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I treated my room !

So I finally did it. I’ll share what most here know already. There may be some on the fence. I admit I didn’t do a ton of research. I still can’t interpret REQ as well as I’d like.  I bought 72 of the Auralex 12”x12” panels and glued 8 of them on eight plywood panels so I ended up with eight 2’x4’ panels. I hung these at the reflection points and on the back wall. I also added 20 auralex bass traps with 3 corners done and a row across the front ceiling. Good grief I could probably sell my subs now. I have a horn system and the mids tamed down.  I used to be able to run my preamp at 35%, and can run it at 50% now with no perceived distortion. I probably spent 1200 bucks.  I’m not advertising for Auralex because I’m sure there are many great brands, and many better than what I got but I wish I would have done this 8 years ago when I started building my system.  I run an SVS pb16 ultra and a GSG devastator with a 21” driver and I had to turn the SVS to negative 20, and the Behringer 3000dsp that runs the GSG down to 50% and it’s probably still more bass than I need. If your on the fence about room treatment, go for it !!

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jtcf
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I am very happy with the panels I bought from GIK a few years back. I bought four more to treat the ceiling and after trying every configuration I could come up with ended up with just one. It's centered halfway between the speakers and the listening position. The other four were added to the front wall.

I hauled a few over to my brother's place to experiment with. He has Cornwalls.In his room there is obviously bass build up in one back corner which was smoothed out when we propped up the panels there.He didn't like how they looked though. I'm going back one of these days and show him some nicely treated rooms that I'll download. He (gasp!) has no wifi:-)

theaudiotweak
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Adrian,

I am not at a point to release what I am doing. Looking at your system pictures and the shelf over the top of your front wall I think they would make for a great impact. You have many positions I think that would be additive to the sound.  Let you know when I decide. Tom

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baylinor
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Always nice to see members realizing the importance of room acoustics rather than relying mainly on equipment upgrades. It all works together!

georgeab
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Congrats OP, well done. Dialing in the room is so rewarding.  

sandthemall
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Yes, like the OP mentioned, I too had a room treatment revelation that led me to shelve my subs. Nothing wring with subs...it’s just that bass gets so clean, clear and deep when acoustics are dialed in that you actually are no longer worried about bass so much. A sub would always add that extra bit...but you completely stop worrying about it when everything sounds so good. There are other things you start worrying about.

The great thing is that I simply reconfigured furniture and my rack location. Then I got rid of all slick, shiny and glazed surfaces from the room. No specialized acoustic products were used. I had no clue how deep dual 5" woofers could go.

 

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