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What a difference curtains make...WOW

We just moved into a new townhouse with hardwood floors and a large view window. We placed an area rug in the middle of room. Here, I will not be able to have a subwoofer because people live in an apartment below our main floor (we have 3 storys, but an apartment is wedged between our lower level and main level). Since moving, my Polk Rti28's, I thought sounded tinny and bare. Our new, thick curtains arrived and I installed. Today, I turn on the stereo and WOW!! my speakers seemed like a whole new set. Bass was good, and everything sounded uncolored and natural. Wall/floor treatments do really work.
aberyclark
spenceroo
183 posts
 
Now try putting some GIK corner traps (or 244 panels) in the corners of your room to absorb the boomy low end and report back.
mcpherson
174 posts
 
Any suggestions on curtain material?
mrmitch
359 posts
 
Be careful not to overdo room treatments, as they can kill the life out of your speakers. Treating the room is a necessity, but you can easily hear the point at which the sound is just dead.
armyscout41
64 posts
 
It also depends on your speaker design. Some designs doesn't require heavy room treatments but more detrimental to the speaker performance when used, while others require extensive room treatments and environment placement. It just depends on the design and type of equipment used. curtains or heavy drapes can absorb too much sound waves on some systems which makes the system dull, while others helps tame brightness or over reflection. Some sound engineers used to warn against placing loudspeaker near draped locations in past findings. If your loudspeaker requires hard floors and solid walls to perform it's optimum, treating the room with drapes or curtains may not be ideal. Some bipolar or dipolar designs are heavily affected by such set up.
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