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Prof. wrote:
 Making acoustic side panels using a full sheet at the first reflection point seems a bit excessive...unless you have a very "live" room. |
I've done a bit of research and I found the general consensus for room treatment(absorbtion) is to treat the side walls from the ground to just above ear level and to treat the entire front wall (leave the backwall bare). The majority of my front wall is covered by the screen so I will just treat it up to the bottom edge of my screen, which is about 4 inches above my tweeters and ears.
My room is solid brick, with the sidewalls rendered, there is no flex in the walls like there is with plaster.
I think it would be a lot harder to make these with the foil side facing out, it is a lot easier to attach the material to the foil side than the uncovered side.
I *think* the system sounded better with the panels in place on the side walls but I didn't AB test it. There seems to be more detail in the high frequencies than before, also the soundstage seems bigger.