I’ve been having a problem with the bass on my la scalas: it can sound uncontrolled on some songs (Mitski’s “My Love All Mine” is one) and just overwhelms the room. Bought some 4-inch acoustic panels and was wondering where to place them. One of the challenges is that to get the panels behind the la scalas, i’ll have to pull the speakers away from the wall at least 6 inches on both sides, which isn’t ideal.

I also have some thin acoustic panels on the ceiling, which don’t seem to be doing much.

Right now I have the panels propped up in various places, just to get an idea if they made a difference. They did. I’d say a 40% percent reduction in the bass problem and an overall richer, fuller sound. Which is great. But I’d like to get the bass thing under control 100%. Maybe mounting them correctly can get me there.

Might look at the triangular bass traps too, but if I can get away with just these four, that’d be great. Thanks.

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  • OpenRepublic4790BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    From what I’ve read and seen on YouTube, 4” panels are probably too thin to do much attenuation of bass frequencies, which are very long wavelengths. Corner bass traps are probably the only effective method available.

    • mourning_wood_againBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      A 4 inch panel with a 4 inch air gap behind it is almost as effective as an 8 inch thick panel…

      so straddling the corner will create an air gap and is usually most efficient on front wall corners

    • beaufleuve64OPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      thanks. thinking of getting some gik acoustic corner traps. but these wall ones are from a professional studio, so i think they should have some impact.

  • Level_Impression_554BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My suggestions to try are the following:

    Move away from the wall - the corners are amplifying the bass.

    Play with the toe in - I find the amount of toe in changes the intensity of certain frequencies. Note that you may not want the toe in exactly the same for each speaker due to the non-uniform room shape

    Try moving the panel that is behind the chair to behind the stereo or in front of the fire place.

    If these are bass ported, you can plug or partially plug the port.

    I have a similar issue with certain base frequencies. Please keep us updated on what you find works best.