@brownsfan my experience with the SR Black Box was not positive. I have a full suite of SR ART, HFTs, FEQs and Atmosphere which work well and add to the air and space on recordings but for me the BB sucked the life and energy out of the room -- if anything it controlled the bass too well (i.e. killed) and no amount of moving it around helped. It also imposed a certain thin tone that was very audible. Now this is in a room that has built in bass traps in the walls and soffits as well as ASC traps in each corner i.e. already has very well defined and controlled bass -- in a more acoustically open situation your experience may be very different
Bass trapping - corners or walls?
I've been reading articles on the ASC website and it seems that they contradict themselves regarding placement of bass traps. Most of their placement articles discusses placing bass traps in the corners. But the article below actually says that traps in corners are not that important and that traps along the mid point of opposite walls are more beneficial. What gives?
http://www.tubetrap.com/bass_traps_articles/iar89.htm
http://www.tubetrap.com/bass_traps_articles/iar89.htm
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@brownsfan all SR products (and the BB is no exception) come with a 30 day no questions asks return policy so you should only be out return shipping costs (and possibly outbound shipping as well, at least I got charged that when I returned mine). If you are within driving distance of an SR dealer this won't be an issue I wouldn't be surprised if the BB did not work well for you -- my original intro to SR was via the ART system which I installed in my old room which was just like yours. Your wife may be very open to the ART system, it's not cheap but it works really well and looks very classy (unlike the HFTs or even worse the UEF panels) |