Front or Back wall diffusers


Front or back wall diffusers, I have a 14' x 24' x 8' stereo audio room with Wilson Sasha DAW speakers. I want to know which wall to place it on. I have seen many photos with diffusers on the front wall, this is the most recommended, but I have doubts. Please some suggestions.

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Also, about 6 years ago, when drawing the original plans for the house of stereo, GIK told me that the front wall should be addressed last if at all. Just saying.

That's interesting. After I fully treated my room I noticed that my music wasn't very lively and imaging wasn't very good. I began to remove panels from the front wall and the more space on the wall, the better it sounded. Now I have no treatments on my front wall and music sounds better than I could have hoped for. Listening to large scale classical I'm experiencing a wide 3D soundstage with concert hall ambience. 

 

 

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That's a generous sized room. The main thing to remember is you are treating a system that consists of the speakers, where they are in the room, and thus how the acoustically load the room, and the room characteristics themselves, including all walls ceiling and floor. No one wall or surface is more important than any other except for two things: 1) Controlling first reflections on the side walls and ceiling. 2) Bass traps are different, as corner placement is far more effective.

Acoustics isn't opinion, it's applied math and physics,  and it's pretty well documented and computer modeled at this point. A room of your size will require somewhere between 100 and 140 ft2 of 2" acoustical panels between the 4 walls and ceiling, plus 2-4 Bass traps. Figure $12-15 per ft2, installed for 2'X4' panel or around so maybe $2500 all in, depending on your choices of fabric and local labor rates. The panels aren't hard to DIY install, but it's definitely better with 2 people and appropriate ladders. A pro will also use a laser to make sure panels are installed square and level.

Take your time, do the math and enjoy the results. You'll wonder why you waited so long. 

A room of your size will require somewhere between 100 and 140 ft2 of 2" acoustical panels between the 4 walls and ceiling, plus 2-4 Bass traps.

Without knowing more about OP's room -- wall materials, rugs, furniture (especially couches, etc.), windows, etc. I'm not sure where in this estimate his room falls, indeed if it falls within this range at all.

No disagreement that doing the math is important, but the math can only be done if as much as possible about room contents and materials is known, first.

GIK and companies like that need to sell product. Yes they analyze your room but they are going to try to sell you as much as they can too. Most of the people on