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Room Treatment Help

I just moved to the DFW area and drew the short straw for the wife assigned small 10 x 12 x 9’ soon to become, dedicated listening room. It’s in dire need of treatment as there’s a weird resonance, echo sound when clapping your hands. I’ve tried LRS + and open baffle speakers (Spatial Audio Lab)  with a nice tube pre and both tube and ss amps. I’m just not happy with the room acoustics. I know I need help and realize small rooms are inherently tough to get good sound. My question is, where in the world do I start? GIK, Primacoustic, Acoustic Fields (Dennis Foley- this guy makes sense) etc? There are tons of YouTube vids out there, I’ve probably watched most of them but the topic is as confusing as trying to come up with end game components for an audiophile. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and experiences as they are highly appreciated! 

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Don't buy anything until you do analyses on your room dimensions.

https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc?l=12&w=10&h=9&ft=true&r60=0.6

There is your room in AMROC and it looks pretty good as far as avoiding modes piling up. It also suggests approx 89 sq ft of absorption (Sabines). 

2 inch panels for higher frequencies, 6 inch bass traps or thicker if serious.

REW is your friend.

See this recent thread as well:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/room-analysis-how

You're getting good advice but don't rush to spend money on panels until you understand what you need.

I prefer Acoustimac panels because their backsides are solid ply and it makes it easier to mount onto unusual surfaces.

GIK is a great company as well. Lots of them out in the wild. OC 703 is typical for high frequencies and Rockwool/fiberglass is typical for bass. (not the pink stuff)

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