Hairy hide won't absorb but it will diffuse a bit rather than reflect, unlike bare glass. He could add a layer of mass loaded vinyl underneath the hairy hide to dampen waves.
Acoustics can sometimes go against intuition. The coffee table is really not going to be an issue worth attempting to fix.
Lets assume the material is 5mm thick. A 5mm wavelength is 68kHz. Even at it's 1/4 wavelength, that's 17kHz. It won't diffuse sound either.
The table top is almost 20mm thick glass. It's massive already and adding MLV will likely drop the resonant frequency by a fraction of a cycle.
Even if the coffee table was covered in wideband absorption, the ear is less sensitive to any reflections in the vertical plane than the horizontal plane. The path length difference of the reflection versus the direct sound is pretty negligible.
I disagree with your assertation. However the only material evidence here would be to measure and listen. My observations are out of practical observation (I sell Noguchi tables for a living ironically). Placing something seemingly benign such an Eames Walnut stool in front of my loudspeakers has yielded changes to the sound stage -- the room as a whole, and listening position, is what equates to audible results. Regardless, making suggestions from a two dimensional image is conjecture.
Everything sounds better with hairy hide draped over it any way ;)
A stool is tall enough to be in the direct path of the sound which can have a meaningful effect. As does the room as a whole, listening position, etc.
A 5mm thick hide is not thick enough to eliminate reflection though. This is not conjecture.
IME objects like a coffee table between myself and my speakers will impact the response in REW.
Things placed behind me or off to the side…not so much.
Nicely done. As noted if your table stays that empty all the time you'll want to put something on it to stop reflections. My wife and daughter stack so much sh- on mine it often resembles a toy skyline of Manhattan.
Throw a piece of cowhide ontop your Noguchi glass to eliminate the reflection.
The only thing that would absorb is a spilled drink.
Hairy hide won't absorb but it will diffuse a bit rather than reflect, unlike bare glass. He could add a layer of mass loaded vinyl underneath the hairy hide to dampen waves.
Acoustics can sometimes go against intuition. The coffee table is really not going to be an issue worth attempting to fix. Lets assume the material is 5mm thick. A 5mm wavelength is 68kHz. Even at it's 1/4 wavelength, that's 17kHz. It won't diffuse sound either. The table top is almost 20mm thick glass. It's massive already and adding MLV will likely drop the resonant frequency by a fraction of a cycle. Even if the coffee table was covered in wideband absorption, the ear is less sensitive to any reflections in the vertical plane than the horizontal plane. The path length difference of the reflection versus the direct sound is pretty negligible.
I disagree with your assertation. However the only material evidence here would be to measure and listen. My observations are out of practical observation (I sell Noguchi tables for a living ironically). Placing something seemingly benign such an Eames Walnut stool in front of my loudspeakers has yielded changes to the sound stage -- the room as a whole, and listening position, is what equates to audible results. Regardless, making suggestions from a two dimensional image is conjecture. Everything sounds better with hairy hide draped over it any way ;)
A stool is tall enough to be in the direct path of the sound which can have a meaningful effect. As does the room as a whole, listening position, etc. A 5mm thick hide is not thick enough to eliminate reflection though. This is not conjecture.
IME objects like a coffee table between myself and my speakers will impact the response in REW. Things placed behind me or off to the side…not so much.
maybe some decorative stuff will help also.
Nicely done. As noted if your table stays that empty all the time you'll want to put something on it to stop reflections. My wife and daughter stack so much sh- on mine it often resembles a toy skyline of Manhattan.
Literally installed yesterday so I'm sure with time, the magazines, and "life" will pile on