rasmaudio
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My room is 29' long x 19' wide x 11' high cathedral ceiling. I use 16" ASC bass traps in the front corners, floor to ceiling. The back corners have 20" ASC bass traps (with resonating cans inside to lower the effective range) floor to ceiling. Between each side wall there are two 16" bass traps, floor to ceiling. I place all the front speakers along the long wall with the Martin Logan Summits 7' apart and 6' out from the front of the room. The Magneplanar Tympani bass panels are next to the Summits (the woofers on the summits are disconnected). The center speaker (Martin Logan Logos) is mounted above the video screen with a ASC 16" half round bass trap directly above, to prevent early reflections and bass build up. At the listening location there are two 16" ASC half round bass traps directly above to eliminate early reflections and bass build up. Mid range tube traps are placed around the entire perimeter of the room, each one being 3' apart. The reflective surface on all the traps are utilized to keep the acoustic qualities of the room from being too dead. The 16" and 20" full round bass traps have been adjusted to provide a wide sound stage. The half round traps have offset reflective membranes to aid in ambience and are placed in such a way to prevent early reflections. Also directly behind the left and right speakers I added hard wood flooring across the entire length of the room for retention of ambience. I have a total of (8) speakers equally spaced in the back and sides of the room for surround sound. Thats a lot of traps, but the result is bass that has great definition, power and depth. Spacial reproduction is awesome and one can walk around the round and feel like your in the hall. Bass is quite flat and the RT60 decay rate is very good for all types of music. It took a lot of time, but the result is amazing.

