Room Treatment Help

I have had a great experience with GIK.  The professionalism and guidance is of the highest order and they offer a range of products to fit most budgets and design aesthetic. 

I agree with @jastralfu, @kofibaffour and @ervikingo.  Before spending any $ on any product, learn what your room is doing and needs.  Download REW  (it’s free) and get a Dayton OmniMic or similar product.  They are not expensive and can often be found used. 

Take measurements with the mic at the listening position and send the MDAT file, your room dimensions, and images of your speaker and listening location to GIK.  They will analyze the information and make recommendations.  Then you can decide what you can afford, and whether you purchase from them or another vendor or go DIY. 

I can tell you that having REW data was eye opening.  Speaker and listening positioning have a huge impact on what you hear in the room, and even how room treatments are positioned (angled, stacked, corner, middle, etc.) affects the results you get.  I measured every change I made and was stunned to see, and then hear, the differences (good and bad) small changes can make.  Good luck!

@keeferdog, @buzz has the answer. And if you don’t feel comfortable using REW right now, even it’s free it’s not trivial to use, start by making a drawing with all the measurements of your room and your speaker placement and send that into GIK and they have a free consulting service.

And if you don’t feel comfortable using REW right now, even it’s free it’s not trivia to use, start by making a drawing with all the measurements of your room and your speaker placement and send that into GIK and they have a free consulting service.

An REW MDAT file would certainly help a lot, but in lieu of that you can get going without it.

Of course, GIK hopes that you will order some bass traps and diffusers from them,  and they have good products, but you’re not obligated to and they certainly will give you good advice.

That size room can work well but it will present challenges.  If you have the means, getting a professional diagnostic will be worth the investment.  GIK or Vicoustic can do this for you.  Wishing you good results.  

My room is somewhat similar (13x14) and have got 11 GIK 244s (some with the wood things on the front - I forget what they're called) and other just bass traps. Two stacked in each front corner, three along the front wall in the middle, two at the 1st/2nd reflection points and two on the ceiling. And since my head is pretty close to the back wall, I took a few unused down comforters and folded them into a box to place behind my head.

I have quite a good selection of speakers and the treatment seems to work pretty well with just about all of them. 

Like others have suggested, I'd just contact GIK and send them a photo of your room and they will make suggestions as to which of their products will more than likely work well for your listening room. I bought my treatments a few years back and the prices were reasonable. The shipping sucked, however. 

@keeferdog 

Unless you look forward to all the time (a lot) and effort with trial and error trying to dial in your room just consult an acoustician. Jeff at HDacoustics is extremely good with smaller rooms  and can design the treatments required for a great sounding room. Also a corner set up like mine might give you the best sound with your room being almost square. Good luck!