Hi, I mis-posted about my room treatments... I posted in the REW/BFD forum and I think this forum (Home Audio Acoustics) was more appropriate. My thread detailing my bass trap installation and with graphs of the results can be viewed here...
http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...ctiveness.html
Maybe an admin can move that thread over here to this forum? Sorry!
In a nutshell, frequency response is nearly identical with 6 traps installed, but I see this difference in decay...
How does the decay compare with typical rooms with 0 and with 6 traps? I'm trying to determine if I should keep the traps are sell them.
I have gone back and forth, carrying traps and putting them in different places, even involving the wife in listening tests. Since it isn't a simple A/B test -- there is carrying 6 traps between listens -- we have found it difficult to say the traps noticeably improve SQ. We used a couple songs but most testing was done with an LFE demo DVD (Saving Private Ryan, LOTR, U-571, etc) since we mostly watch movies. Both the old lady and I feel like the sound is slightly more detailed with the traps, but we aren't sure it isn't placebo effect either.
Maybe we just need more listening, maybe our untrained ears just don't know how to pick out the differences. Or maybe the difference isn't really there? That is why I started measuring with REW. The piece I'm missing is how much decay is bad decay, and how much difference in decay is audible? What exactly should I look for when listening?
Thanks for your help!
