Room Treatment? How important is it to treat the wall behind/between the speakers?


Hi all,

I've treated first reflections on the side walls and some bass absorption with 2 GIK Sound Blocks on the side walls next to each speaker - which seemed to work better than directly behind them.

The picture behind the speakers is painted canvas (reflective) but stuffed with some leftover Rockwool - which I understand is probably not doing much.

So my question is, should the painting be replaced with something that is effective next and if so, what should I use?

Pics in my virtual system.

Thank you.

macg19

Showing 2 responses by mashif

A couple of corner bass traps and some diffusion in the area between the speakers are what I would recommend. You want to avoid parallel walls front and rear so diffusion behind the speakers will help break up standing waves. 

That's good! If the low end sounds okay you might be set. Otherwise bass traps in the corners behind the speakers should help.