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Room Treatment

"We’re all generally used to acoustically untreated rooms, so we don’t even realize what a difference they can make. But when sound bounces off walls before reaching the listener (or microphone, in the case of the studio) it gets muddy. The short delay in the reflected sound causes a subtle echo effect that greatly reduces clarity and distinguishability.

Sound absorption acoustic panels effectively cut the reflections off hard surfaces in the room and leave you with just the clean, direct, unadulterated sound. This is why movie theaters have giant panels on every wall. In a home theater or studio, It’s like combining the clarity of headphones with the power of your surround sound speakers or instrument!"
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As has already been stated, too much absorption can result in a room sounding dead, lifeless. For those rooms diffusion is a good alternative. GIK's wood 1D diffusers are currently out-of-production, but are available from ATS Acoustics and others.

GIK offers 1D diffusers made of EPS, the Gridfuser (a carton of four 2' x 2' panels for $214, white only, though paintable). Vicoustic offers both 1D and 2D in EPS, the Trap Fuser (a carton of six 2' x 2' panels for $499) and the Mulifuser DC2 (a carton of six for $699), both in white, grey, and black.

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