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Bass in a bad space

Hi All, 

I have a second system in my painting studio.  It's about 1000 sq ft and all hard surfaces, concrete floors.

I have a pair of Tannoy XT 6F, Rotel A12, Vincent Pho 701 and Marantz CD6006. The bass is boomy and a bit flabby in the space.  I have placed fabric in the lower bass ports which has helped slightly.  The speakers are on Gaia III's.  

I've also tried placing carpet in front of the speakers.  Can't tell if that helps.  Not a remarkable change anyways.  So, I'm just looking for a bit more separation in this terrible listening space.  It's my second space and not meant for concentrated listening, but a bit better would be nice. 

Any thoughts? Thanks

  
kevinappel

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The boomy bass has lots to do with your decay times. I suspect you are getting close to what is called one nite bass as well. 

Get a calibrated mic and software to see whats going on in your room. You've got some strong modes going on that need to be tamed.

Absolutely talk to GIK. What I've gotten so far has made huge changes.  Also they have lots of free education videos. All the stuff I'm stating you'll find in there.

As a guess what you're most unhappy with is a mess around 100Hz give or take. Those are pretty long waves. Thin treatments aren't going to help those. Thicker the better and corners are gonna be the place to start


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