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Old 08-27-07, 09:03 PM   #6 (Link)
 
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Re: help me interpret this graph



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Nope, I don't have, just treated my room with 6 absorbers and 17 bass traps and tested the room to see the corrections I have to do (preferably without using an eq)
Again, what brucek said. What bass traps primary do is decrease low frequency decay times. The audible effect is a tightening up of the bass, as the “overhang” is reduced or minimized.

One of our resident bass traps gurus, Ethan Winer, has comparative graphs showing that traps can reduce peaks and dips to some extent in the mid-to-upper bass region, but not drastically. Fully eliminating those will require equalization, especially below 60-80 Hz or so where traps have little if any effect.

If you are dead set against equalizing, fine, but I assure you that 40 Hz peak especially is audibly degrading sound quality. All things considered, though, I’d say your without-EQ curve rates as one of the better ones we’ve seen.

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Wayne


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