A question about Real Traps


I have been using Real Traps in my room and like most of what they do. However, there has been somewhat of a tradeoff in that my room now has more dampening than I want.
Would they still work as bass traps if I applied a wood veneer facing on them? I would love to eliminate some of the room dampening affect from them but, not lose their effect on the bass.
agaffer

Showing 2 responses by cytocycle

You must have the HF versions of the traps, which absorb, talk into the trap and see if it aborbs and then go talk into another one of your traps.. the non-hf are reflective and you will hear it bounce back into the room. Also you might have dampened too much with something else. you could try live end /dead end and remove all aborbtion either behind the speakers or listeners.. you can put in diffusion if you have the space.

Bhouser: I have 13 realtraps and I have been thinking the problem was with my speakers or electronics as I am getting that same one side balance. It has been driving me nuts I even replaced the resisters in both of my Wilson Watt's!! I am running 4 Mini-HF in the first order reflection points and Jumbo Traps in the 4 corners, plus 2 mini-traps hanging in the front ceiling... any suggestions in how I should start to figure out which traps are doing it. My room is symetrical (Rectangle) and the only thing I can think of is that one of the HF traps is 3' farther back on one side of the room...

Bhouser: Thanks for posting your experience! I was about to get my wilson dealer out here to see what is wrong with the speakers.. now it makes perfect sense.
Bhouser: Actually turns out I have an amplifier problem which is being resolved, not a trap problem...