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my room sounds dead

My new room sounds really dead. I have to increase volume 3 times to get the same playing level that I had in my first room. There is no bass response. The walls are composed by rockwool covered by middle density wood panels. Ceiling is covered by egg crates and there is a heavy carpet (that I don't want to change) on the floor. What are the more efficient solutions to increase the bass response and get my room sounding more "living". I use electrostatic panels as speakers (strangely sounded plenty of bass in my first room --> L:4m l:3,2m h:2,5m sorry I don't know what it makes in feet). I've tried to put speakers closers to the walls but it sounds worst. I can hear all low frequencies when I stand up but when I'm sitting, it sounds poor and lifeless.
Thank you for helping me to go to the right way.
aworkx

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6bq5
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Generally speaking you should not have to provide wall-to-wall treatments to "tame" a room; thus the full wall treatment combined w/ full ceiling and carpet have caused a dead room. As Arcmania suggests, you can start by removing the ceiling treatment. I would do this in stages, you may find that leaving bits of treatment at the wall/ceiling junctions and some other strategic spots will help. However I would be prepared to add some reflective pannels if the remodel of the ceiling is insuficient. THese can be placed adjacent to the speakers on the wall, and/or behind the speakers, another spot is behind your listening position.
Good luck,
and happy listening
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