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Hello All,
OK so I had had some major issues with my room (which is a difficult room to treat by the way) Anyways I got some broadband traps and placed them in various places in the room, 1st reflection points etc. corners etc.

Now the was a significant increase in clarity I mean I only listen to vinyl and it was a major upgrade in richness and detail and it is seems the painful highs are gone. I dont believe the panels are taking anything away at least not for my listening tastes.

The bass response is good and bad. I have a pair of sonus faber concertos (bookshelf) and a vandersteen sub 2wq. I no longer have one note bass and its sounds great esp on Jazz recordings...except recordings that are very heavy on the base..the sub really seems to create very boomy base (the sub is on a Auralex Great Gamma as well)..I cant turn the dial past 9 oclock b/c of the significant base response. What do I do? I certainly like the improvement at times its way to much.

It seems I was not getting good base response before treatment and now at times its way to boomy.

The sub is connected through the speaker taps
I have it crossed over at 88 which is the sensitivity of my speakers.
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samhar
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I had trouble w/pair 2Wq's untill I bought Stereophile Test CD #1 which has 11 test tones from 200Hz-20 Hz. This let me SEE what happening with the room when I moved the subs, changed the db or adjusted the Q.

Which high pass filter are you using?

What is the Q setting?

What type of floor is it on? If it's wood put carpet pads on sub so you can move around easily before you put the points on.

I don't think your setting of "88" is a crossover setting, I think it's a db setting.

I had to "tighten" my bass up by reducing the Q, than for bigger bass I increased the db. It's like cooking a little of this a little of that!!!

Have fun, I did learning about my room!
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