Hi all,
I have nothing that compares with bugredmachine’s extensive "ground-up" installation, but went through a challenging time damping the excessive low/mid-bass frequencies in my 15’ X 24’ X 9’ room.
I read a ton of stuff by Jon Risch on another forum and built floor-to-ceiling SEALED corner bass traps using 2" thick by 24" wide dense fiberglass panels (not the loose pink in-a-roll kind you buy at home-improvement stores) found at a builder supply warehouse and common 1/2" thick 4" wide plywood planks to build the frame around the fiberglass. Covered them with an attractive acoustically transparent fabric to match the room and to keep fiberglass particles from entering the air in my listening room. I used a thick, yet pliable rubber garage-door gasket material to seal the traps into the front corners of the room (behind the speakers) all the way around the frame.
These worked wonders to eliminate the exaggerated mid/low bass in my room without overdamping the overall sound. Pics can be seen on my system page.
I also built smaller 2" thick 24" X 48" panels for side-wall reflections using the same materials and construction technique (but unsealed) that are place at the midpoint between my speakers’ front baffle and my listening position. Audible improvement in imaging and soundstaging.
I recall that it cost me around $500 total plus a few days of dedicated construction/installation time.
I hope this is helpful.
Best to you all,
Dave
I have nothing that compares with bugredmachine’s extensive "ground-up" installation, but went through a challenging time damping the excessive low/mid-bass frequencies in my 15’ X 24’ X 9’ room.
I read a ton of stuff by Jon Risch on another forum and built floor-to-ceiling SEALED corner bass traps using 2" thick by 24" wide dense fiberglass panels (not the loose pink in-a-roll kind you buy at home-improvement stores) found at a builder supply warehouse and common 1/2" thick 4" wide plywood planks to build the frame around the fiberglass. Covered them with an attractive acoustically transparent fabric to match the room and to keep fiberglass particles from entering the air in my listening room. I used a thick, yet pliable rubber garage-door gasket material to seal the traps into the front corners of the room (behind the speakers) all the way around the frame.
These worked wonders to eliminate the exaggerated mid/low bass in my room without overdamping the overall sound. Pics can be seen on my system page.
I also built smaller 2" thick 24" X 48" panels for side-wall reflections using the same materials and construction technique (but unsealed) that are place at the midpoint between my speakers’ front baffle and my listening position. Audible improvement in imaging and soundstaging.
I recall that it cost me around $500 total plus a few days of dedicated construction/installation time.
I hope this is helpful.
Best to you all,
Dave