Posted by David Aiken (A) on October 04, 2011 at 19:24:36

In Reply to: RE: Absorption or diffusion for rear wall 2.5ft from listening position posted by hertzx on October 03, 2011 at 19:47:14

I'm not familiar with your speakers and I have no idea of what products are available in India. I'm in Australia and the acoustic treatments I use are RealTraps Mondo Traps. both in corners for bass trapping and at first reflection points on the wall. The range here in Australia is much more limited than that in the US and I bought my RealTraps from the Australian distributor. Previously I was using DIY treatments so I'm not the best person person to make product recommendations. I can say the RealTraps Mondo Traps work extremely well in my room. I have no idea how they would work immediately behind my listening position because there's nothing directly behind my chair, I've got 3 metres to the rear wall, and the room is L shaped with the bend in the L behind and to my right so anything I did on the wall in the vicinity of the bend wouldn't give you any useful info about what to expect in your room.

Living rooms are awkward to treat if you're concerned about appearance. Acoustic treatments tend to look like acoustic treatments and most people don't want them in their living room. You could try hanging a quilt or a decorative rug on the wall as a feature rather than using proper acoustic treatments. It won't be as acoustically effective but it will do something and it won't look out of place in a living room. Another thing which can provide useful absorption is books and a bookcase full of books on the wall behind you could also work. I don't know how big the bookshelves you already have in the room are, or whether they actually have books in them, but if they do hold books, relocating them to the wall behind you may be beneficial.




If you match the colour of any treatments you use to the colour of your walls, they will be less visually intrusive and that may help a lot in a living room.


David Aiken