How far can room treatments solve boomy bass?


My current room is too small for my Snell Es. I will get a bigger room in the future. In the meantime, haw far can tube traps and wall traps go to eliminate my boomy bass problem?

Thanks,
Jim
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Showing 2 responses by kiwi_1282001

When I started work in my small work I needed to take action to address problems in the low octaves and these were created even by small monitor speakers interaction with the room. From the outset it needs to be said that one should expect unevenness in bass at some point(s) in the low and mid bass frequency range due to room modes as discussed above.

Armed with Roger Smiths book and measurement tools from XTZ and REW I was able - over a period of time - to make meaningful remedial action. My story is here.

As the story goes acoustic treatment applied to small rooms can address bass boom issues and thankfully can enhance listening pleasure by addressing other small issues to - like slap echo.
I've had some success in using GIK Acoustic products, particularly their new Scopus tuned trap range in treating / solving boomy bass. I've made some observations on the topic in my blog HERE