Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all?

This very absorbing conversation may confuse you on diffusion.

Most say behind speakers you diffuse.

If you build Snifle's diffuser keep in mind it will be heavy!!!

IDK who Paul McGowan is, but does he have any science to back up his claims about sounds arriving "too quickly" for your brain to sort them out?  

Also, do you have any evidence that can be replicated that softer wood absorbs more sound than harder does? If that's accurate (and it's not) what happens to the softer wood after is absorbs all the sound it can hold? Does it explode? Does sound start leaking out? And if it's saturated with sound, wouldn't it then be unable to absorb more sound and revert to the hardest wood ever grown? 🙄

Or, don't bother with either and simply enjoy music with a bit of room sound.

Thanks Kota1. That was a great video. It's over an hour and I watched the full thing while picking out pearls of wisdom that may improve my own setup. Thanks Anthony and Audiohaulics for the video too.

@wolf_garcia 👍