# Tweakers' gallery

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/tweakers-gallery/9388>\
**Category:** Accessories and Tweaks\
**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/tweakers-gallery/9388 "2019-02-17T13:46:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tedsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tedsmith/32/96626_2.png) [@tedsmith](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tedsmith)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/tweakers-gallery/9388/4 "2019-02-17T20:31:12Z")

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Room tweaks:

Nuke walls to make a bigg enough space, replace windows with triple pane 46dB sound isolation windows, replace load bearing wall with glulam beams, add fake beams to make listening area symmetrical, add 8 20A dedicated circuits:

 ![2005%2006%2023%20051537](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/3/3535539f02892bb6f2b71b00fd26868e5e715aab.jpeg)

 ![2005%2006%2023%20053221](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/e/edd771fa2dd1ba62a2d51046a3af08c90bdc1da7.jpeg)

Layout surround speakers and build in underfloor tubes for speaker wires, etc. Also a tube to the sweat spot for transport, etc.:

 ![2005%2007%2012%20175419](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/2/264e12d00f2e49363b024fb0525477b61fecc026.jpeg)

 ![2005%2008%2003%20174113](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/a/a7287635157012554f679d464296519f44408d85.jpeg)

 ![2005%2009%2023%20113042](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/9/9aad1dcb8345baef5b965fa6c365276685e6c27c.jpeg)

Level floor:

 ![2005%2009%2002%20152924](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/f/f096c873fc1d3076e0979f905492a4d9bb5ea0fd.jpeg)

Slope walls in about 1/2 inch at top to kill slapback. The front wall needed 1 1/2 inches:

 ![2005%2006%2030%20110111](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/7/7e66f92d30407ed6a9bad3c9ec18a3bcb0924333.jpeg)  
 ![2005%2007%2007%20155645](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/a/a19b0d4c8ee9a4bce3ab2dbf35f3c9c85537eebb.jpeg)

Put in carpet with a path wandering to the hall from the back door:

 ![2005%2008%2020%20191004](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/f/f6d3e7655a1a817399efca8d8e598e7d71bdf2a0.jpeg)  
 ![2005%2009%2007%20145452](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/4/4dc81ca806a045c84046a173f2b5d352a2346856.jpeg)

Beams in roof are not ideal:

 ![2005%2011%2004%20100018](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/d/d140d28f2d9d19364106c20b8a87b81697c0063f.jpeg)

Change them into bass traps by putting rock wool held up by nylon straps behind furnace filters and then add acoustically transparent covers:

 ![2005%2011%2004%20121548](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/9/986f80520e8d7649f65ac3734cb786a520bee15c.jpeg)  
Oops, that’s not quite right:  
 ![2005%2011%2005%20185218](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/f/fcc61ae66ff083817381d0b9de8623e28a5911cb.jpeg)  
Closer:  
 ![2005%2011%2009%20092236](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/2/2ec88927cddeb0e4b90ac6fecd55f4e1e821ffad.jpeg)  
It works well, stepping into the coved space definitely is much deader:  
 ![2005%2011%2010%20181744](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/b/b10745abdcec75c83bb4ed184c23c9bd9018581e.jpeg)

It wasn’t all about the audio system:  
Old:

 ![2004%2003%2008%20153559](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/e/e3267cb5c8e6493cd9975caa0296b544a571d3da.jpeg)  
New:  
 ![2006%2001%2003%20144152](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/c/cd3325c3597426c7bb42e1c971080ffef12f6469.jpeg)

Close to done:

 ![2007%2010%2026%20173906](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/1/11a8f689c88fdd777e28cc764dac6ef025066434.jpeg)

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