rear wall treatment

[nboyer941]

Hello, I am treating my work station with Auralex 1x1 square panels. I have treated the front & side walls and the ceiling. It is starting to sound pretty good. My question is, should i use the same foam for the rear wall? Or is diffusion necessary? It is a small room. The rear wall is only 9' from the monitors.

Because it's small, I'm thinking diffusion is not necessary. Just use the absorbing foam. What do you guys think? Thanks.

 

[Capriccio]

You will want bass traps behind you if the rear wall is less that 3 metres behind your listening poition, not diffusors, just like in all the corners of the room and at the first reflection points in front of you, at the sides and overhead. And not foam. Save that to deal with problem frequencies. Start by installing 4" rockwool traps. Read the short topic filling all ceiling corners with 4" foam and learn by someone else's mistake.