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Acoustic treatment for side glass doors / please, need ideas.

Sadly, wife's home renovations forces me to move my audio system from the family room (not the best place anyway) to a small room but with side glass doors (sadly yes, BOTH sides). Room is small, 15"(L) x 10"(W) x 9"(H) . I was considering install drapes (maybe better, roller shades) because in that area cant have fixed solutions. I really need some advice here because this change can ruin my relax moments listening my records and having a glass of scotch.
Thanks in advance  
jorsan

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jorsan OP
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Thanks folkfreak for your ideas, in other situation I can consider them but I need to make the room nice also so I think I need to go with the shades.
roxy54, sorry about my english but when you mention pleated shades you mean the ones that have a design that looks like a v regular and then inverted right?, basically no flat. What about thickness? material? any link of something that you recommend? thanks again both for the input.
jorsan OP
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Thanks to everyone who post here helping me to find the best option. Definitely I will go with drapes because looks like blind shades will not do the job correctly if they are not thick enough. Just found this:
 https://www.moondreamwebstore.com/soundproof-curtains-10?gclid=CJzH2rPY2dQCFYFEhgodo5MDew#s[10][]:17...
Maybe this would be the solution, what do you think?

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jorsan OP
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Sloryder, thanks that's a good idea, I'm sure my wife and I can get an agreement on that. 
jorsan OP
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Thanks Erik, I think I have a good idea about what to do with side walls.
Back wall will be fully covered with a LPs rack, right to letf floor to ceiling. About front wall,  any experiences with bass tube traps in the corners?
jorsan OP
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Thanks for your responses. Will do some research about diffusion, but in the middle of front wall will be a TV so there is not much that can be done there.
jorsan OP
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brf, what do I have to take into consideration for nearfield listening?. Thanks
jorsan OP
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Be sure that I will decide whatever I want and be the king .... of my small space ...
jorsan OP
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ok, thanks
jorsan OP
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Thnaks asvjerry is better for me to see the things like that .... 
jorsan OP
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They are doors and run almost all the long walls. Basically I have 3 ft of wall then 9 ft of glass doors, and again other 3 ft of wall.  Front and back walls are regular, no glass. This is the same for both long walls.
Relative to speakers the glass doors starts about 1ft after the speakers (speakers are about 2ft from the front wall and 1ft from the sides).
Hope I explain it correctly for you to understand.
jorsan OP
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Listening position is about 8 ft from the speakers so basically I have the end of the doors by my side.
jorsan OP
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Is going to be very difficult to cover the sides with pannels because aesthetics so I think this would be the only real option:
https://phys.org/news/2011-05-curtains-quench-noise.html

jorsan OP
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Impossible over the glass doors ...
jorsan OP
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Understood, thanks for the tip Erik
jorsan OP
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Thanks for your comments but honestly can't understand how tube traps can deal with the first reflections from both sides, would you please elaborate? 
jorsan OP
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Understood, thanks
jorsan OP
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looks like the soffit traps are for bass, if I'm right, they will not deal with side reflections of trevel / midrange sounds right? 
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