Small room....treating 1st reflection points

A super cheap way to try if you hear a difference is to simply place pillows on the first reflection points...except ceiling, of course.

I built my DIY traps with fiberglass panels and they work fine for me. Maybe commercial ones would be better, but the physics behind what's going on is pretty basic, especially at the high frequencies these can treat, so I tend to think DIY gets you very close to "there".

Using REW I could not measure any impact on low frequencies by using these or DIY tube traps (ok, a marginal improvement with the latter that was not worth the looks), but did notice a clear impact from using a Helmholtz resonator (at the design frequency, of course).

I use and like Auralex

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmi&field-keywords=corning+acoustic+panel&rh=n%3A11091801%2Ck%3Acorning+acoustic+panel

@mapman...which auralex are you using? Any of their basstraps as well?

Any other reasonably priced prefab foam (or any other product) out there that will be effective in treating 1st reflection points?

Pc, I have three of the panels I provided the link to on my side walls at prime reflection points to two of my main listening positions in teh room.

My OHM speakers are fairly omnidirectional so one can listen with a coherhent soundstage and imaging from most anywhere. In that case one must chose what listening locations to treat for. Its more straightforward when applying in teh case of more directional speakers with a small well defined "sweet spot".

The panels pretty much work as advertised. In my case, I am walking a fine line for best sound by applying the third panel, but I have chosen to lean that way.

Bass in this room, on my basement level with thin carpet and padding on concrete foundation, is quite controlled and excellent. I have dabbled with the idea of trying bass traps just to see, but have not been compelled to actually do it to date.