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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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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.

 

rbstehno
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I’ve used ASC for over 20 years and I have some Michael Greene and GIK products too. 
I just added diffusion devices behind the speakers and behind the listening chair

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johnnycamp5
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Good work!

IME (in typical home environments) acoustic treatments always result in the most “bang for the buck” improvement in sound.
The source can be an AM radio or a high dollar component system. If I’m concerned about the sound, I still choose to address the rooms acoustic conditions first.

As a generalization, I tend to look at the ceiling (and it’s height) first. Even if it’s not very low, it’s still where I first think to put some acoustic treatment. Too me it’s the first most unnatural boundary in a room (compared to outdoors).

Even most studio builds start there…it’s often referred to as “lifting the ceiling”…

 

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adrianleewelch OP
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I’m gonna order some more panels and do my ceiling !!

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