Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment.

Makes sense, thanks,


bass traps seem relatively small. Is it just alittle goes a long way? Or an ample amount of bass traps will be more beneficial? How much is too much?

The lower the frequency the longer the wavelength and so therefore the larger the treatment must be. Low bass waves are 50 ft and more so bass traps are relatively large. I had one in my room, tried it all over the place, it is now hanging from the ceiling where it does a great job absorbing the high volume output from my Delta Unisaw. Yeah my shop has some old discarded acoustic panels too. Would call it a dedicated sawing room but that would be a groaner, it does have quite good acoustics though, for a shop. 

So in my room one was too much. There's more than one way of doing this. Townshend Podiums cleaned up my bass a huge amount, without any of the problems of the bass traps. I'm not the only one to notice this either. So watch out, a lot of people have a knee-jerk reaction that it must be the room. Sometimes they may even be right.

How many of those who set up audio in a cluttered room care about room treatment?
I think room treatment is for those who set up audio in a dedicated room with nothing but components and speakers in the listening room except maybe CD or Vinyl racks.

Are their many speakers built with bass traps? My Gershman Grand Avant Garde sits on top of bass trap. The bass is very tight and clean, and also deep. 

I've got my system set up in our master bedroom with a big queen bed on one side of the room and nightstands on both sides. No, the room is not cluttered at all, but it also doesn't look like a typical listening room with monoblock speakers on the floor and industrial looking audio racks. WAF as well as my own visual acceptance factor were major considerations in the audio furniture that I put into this room.

I added one 2" acoustic panel on the one 1st order reflection in the hexagonal shaped room which balanced out the sound reflection time from the left and right speakers. With that one panel, my room is one of the best sounding rooms I've heard anywhere. The other sound absorbing furniture in the room helps, but doesn't necessarily address specific acoustic problems.

I think if people understood basics of what happens to a sound wave and what reverb means, the accoustical trade profession would collapse.

It aint that complex.  Heres what you need to know.

dont want reflected sound interfering with fist waves from a speaker. They collide and muddy sound.  Solution, buy an absorp panel.

buy a diffuser panel to also improve clarity without deadening all the sound. Why does it work?  It scatters sound better to room. Less collisions. Makes room seem bigger.

there it is, most of what i wished i knew alot earler.

it aint that complex, unless u want it to be.