Hey Bruno,
Nice to see you chime in too. It's been a while, eh. Maybe we should meet up some time again since I literally live only a couple of streets away from you (nearby 'het rond punt' in Rotselaar).
As for you remarks concerning the windows: yes, I really do want to use them. At work (you know where, A-building) I have to spend too much time in listening rooms without daylight and it can get depressing some times. So, when getting home and doing some work there I do want to have some view on the outside world...
But, in the meantime I have been trying some things out in Sketchup and had a look whether a setup like Ethan and you suggest would work. Attached you can find what I have at the moment.
I still see some issues, but maybe you, Thomas, Ethan, or anybode else have some ideas about them too.
1. Apart from the ceiling (above the listening position), there is no good way to add some diffusion to the back. Maybe that's not necessary at all, but still... The only area I see an available spot is in between the two small windows in the back, but I doubt that they will be very effective over there. Any thoughts?
2. I'm not sure I will have enough bass trapping in this design. Of course there will be the slanted ceiling too, but still...
3. There are some issues with the positioning of the airco-unit and its ducting (which were already installed, based on the initial plan). It's mainly a height thing where the ducts interfere with the supporting beams for the ceiling. Currently I designed my ceiling with a height of 2.7m (the total available height is 3.04m) and the ducts are a little less than .3m in diameter, so it's a nice puzzle to get everything in place. I might just get there when lowering he ceiling just a tad (45mm). I'm investigating this now.
4. The window is not exactly in the middle of the wall, but that's probabaly more a cosmetic issue than anything else. And yes, I'll have to put the center speaker smack in front of the window too, but I have seen big studios do the same thing, so this might get through the 'quality check' as is.
Anyway, have a look at the sketchy plan and fire away.
And thanks again....
Oh, and have yourself a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too!
Regards,
Bert