Room Treatments - How?


I need to treat my dedicated listening room. It's small, bare and the dimensions are not ideal. I have been reading many recommendations here on Audiogon and elsewhere, so I understand that I need to analyze my room using one of a number of products like Room EQ Wizard or CARA.I also see the links to companies that will sell me pre-made traps, panels or the materials to build my own.

OK, then what? How do I get from here to there? These programs seem to do a great job of measuring and modeling the room, but how do I turn a bunch of measurements into a useable plan for designing a plan for treating the room? How am I supposed to know what I need to build or buy and apply to the room?

Am I missing a middle step here someplace?
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Showing 1 response by blindjim

I'll second the consulting with a pro or two prior to throwing in a lot of money towards treating the room.

Ensuring all is set up well and the bass is as good as you can do first, is way important too.

There's tons of DIY info on rolling your own treatments here in the archives if you peruse them. ONline elsewhere too.

it'll sure pay you to do some research here, but it'll wind up being as has been offered so far... it's not an exact science.... you'll have to simply try adding this and that, and then perhaps repositioning things a bit as well.

But do heed the pro's input, and go from there.

it's almost like putting together an audio system... not too much of this or too much of that... it's a blend of items.

Albert Von S once told me to initially shoot for a 50/50 mix of absorption and difusion.

Good luck!