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room treatment effectiveness

Before I spend money on room treatment, I would like to hear of positve/negative experiences and whether the results are objectively measurable or merely subjective.

My local dealer had a sound room (now a storage room) with a pronounced 100hz boom and he said they installed 16 inch tube traps from floor to ceiling in each corner and the measured difference was only .5db which isn't much. I don't want to go down this road.

I have looked at GIK acoustic and their products are reasonable priced. I have read some favorable comments on their products. I'm sure there is a limit on what can be done with add on products. Are they all good for a few tenths of a db or can one expect to correct for 5 or 6 db?
rhljazz

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dazzdax
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For the listening room there is one rule: It should have good acoustic properties from the very beginning so you could optimize it with acoustic devices. If the room is bad, then you are in big trouble. There is no acoustic device that can turn your room into a good sounding one. Of course you can improve it somewhat but you'll need physically LARGE devices to overcome the problems, especially bass related problems.

Chris
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