Orienting Ethan's Bass Traps

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Is there any reason Ethan's DIY bass traps shouldn't be oriented horizontally (long dimension running parallel to the floor).

There are a couple of places in my live room that would be easier to treat if I mounted then this way.
 
Which traps are you talking about? Broad band or wood panel traps?
 
Phyl,

Bass traps should cover as much corner surface as possible. So just from that perspective they should be oriented the long way down a wall-wall corner, or horizontally in a wall-ceiling corner. They'll still work the other way, but then you'll need more of them. Also, the wood panels traps shown in my plans do not straddle a corner. They go flat on the wall near the corners.

--Ethan
 
Thanks Ethan. I may be using the wrong terms.

My plan is run a wood panel trap horizontally on the bottom of the wall (wall floor corner), run another horizontally at the top of the wall (wall ceiling corner), and put absorbers between the two.

Will this work?
 
> Will this work? <

Sure. A corner is a corner. A corner where a wall meets the floor is just as good as where two walls meet or where a wall meets the ceiling.

--Ethan
 
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