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Acoustic Room Treatment – any simple solutions?

Now that I almost complete building my hi-fi system, I’m looking for some simple setup for acoustic room treatment.

FYI, my system is currently placed on the long wall of living room. In a few months, I’ll have to move it down to the basement where there’re walls with no curtains or much decorations.

Can you suggest some simple and inexpensive setup (i.e. sound absorbing foam, bass traps, movable foam stands, etc) for my situation? Also, where do I place these foams? Behind the speakers, in the corners, and on the side walls?

In addition, I cannot put on anything permanent (such as foams fixed to the wall). I prefer something movable and non-fixture in nature.

Thanks.
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I use GIK. You can start with two 2X4 on the first reflection points (1 on left and one on right) and another two in between the speakers. In my room, the 2X4 made a huge difference for sound staging and focus. The 244 from GIK will work fine for you.
Mcloughlin's links above are very useful. Wish I had found them earlier. I had to spend so many hours to get my speaker placement correct. But they are very well in line with that those models suggest.
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