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Planning to install diffusers but what's the point?

I see lots of people put diffuser panels on the walls, and covering a relatively small Area of their total Wall Square footage.  And I'm thinking what difference does it possibly make unless you paper over a substantial portion of a wall with a diffuser.

A diffuser scatters the pressure amplitude waves, sort of like a wave hitting the edge of a pool and spreading along the side of a pool.  So with all the waves circulating through out a room how could a couple square yds of diffuser panels make a difference. Cosmetically it looks nice I guess.

If you're treating a room and you have a pro do it with diffusers, they do entire walls of the stuff and I guess there may be some justification here. 

jumia
kota1
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Watch this first, then post any questions. You can see my profile for examples discussed in the video:

 

jumia OP
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This is an hour long video you want me to watch. Can you boil it down please these guys just go on and on and on and on and on

kota1
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@jumia 

Interleaf absorbers with diffusors

On front wall- Use panels that combine absorption and diffusion (combo panels)

Side walls- 2 D diffusors in front half of the room , 3D in back half

Rear wall- absorbers in center, interleaf 3D diffusors on side

Ceiling- 3D diffusors above and behind MLP

jumia OP
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So this seems very ambitious. No doubt it will change the sound characteristics of any room.

Where do you get 3-D diffusers which sounds really cool?

kota1
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Well I got the ones on my ceiling from Auralex, the Geofusor and T-Fusor can also be back filled with rock wool or polyfil to double as absorbers, Not too expensive either. I hung a Sustain Lens cloud behind the MLP. On the walls I used Auralex Sustain bamboo Pyramids for 3D:

 

 

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