Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all?

@ozzy - I'd leave the tube traps in the corners. I like the ATS QRDs. I wrapped these with Guilford of Maine cloth and they look quite nice, but you might prefer the wood look. See my virtual system page to see how they look with cloth wrap. I have 4ft wide floor to ceiling diffusors behind the speakers. 

I think the Vicoustic Multifusors are also pretty nice if you prefer the look. These are deep enough to provide fairly wide band diffusion. 

jaytor,

Thank you, you have been very helpful.

ozzy

I’ve heard a lot of ASC tube traps at shows, many of which set up by ASC, and while effective, at least in my experience they have a kind of "sound" to them. They turn a room into 1 note bass. Like all the music sounds the same in the bass.

I’ve not had that issue with other bass traps, and your mileage may vary. 

erik_squires,

I just have always had them in the corners of my room. It's a basement system so I thought they would be appropriate.

So, you don't think they would be good then with Planar speakers?

ozzy

Hi OP,

I think bass traps aare great. My concern is specific to ASC tube traps that when I heard them they seemed to impart a very specific character to the bass, which traps should not do.

As I went from room to room, the rooms treated by ASC with tube traps all sounded the same, in a bad way. Like no matter what music played the drums sounded EXACTLY the same.

Imagine Duran Duran and a symphony orchestra sounding like they played the same drums.  Hopefully you don’t suffer this issue.