121.222.61.29
In Reply to: RE: David Aiken posted by Jolida on June 27, 2009 at 00:40:49
The tube traps should ideally go floor to ceiling, or as close to that as possible, in your room's 4 corners. You could stack the 13" ones in the front corners and the 9" ones in the back corners or simply stack a 9" on top of a 13" in each corner. I have no idea which approach would be the most effective but the corners are where you'll get the most effective bass trapping results.
You could consider using some of them to absorb first reflections but ideally you'd use panels at least 2' wide for that kind of purpose. Because of their width, the 13" tube traps would be the best option if you were going to use traps for early reflections but they are also the traps that will give you the best bass absorption and you'll get that from them in the corners. Basically I'd use tube traps in the corners only since that's where they'll make the biggest effect.
As for speaker placement there's lot's of different approaches and they can yield very different presentations of the sound. In addition, some work better in rooms with different proportions and some result in placements that are fine in a dedicated room but likely to result in relationship problems in a living room. Finally some speakers are designed with particular sorts of placement in mind so one should always pay some attention to the speaker manufacturer's recommendations, especially when those indicate things like minimum or maximum distances from walls. You can often get good results closer to a wall than recommended if there is some absorption at the first reflection points but placing them further from walls than recommended may result in the bass rolling off early if the placement recommendations are based on the speaker getting bass reinforcement from one or more walls.
Take a look at the Asylum's FAQ for info on a range of approaches to speaker placement. In general near field or similar setups such as the Audio Physic method which have listening positions relatively close to the speakers and the speakers placed significant distances from the walls resulting in reflection path lengths 2 or more times the length of the direct path will tend to minimise room influences which can be very useful, but will also result in more of a "front row" perspective which some people don't like. These approaches are also more likely to cause problems with insufficient bass.
So I'd suggest a bit of reading on the various placement methods and some consideration of how well each of them matches up with any recommendations your speaker's manufacturer makes and how well the placement will physically work in your room. Make a shortlist of the methods that will work best in your room and do a bit of experimentation to find out which one gives you the kind of presentation you prefer most.
David Aiken
Follow Ups:
Post a Followup:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2009, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
[ Go Green ]
[ Take5 ]