it weighs a lot!
Where are we?
Now we are completing the rounded parts of the back treatment with vertical slats, we have built frames that are individually covered with the black fabric.
We are ready to place the speakers and do some tests before finally deciding how to aesthetically complete the front.
We wanted to make triangular traps that run between the corners of the ceiling / side walls, we will have to carry out the treatment of the side walls that include the window on one side and the window towards the live room on the other side.
In this treatment we will have to think about how to support the rear speakers which, as Stuart thought, will not be equidistant from the front ones and therefore the LCR speakers will then have to be delayed by a processor to keep the entire system in phase.
On the platform, we want to build a desk that will serve to host our outboard divided into three paired racks and useful above (from behind) to have a laptop for editing or a keyboard.
I believe that during the week they will give us the door and the 2 glass (those towards the live room), we are preparing everything to be able to assemble them in the correct way.
The following pictures are not in perfect chronological order, if you have any curiosity or anything else that I can satisfy .... I will be happy to do so, also ...I await the severe comments of Stuart, I am sure we have already made several mistakes, I will send him the sketch of the current situation even if I am not able to draw the details, I think the photos will be more useful.
I'll be back soon with updates
the best to everyone,
Lucio