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Terrible Booms

Hi everyone, I'm sad because I really tried everything (marble base, Gaia isoacoustic, anti-seismic bases, etc.)) but my speakers (ProAc D40R) in my environment (suspended parquet - with voids below) creates terrible booms . I managed to get a good compromise (tube traps and panels) but it's not as I would like. Maybe I should take small speakers, or in a closed box. The fact is that I like my speakers and I don't feel like changing them.
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gs5556
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Your room is kind of squarish which makes for a challenging acoustic treatment that may require tuning to a specific frequency (i.e., Helmoltz resonators) as opposed to off-the-shelf broadband products.

If it were me, I would contact a commercial acoustic treatment firm (GIK, Acoustic Fields, etc.) and work with them.
gs5556
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Another thing to consider is that the Proac woofers are relatively high off the floor and if that distance from the floor to the woofer isn't smaller than the sidewalls to the woofer you may have stronger base nodes/nulls at the listening position.

Try listening along the long wall and set your speakers from the side walls at least twice the top woofer height. 
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