Acoustics Room

Home Studio
Design & Dimensions

Passed By:

Zyrill Tagudar
Adrian Radzwill Dizon
Ralph Joseph Sese
Dimension
Our Acoustic Room is a 4 meters by 3 meters Rectangular room

Speaker Position
Leave some space between your speakers and the back wall. Apx. 18 to 24 inches
Bass Traps and Absorption Panels
Add bass traps to alleviate or to remove exes bass buildup in the corners.
Diffusion Panel
Add a diffusion panel to the back wall to spread out reflections evenly throughout the
room.

Position side wall absorption panels using the mirror technique: Have a friend take
a mirror and move it flat along the wall starting at the front. Rotate your head to
follow the mirror without moving from the listening position. If you can see a
speaker in the mirror, that is a point of reflection and a perfect spot for an
absorption panel. Panels should be placed in identical locations on the left and right
to ensure balanced reflections.
DIY Absorbers Considerations
 2 ft x 4 ft (2 or 4 inches thick) — the thicker the panel, the better the
low end frequency absorption

 Rockwool or insulation — best material for absorption — much better

than acoustic foam

 Build a wood frame to house the absorption material

 Wrap with acoustically transparent material (the wrong material can

actually reflect certain frequencies instead of absorbing)

 Standard 2 ft x 4 ft panels can be positioned diagonally in the corners to

act as bass traps or dedicated bass traps can be used (many different
styles)

Cost for a 2’ x 4’ x 4” Panel

 Plenty of DIY plans and sources online: $30 – 35 each

DIY Diffusion Panels

Having a good balance of diffusion and absorption is essential. Too much absorption
will give the room an unnatural coffin-like sound.

Professionally made diffusers are often designed using a mathematically derived

series of bumps and wells intended to distribute and reflect incident waves equally
throughout the room. The idea is to prevent the majority of the wave’s energy
from bouncing back onto itself creating the standing wave problem.

There are many DIY diffuser types and patterns freely available online and if you
have access to the right tools you can make your own. Cost will be largely
dependent on the type of wood and overall size.