Ethan Winer, I need some help!

[OstiaMan]

Ethan Winer:
I have read your article and those basstraps seem very similar to the fiber glass boards I have already made.
-How can I be sure that they will solve my particular problem?
-Where and how should I actualy mount them in the room?(walls, corners, cealling)
-What exactly is the diffence betwin the 1/4 and the 1/8 plywood on the basstraps?

Thanks!!

 

[Ethan Winer]

OM,

> How can I be sure that they will solve my particular problem? <

Without seeing what you made I can't say for sure. But if you make the traps I show as described, they are guaranteed to reduce or eliminate your standing wave problems.

> Where and how should I actualy mount them in the room?(walls, corners, cealling) <

Walls mostly, as explained in the article text. I put some on my ceiling because I wanted to concentrate as many as I could in that end of the room. But for a more "normal" room you'd line the walls.

> What exactly is the diffence betwin the 1/4 and the 1/8 plywood on the basstraps? <

Are you sure you read the article? The traps built with 1/4-inch plywood absorb the deepest bass frequencies, and the 1/8-inch traps absorb the higher bass.

--Ethan

 

[OstiaMan]

Thanks!
What kind wood should I use? any as long that is plywood, or some works better than others?

 

[Ethan Winer]

OM,

> What kind wood should I use? any as long that is plywood, or some works better than others? <

Any plywood will do, as long as it's not so cheap and crappy that it has open cracks and gaps on the surface.

--Ethan