Small room....treating 1st reflection points


Hi Everyone,

Thinking of treating 1st reflection points at side walls, front and back walls. Some foam cornere bass traps. Floor has a throw rug. Not gonna treat ceiling. Bedroom size 10 x 14 x 10. Have access to 1 inch acoustic foam...will I be able to see an improvement or should I even bother since it's only 1".

Thanks.
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Showing 1 response by martykl

IME, absorptive and/or diffusing treatments at the first reflection points can help with high frequency problems. As you go lower in frequency, these devices become less effective. Below 100hz or so, Hemholtz resonators are the only reliable treatments that I've found (other than room correcting EQ schemes).

It's hard to say whether 1" foam will work for high frequency issues until you try that foam in that room. OTOH, it's easy to say that you'd be very unlikely to get any benefits from 1" foam at low frequencies.