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Yeah, I agree that looks better. Congrats! Be careful and check the size of the traps, I took the default and they are pretty big. If I were to do it over, I'd get a custom size and have it match up better with the moulding I have around my room. i.e. I'd have it come right up to the moulding, instead of being 4 inches taller, cuz it looks a little sloppy. Anyway, just be aware they are bigger than you think when you get them into your room!
Some people actually choose to get them all the way to the ceiling, but I think that would only look good in a fairly large room or behind very large speakers. |
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Living Room Audio research LS28SE preamplifier, Aurender N10 Streamer, Topping D90 DAC, McIntosh MC462 amplifier. Focal Sopra 3 speakers. Salamander Archetype rack, Symposium Acoustics Segue shelves, Silver Eclipse 7 XLRs, Shunyata Everest power conditioner, Alpha V2, Delta V2 and Venom V2 10/12 power cords, and Audioquest Oak speaker cables. GIK Acoustic's bass soffits and 244 bass trap Art panels room treatments. Sony XBR75X900e 4K TV and Sony UBP-X800 Blu-ray player Last edited by mcpaf76; 10-04-2018 at 06:44 AM. |
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I had a difficult job searching for brilliant white corner traps, no other colour would have satisfied the decor or WAF. They do work very well, voices in the room sound very natural too which was a unexpected bonus. IMG_2561.jpg
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Congratulations, mcpaf76. Having GIK'd two rooms here, I've found the traps to significantly improve the listening experience (and my wife agrees, though I've caught her giving them the side-eye more than once when she thought I wasn't looking ).
I suspect you'll find that expanding the height of the corner traps will improve what you hear to a not insignificant degree, particularly in terms of focus, definition. and the "teasing out" of previously-masked detail, not least in bass attack and decay. Enjoy the ride.
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Got my bass traps tonight. They look decent, especially considering one is going to stay hidden in closet and the other one can be if needed. First listen the improvement was surprising. The speakers transparency, clarity, and holography increased tremendously. I am actually surprised how much it improved things. Tommorow I am getting the 6th matching panel for the front of the monitor. I don't expect the sound to change much because I'm using a comparable temporary one. Here's some photos of the new traps. I'm also covering the top of the one visible in the room with a piece of grey glass and putting something decorative on top to make it look less obtrusive. 20181012_194007.jpeg20181012_194032.jpeg
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Good work!
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They make square ones? I didn't know that. Mine are triangle. Triangle is best for me anyway
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Yeah the triangle ones are their Tri traps. These are the soffit traps. These are supposed to be their most effective trap but harder to integrate visually. These absorb slightly lower frequencies. I almost went with Tris but decided on these. I was going to go with a stack of a 48 plus a 24 inch Tri trap. They said a single 48 inch soffit would be more affective so I took their word for it. I have 2 of these in my living room also. In both cases difference was huge. They actually surpassed any gain I’ve ever gotten from any individual cable or isolation tweak by far.
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Living Room Audio research LS28SE preamplifier, Aurender N10 Streamer, Topping D90 DAC, McIntosh MC462 amplifier. Focal Sopra 3 speakers. Salamander Archetype rack, Symposium Acoustics Segue shelves, Silver Eclipse 7 XLRs, Shunyata Everest power conditioner, Alpha V2, Delta V2 and Venom V2 10/12 power cords, and Audioquest Oak speaker cables. GIK Acoustic's bass soffits and 244 bass trap Art panels room treatments. Sony XBR75X900e 4K TV and Sony UBP-X800 Blu-ray player |
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