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How do you enhance a bad listening room's accoustics without breaking the bank? thoughts?

I am looking at a cork wall covering product to help enhance my listening room acoustics. The room is in a condo and shares duty as an "L" shaped living / dinning room. As I have neighbor's on either side I was thinking of doing the one wall where the speakers are placed and the opposite wall where I have my sitting position (The Coach!).  I was thinking the entire sitting room wall (10x8) and the speaker area (10x8) on the opposite wall. This may also have the additional bonus of helping to reduce the noise coming from my stereo into those condo's next to me?
I was wondering what people's experience has been and successful materials used as wall coverings or panels.
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oldhvymec
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Heavy draw curtains floor to ceiling. You can open and close for the amount of dampening you want. I've always used heavy rugs placed in front of the seated position. You want to absorb the sound more than diffuse it...

Decoupling is a good way to reduce bass issues, for you and the neighbor. Mains and subs..

For the ceiling a super cheap way is fishnet on the ceiling, then cellophane, then another fishnet to hold the cellophane in place. You can dress it up pretty easy. Put it up or take it down for cleaning in 15 minutes with just a little help.. I had about 30 peacock feathers in mine. STOPED the HF boil I was getting, pure room first point reflection issues..

I use small ribbons and planars.. you have to develop a plan with that type of driver. :-) 

GIK good stuff.. 

Regards
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