In the past 2 weeks I have been treating my room with DIY panels and bass traps:
- 4x kind of bass traps 16"W X 70"H x 6"D (+2" gap) front corners and rear wall (doors opening constraints)
- 4x absorption panels 32"W X 63"H x 3"D (+2" gap) on first and 2nd lateral reflexion points
All Roxul 3" Safe & Sound.
All in all, the sound quality has been drastically improved. The sound is a lot clearer, where I can pick up many details and cues that I couldn't before due to reverberations and echoes. The bass is punchier and cleaner, specially in the 100-200Hz range and again, I can hear many bass details that I never picked up.
My only complaint is that when listening to stereo in Pure Direct (as I always do), I begin to find the sound too clear in the HF, even painful and aggressive. Is it due to improper treatment or is it the speakers who are starting to show their real colors?
I did a head to head comparaison with my cousin's Boston Acoustic bookshelf M-Series and I found the sound to be a lot less harsh, warmer, but not clear enough.
Equipment list:
Klipsch WF Series
WF-35 Fronts
WC-24 Center
WS-24 Surrounds
HSU VTF-15H (Front)
Paradigm PW2200 (Back)
Denon AVR-X4100
- 4x kind of bass traps 16"W X 70"H x 6"D (+2" gap) front corners and rear wall (doors opening constraints)
- 4x absorption panels 32"W X 63"H x 3"D (+2" gap) on first and 2nd lateral reflexion points
All Roxul 3" Safe & Sound.
All in all, the sound quality has been drastically improved. The sound is a lot clearer, where I can pick up many details and cues that I couldn't before due to reverberations and echoes. The bass is punchier and cleaner, specially in the 100-200Hz range and again, I can hear many bass details that I never picked up.
My only complaint is that when listening to stereo in Pure Direct (as I always do), I begin to find the sound too clear in the HF, even painful and aggressive. Is it due to improper treatment or is it the speakers who are starting to show their real colors?
I did a head to head comparaison with my cousin's Boston Acoustic bookshelf M-Series and I found the sound to be a lot less harsh, warmer, but not clear enough.
Equipment list:
Klipsch WF Series
WF-35 Fronts
WC-24 Center
WS-24 Surrounds
HSU VTF-15H (Front)
Paradigm PW2200 (Back)
Denon AVR-X4100