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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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@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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