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Room Treatment: Whatcha Got?

As I learn (Bertrand Russel would say 'as I expand my ignorance') I'm developing a different question to ask of audiophile friends. [ought I say phriends? No!]

Now, instead of asking what gear they listen to, or if they like vinyl, I'm really interested in their room; is it treated, or not? And what technique(s) / how much time is invested in setting up?

That's it: despite the current cover of Stereophile, size no longer matters to me, neither do components at this point. I don't even care about CD / TT until I've learned what effort a listener has put into working the room.

What's your story?
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tan43
128 posts
 
I did not plan this, but I have about 10,000 lp's.
They cover both of my side walls and front wall.
This came about after moving my system and lp's into the
same room a few months ago. My ceilings are nine feet tall
and with a nice rug on my hardwood floors I could not be
happier.
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
I use Michael Green's basic kit, works well and is cheap. At one time I had a complete live end -dead end room using Sonnex.
violin
120 posts
 
Cdk84, my dedicated listening room is 16'w 23'lg and 10'h.
I have treated all of the corners and first reflection side wall areas with RealTraps' MondoTraps and MiniTraps The difference is not small. I suggest thet you go on RealTraps web site where they have an abundance of information. If you want to talk to someone, call and ask for Ethan or Jim . They are great guys to deal with and have a world of experience.
Good Luck.

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shadorne
7,467 posts
 
Roughly 15 - 20K worth of treatment. Soffit mounting of main monitors and rear wall behind the listener treatments were the most costly probably because I tried to get an aesthetic result. It may not have been enough as I still use a PEQ to tame the subwoofer for room modes and I also have four large GIK corner tri-traps.
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
I have a bunch of corner tunes, one in each corner and these really do work and you can hear the difference/it is better with them.. this is one tweek that has worked for me.
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