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I already read a similar post here where a member has very similar nulls. Like his, mine are modal in nature (i think) or combined. At first i tried calculating room modes using online calculators, but they probably can't be used for my room, since it is irregular. My front wall is 500 cm wide (16.4 ft), left side wall is 450cm (14.76ft), back wall is 490 cm (16ft) and right side wall is 480 cm (15.75ft). It comes very close to square, which i know is the worst possible shape. And my ceiling is around 320cm (10.5ft).
My main listening position is in the center of the room, and that is where I have my nulls. I found them using online tone generator and it worked much better then calculator. I walked around the room and found bass at those frequencies very loud in the corners and almost non existent in the middle of the room where i want it the most.
I opened a new post, because the similar post was about what could be done about the nulls in general, but i am more specific. I can't change my MLP much, speaker positions don't help significantly (actually, toeing them in helps a bit and putting them closer to the wall) and i don't want to cover my room with huge bass traps, don't like foam and all that studio looking acoustic treatment. Esthetics is important to me, not just because i want to please my wife (although i find nothing wrong in that either), but because i enjoy a nice looking room.
I have one subwoofer, i could buy another or two more and if that is the last option, i will probably do that. But i would much rather do without subs for 2 channel music. I have no problem with my MCH setup.
So, i was thinking of investing in Helmholtz resonators, because they can look very nice and even elegant. I could put some in the corners. I don't need perfection in room response. I don't need absolutely flat response, just to reduce those nulls.
I saw some youtube videos, didn't like the looks those HRs, read some papers and they focus a lot on math for those holes and strips for perfect frequency...
If it is not too hard to build them, i would do that, because it is very hard to buy them in my country since we are not part of the EU and our hifi market is limited. Poor country. But, i would buy them if that would be a much better solution then building them.
I was loooking at Vicoustic products and like all of their Bass trap solutions: Super bass extreme or Victotem ultra. I think, though, that Super bass extreme ultra is better because i can fit them in the corners easily.
Of course, if you think it wouldn't help much, i don't want to waste my money and time. I wish i believed in cables, because that would be easier and i could convince myself i have a tighter, stronger bass, but that's life.
Thanks
My main listening position is in the center of the room, and that is where I have my nulls. I found them using online tone generator and it worked much better then calculator. I walked around the room and found bass at those frequencies very loud in the corners and almost non existent in the middle of the room where i want it the most.
I opened a new post, because the similar post was about what could be done about the nulls in general, but i am more specific. I can't change my MLP much, speaker positions don't help significantly (actually, toeing them in helps a bit and putting them closer to the wall) and i don't want to cover my room with huge bass traps, don't like foam and all that studio looking acoustic treatment. Esthetics is important to me, not just because i want to please my wife (although i find nothing wrong in that either), but because i enjoy a nice looking room.
I have one subwoofer, i could buy another or two more and if that is the last option, i will probably do that. But i would much rather do without subs for 2 channel music. I have no problem with my MCH setup.
So, i was thinking of investing in Helmholtz resonators, because they can look very nice and even elegant. I could put some in the corners. I don't need perfection in room response. I don't need absolutely flat response, just to reduce those nulls.
I saw some youtube videos, didn't like the looks those HRs, read some papers and they focus a lot on math for those holes and strips for perfect frequency...
If it is not too hard to build them, i would do that, because it is very hard to buy them in my country since we are not part of the EU and our hifi market is limited. Poor country. But, i would buy them if that would be a much better solution then building them.
I was loooking at Vicoustic products and like all of their Bass trap solutions: Super bass extreme or Victotem ultra. I think, though, that Super bass extreme ultra is better because i can fit them in the corners easily.
Of course, if you think it wouldn't help much, i don't want to waste my money and time. I wish i believed in cables, because that would be easier and i could convince myself i have a tighter, stronger bass, but that's life.
Thanks