Help with room sound

dholmes
dholmes Posts: 1,136
edited June 2003 in Speakers
I recently made a ht out of my garage. Its 12x22 ft, the sound is good but I have a lot of standing waves, & the surrounds could sound better. I have polk spks fxi500 for sides& rears. The room is paneled with carpet with heavey padding. Would home made bass trapps made with rolled carpet help? Also does anyone use diffusers on the rear wall? Help!! thanks
My HT set-up Panasonic front proj, 120 in ws screen, ATI amp,Integra 9.8 pre-pro, 2 Polk rti150, cp 1000, 4 fx 1000, Pioneer blu-ray 2 SVS sub pb 12-ultra 2, & Paragon popcorn popper. ps 3 Coaster leather HT recliners.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited June 2003
    Lots to talk about here.

    Rolling rugs will help some but maybe cause problems.

    diffusers are excellent for between the surround back and from the half way mark and back.

    General rule .......dead the front half of the room and live in up the rear half.
    Balance is key here.
    Dan
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  • Steve@3dai
    Steve@3dai Posts: 983
    edited June 2003
    What kind of material is the floor, that's a big wall, just sideways ;)
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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited June 2003
    The floor is concrete with good padding & carpet. thanks
    My HT set-up Panasonic front proj, 120 in ws screen, ATI amp,Integra 9.8 pre-pro, 2 Polk rti150, cp 1000, 4 fx 1000, Pioneer blu-ray 2 SVS sub pb 12-ultra 2, & Paragon popcorn popper. ps 3 Coaster leather HT recliners.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
    Bass is a tough hombre' to tame. Carpet... no. Padding... no.

    There's a very good chance all you are doing is killing those fxi500's with all the padding.

    How many sources of deep (< 120 Hz) bass are you running?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited June 2003
    I have a acoustic research 15in 500watt amp as bass source. What makes a good diffuser for sound control? thanks everyone for your help
    My HT set-up Panasonic front proj, 120 in ws screen, ATI amp,Integra 9.8 pre-pro, 2 Polk rti150, cp 1000, 4 fx 1000, Pioneer blu-ray 2 SVS sub pb 12-ultra 2, & Paragon popcorn popper. ps 3 Coaster leather HT recliners.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
    All other speakers set to small?
    More later,
    Tour...
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