Treating my horrible sounding room

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Hey fellas,

Appologies for this being probably the millionth post.

I recently moved in to a new apartment, and the room acoustics sound pretty bad. It sounds more low frequency bouncing than anything else.
Which is leading me towards getting bass traps, but since I'm not the best with room acoustics in general I'd probably buy some and they wouldn't work anyway.
I thought I'd get some help here first.

I've drawn up a very bad blueprint of what my current room setup is like, It's the best arrangement I've found that has the best sound.

Also, note the floor is all carpet, the couch is fabric with foam inside.
My desk is about 5 inches away from the window and my monitors are front ported.

I guess what I'm after are general ideas of what to try on a minimal budget. Would it be worth trying room measuring software? Although I'm not sure what I'd get out of that.


Thanks in advance.

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IMO/E, it's not even worth shooting the space until some sort of minimum treatment is in place. In your case (really, in *any* case for starters) I'd start with floor-to-ceiling broadband traps in the corners.

Cheap you say? Heavy bats of insulation - Leave 'em right in the bag and stack the corners. Cover in cloth to taste.

That will be a decent *start* to getting the space under control.
 
Yep, what he ^^^^ said - trap your corners first. You didn't give us your room dimensions, though ....
 
Sorry guys, the room is roughly 5.5 meter squared.
If there is anything else you need to know... let me know.

I guess I'll look in to bass traps for corners then..
 
Square rooms are not good for sound ... lotsa traps ...
 
Testing can help in two main ways. First off, it can help confirm your issues in the room so you're sure exactly where the biggest problems lay. However, this would involve spending some time reading up on how to analyze the measurements properly. It can also let you know what type of treatment is really appropriate: in other words, if you see a large bump at 50 Hz and want to treat it, you know you need products that are effective that low. It can also help show whether the treatment performs as expected after install...
Note that careful positioning of your speakers and your listening position can make a big impact too, it's worth spending some time with some trial and error..
But in either case, if you play it safe and get sufficiently thick treatment for the corners you will get good reduction of the bass modes. You'll want to cover as much corner area as possible. Other places will be important too, though, like the first reflection points.
You can use the following as a guide: Acoustical Room Advice - GIK Acoustics
 
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