Redirecting bass frequencies

This worked surprisingly well for me. http://www.optp.com/shop.cfm?groupid=Foam%20Roller%20Therapy&catid=Foam%20Rollers
Helped trap the bass, and reduced the effect of the all-too-lively high frequencies. You can cut the semi-circle versions in half and place them in the corners, or on the walls. They are more dense than foam, and could be made to look decorative. They are also cheap enough to be worth trying out. And make sure you keep one for working out the knots in your hips and IT band for all you runners & cyclists out there.

Right now I have a chance to buy Eighth Nerve seams. They are a little more affordable than Echo Busters. Just curious what opinion people have about these....

A lot of people at the Audiocircle forum think highly of Eighth Nerve products and there are threads there regarding these...try a search at that site.

The traps I have been playing around with for the last few days are the John Risch DIY jobs that Davewav1 mentioned
above...I have eleven of these that a guy made and gave to me.

One of the things, other than of course a much higher degree of bass quality that these are providing... is at least the same degree of quality increase in all the other freq's.

I am hearing very deep into recordings and hearing many fine details that I had not known were there.

Dave

Dave, that's great. Exactly what I am looking for. I have echo busters corner traps installed in the corners behind the speakers and they were an improvement comparing to no treatment at all. I would think the seams or the bass traps should take the soundstage to a different level. I will most likely pick up the eighth nerve, give it a try and see what happens....thanks

So you buy a preamp with unlimited dynamic scale and match it with a power amp with huge dynamic swing powering a speaker combo that can maximize the flow within your room..All that is great! So then you buy and install products that reduce the scale and dynamic range and really suck the life right out of your hi-fi. The net gain is WHAT? Contradiction here is the reduction of dynamic contrasts.The opposite of what I think most of us are trying to achieve and maintain.Audphile-1 in his post asked if the the redirecting of bass frequiencies was possible or preferable to the absorption of the same frequencys.My experience tells me that the redirection,re-focusing and preservation of sound pressure is much more realistic and fullfilling than sucking the life out of a room, resolving darkness and breathlessness. We have allowed ourselves to be explained into a product category that is mostly a mis applied band-aid attached to a most common occurence.Preservation of the dynamic musical experience should be number one. Geometric redirection of SPL is the answer and is possible in most rooms,so has been my experience.Tom