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Is there any hope for my room?

I am having lack of bass issues with my room and in need of help.I am going to leave my equipment out for now since I have had the same set up in several rooms and never had trouble like this.Let me give you some background,the drums are the most important instrument to me for my stereo to reproduce accurately,especially the toms and kick drum,if I cant have those I would just a well do without.We have moved and with the new residence came my very own room for my 2 channel playback(which was very exciting until I tried setting my stereo up in it)I am lacking deep bass and have moved my speakers around,and around,and around and cant seem to shake this lack of deep bass problem(drums currently sound like 5 gallon buckets)I try moving speakers closer to a wall and all I get is more standing waves no improvement.I ran my room on the room simulator over at rives and it confirmed what I have been hearing,at 120hz my frequency nose dives while my speakers are very capable of 20hz.The room is 14x19 with 8ft ceilings,2 doorways,2 windows,a funky cut in,and a massive headache to boot.There are all kinds of products available to tame different frequencies,but are there any products available to tackle my problem? I have never seen or heard of any but I am desperate here.So...is there any hope for my room?
timperry

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bigjoe
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hi tim,i too recently got my first dedicated room & at first it sucked all the life right out from under the music but as i started filling the room with other furnishings such as my desk & some large pictures on the walls the life started comming back.

is your rig set up square to the room? when i tried to set up mine that way it was a limp noodel so i set it back up kitty corner & furnished all the corners in the room.

BIG IMPROVEMENT THERE!

you cant tell from the pics of my room but i have a huge picture window & insulating it & all the other windows really helped too.

i wouldnt rush right out & spend a ton on room treatments unless you have unlimited cash flow,try some simple stuff like furnishing the room & ill bet you get back the life.

even some type of quilts on the walls will help a ton & a few throw rugs but in my case i needed to get furnishings into the room that were the same height as my listening level.

im curious as to how this turns out for you,keep us updated.

mike.
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bigjoe
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hey fellas,if your looking for rigid fiberglass sheets try & industrial roofing supply or even a roofing company.

FWIW there are rigid insulation sheets that offer the same characteristics as fiberglass without the mess & without itchin your ass off messin with it & are alot easier to find.

in my line of work we use several different rigid insulation boards for sound damping over top of school gymnasiums one of which is fiberglass panels but the other alternative is "polyisocurinate" & its better than fiberglass panels.

the polyisocurinate is called(ISO)for short & pronounced ICE-O is a blown type fiberglass based foam that comes in either 4ft x 4ft or 4ft x 8ft sheets & thicknesses range from 1/2 inch to 4inch thick in 1/2 inch incraments.

the ISO insulation is made by johns manville & by owens corning & is easier to find & cheaper too plus just about every roofing supply house on the planet carries a large stock of iso in all thicknesses.

i hope this helps.

mike.
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