http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

Ethan sometimes posts at Stevehoffman.TV
see this thread there's a discussion about room FR

good luck.

if you malas to DIY can buy stuff from Ethan's company http://www.realtraps.com/ but he said somewhere it's better someone build their own than not have any treatment at all which is why there is an article with instructions



This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Apr 18 2007, 06:28 PM

sorry... I updated my post.

no I don't have a dedicated listening room - can't put obvious stuff in the living room HT anyway - so I haven't tried DIY-ing. I would probably print out the instructions and take them to a local carpenter heheh

buying stuff from established companies like realtraps and auralex etc could be quite expensive, which is why you might have seen some studios with egg cartons on the walls...

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Apr 18 2007, 06:31 PM

laowai there are a lot of people who believe ... very strongly... that the most important sonic component after speakers, is the room itself.

it makes sense because the sound from speakers interacts with the room before and after reaching your ears - there'll be reflections etc etc.

laowai, in audio these terms are used with those meanings that everyone is in agreement with

soundproofing a room doesn't mean only doors - double screening windows etc that also doesn't let outside noise into the listening room. it doesn't however change the frequency response of a room (perhaps you can follow this discussion thread I linked in my first reply)

for example, your room may produce a peak node at 60Hz that makes the bass sound boomy, even if the freq response form the speaker is flat.

Room treatments like bass traps can cancel this peak node and return the frequency to flat (but it doesn't prevent the sound from leaking out of the room unless you soundproof the room)