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Raise your acoustic panels or die

Hi everyone,
I just had an interesting result while waiting on new panels from GIK. I've been pretty lazy in setting them up, nothing is hanging.  Everything is just placed on the floor around the speakers.  On the wall behind the speakers I have 2 Soffit Traps and 2 standalone panels inside them. Kind of like this:
(ST) (P) --------- (P) (ST)
With the traps standing up vertically. Last night I decided to put the panels directly on top of the soffit traps, giving me near floor to ceiling coverage in that corner. Lo and behold it raised the stereo image by a good 15-20 degrees or so. Orchestral instruments now appear above my tweets. 

So, if you have been leaving all your panels on the floor for convenience sake I strongly encourage you to raise them so they are more centered around the speaker, instead of at and below it.
erik_squires
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slaw
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Placement of acoustic panels is very important. I wanted to say, just as important as speaker placement but decided not. Hopefully you get my drift.

I've done my room by listening and trying different items out through listening. No replacement for this way of doing things.
theaudiotweak
2,797 posts
 
Is that really going to be your music room?? 
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dronepunk
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Shocker! Panels meant to be mounted on wall sound better on the wall than on the floor?
groundbreaking thread.Not going to investigate but is there a quota of mentions that need to be made to keep that discount?
sorry couldn’t resist, sticking with the spirit of this place ....,
although, it is good to experiment with locations of panel placement looking for pressure zones.
VPR’s can be a surgical tool in the correct location, and this can be at floor/wall junctions.
riley804
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@erik_squires 

I have no issues at all with the last 3 comments  that were made to your thread here, as they seem to be along the same lines as to what I said....but yet you responded to me and not them ?


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audioguy85
2,018 posts
 
Buy some more pillows or thicker curtains and save your money and marriage 😁
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