Small room....treating 1st reflection points


Hi Everyone,

Thinking of treating 1st reflection points at side walls, front and back walls. Some foam cornere bass traps. Floor has a throw rug. Not gonna treat ceiling. Bedroom size 10 x 14 x 10. Have access to 1 inch acoustic foam...will I be able to see an improvement or should I even bother since it's only 1".

Thanks.
pc123v
IME, absorptive and/or diffusing treatments at the first reflection points can help with high frequency problems. As you go lower in frequency, these devices become less effective. Below 100hz or so, Hemholtz resonators are the only reliable treatments that I've found (other than room correcting EQ schemes).

It's hard to say whether 1" foam will work for high frequency issues until you try that foam in that room. OTOH, it's easy to say that you'd be very unlikely to get any benefits from 1" foam at low frequencies.
1" foam/treatment will work to some degree, in particular with higher frequencies as noted, just not as much as equivalent 2" foam product.

No way to know what will "sound best" without trying.

I like the "lego" approach with wall treatments. Start with smaller measured amounts of treatment, like 2'X2'X1". Add more or less as needed until best results achieved at primary listening location(s).
So what's a good place to buy prefab treatment products without breaking the bank?
So what's a good place to buy prefab treatment products without breaking the bank?
Rebbi

If you need foam products I recommend http://nextacoustics.com/.

For acoustic panels I have used http://www.atsacoustics.com/ with great success. They made me a custom size panel at a very reasonable price.