4 REASONS WHY THE ACOUSTICS ARE OF POOR QUALITY IN YOUR HOME’S ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

The most important element to any home entertainment center is that optimal sound should be provided to every corner of the room while watching a movie.

Poor sound acoustics, on the other hand, can lead to the speakers giving off a sound quality that is tinny, echoing and generally poor; which is why the listening experience isn’t very impressive, despite having the best surround sound speaker setup.

Below are the potential reasons why the sound in your home’s entertainment center is dull, flat or echoing.

Hardwood Floors

While hardwood floors are impressive as flooring; having them in an entertainment center is akin to a virtual echo chamber. The reason for this is that the flooring provides a lot of reflective area for the sound waves to bounce around the room as they come out from the speaker.

Carpeting the entire floor is the least preferred idea as that would hide the beauty of your hardwood floors. In such a case, placing a nice Persian rug right between the front row speakers and the audience is a good idea to absorb sound waves and reduce echoes.

Angular Wall Corners

One more possible reason for bad acoustics can be the harsh and sharp angles that are usually found in the corners between walls. These sharp angles are the result why sound waves are likely to bounce around a room, hence increasing echoes and creating an interference with good sound. You can solve this problem by placing acoustical tiles strategically around the room. Another way is to install a few pieces of dark and sound absorbent foam. By placing only a few tiles or pieces of foam, the angles will soften; thus enabling a better sound quality.

Speaker Placement

Usually the problem of poor quality sound is caused by the speakers not being placed in an optimal location of the room, which can result in the sound being directed into a corner and echoing. Another reason is that the sound might be getting absorbed into an overly plush couch which will also cause poor sound quality.

To improve sound quality, you can refer to Home Cinema Center’s ideas and guidelines of furniture arrangement for entertainment centers in your home.

Hard Furniture

Another contributor to poor sound quality can be the hard furniture that is arranged in your entertainment center. If you have noticed, the seats in theaters and cinemas are made of plush leather upholstery. Place couches and chairs in the room that are made of plush material as well.

Don’t use large tables, but instead place small side tables around the room.

There are chances that the entertainment center in your home has poor acoustics and quality because of one or all of these reasons. It’s often very easy to determine the exact cause and rectify it, but in order to not get in this situation in the first place, consider Home Cinema Center as your primary furniture buying destination.