First off, My room is 12x20x8.
The side walls are divided into 7x4 sections each covered with a 1" thick fabric frame. The back wall is divided into 4x4 sections.
Initially I had the 8 frames next to each corner filled with 1" OC 703. and the frames other than that had a checker pattern.
Given that configuration my speakers were toed in so that they intersect about 4 feet behind the MLP. If I make them intersect at the MLP they won't sound very good and they tend to hurt my ears at higher volume.
So I had some extra 703 laying around so I went ahead and covered the rest of the back wall with it as well as most of the side walls. The result was horrible. The room sounds very dead and I had to make the speakers point directly at the MLP to get it to sound anything decent. My guess is that before I was just hearing reflection of the two front speakers from the back wall. Now I think I am absorbing too much of the upper mid - high frequencies.
I do have 4 speaker stands each about 30" high for my surrounds that I filled with 5" oc 703. to act as bass traps. They are about 1 foot long and each 2 make a rectangle with the corner. ( I made that configuration up)
2" thickness is out of the question. So before I tear everything up to the way it was, I wonder if someone could give me any ideas.
Here is a link to pictures of my system to make it easier to visualize what I am saying.
http://www.blu-ray.com/community/gal...mber=ahmedreda
About my system:
Fronts Polk RTI A9, Surrounds RTI A5, Center CSI A6
Denon 4311ci, Emotiva XPA5 + XPA2
The side walls are divided into 7x4 sections each covered with a 1" thick fabric frame. The back wall is divided into 4x4 sections.
Initially I had the 8 frames next to each corner filled with 1" OC 703. and the frames other than that had a checker pattern.
Given that configuration my speakers were toed in so that they intersect about 4 feet behind the MLP. If I make them intersect at the MLP they won't sound very good and they tend to hurt my ears at higher volume.
So I had some extra 703 laying around so I went ahead and covered the rest of the back wall with it as well as most of the side walls. The result was horrible. The room sounds very dead and I had to make the speakers point directly at the MLP to get it to sound anything decent. My guess is that before I was just hearing reflection of the two front speakers from the back wall. Now I think I am absorbing too much of the upper mid - high frequencies.
I do have 4 speaker stands each about 30" high for my surrounds that I filled with 5" oc 703. to act as bass traps. They are about 1 foot long and each 2 make a rectangle with the corner. ( I made that configuration up)
2" thickness is out of the question. So before I tear everything up to the way it was, I wonder if someone could give me any ideas.
Here is a link to pictures of my system to make it easier to visualize what I am saying.
http://www.blu-ray.com/community/gal...mber=ahmedreda
About my system:
Fronts Polk RTI A9, Surrounds RTI A5, Center CSI A6
Denon 4311ci, Emotiva XPA5 + XPA2
