Score Gik 244 Bass Traps

Phasewolf

I found someone selling 6 Gik 244 Bass traps and I am going to pick them up Saturday I can't wait. The best part they only cost me $200 so I feel that I did really well. I can't wait until I install and measure the room. I have a calibrated mic now to run REW and will post before and after when I finish the project up.

My room has a lot of issues so these should helps a lot. I plan on mounting 5 of them on the rear wall and not sure as of yet where I am going to place the last one. I am also going to buy some 6" thick ones and place them in the 2 corners that I can use in the next month or so.

SCompRacer

Congrats on your GIK score! By far one of the best additions you could make in your audio journey. I've been a happy GIK customer since '06 and regret not doing it sooner. I had tried digital correction back then but preferred acoustic treatments. With a full range of fabric color choices and even images, they can look great in a room too. For my room, GIK Tri-Traps (bass traps) were more effective for bass in corners than 244 panels hung straddling a corner. Depending on my room setup one or two corners will have stacked Tri-Traps.

Pics are in my showcase link in sig.

Phasewolf

Yes for now the 244's are going to cover the back wall and I plan to space them 4" off the wall for a total of 9.5" which should dig really deep. The 20x20x48 homemade monsters I made are going to be placed on the front and rear wall along the ceiling and then I will place some Gik monster traps in my 2 usable corners.

txcoastal1

be careful or you will create what the call a "dead room"

Phasewolf

Yes that is true but with the concrete floor it will be hard to make dead. Plus the traps I made are wrapped in 5 mil plastic to block out some of the mids and highs from being sucked out. Right now the room sounds like a ecco chamber so this should really help a lot.

txcoastal1

10/4 just had a buddy try to deaden a mancave from the rest of the house because of pinball machines and stand up arcade games....well he succeeded. Installed a stereo and surround and was completely bummed to the drab sound.

schwarcw

That's a super deal!! I've got the 244 bass traps also. I have custom covers that match the color of my walls almost perfectly.

These do make a difference. Everything matters!

Phasewolf

Yes I can't wait I will pick them up Saturday and after work I will install them and start testing and let the music play all night long.

Phasewolf

Well I am still playing with the new traps but I have learned a few things.

1. Adding a trap to a corner may make things a lot worse because that un-trapped corner maybe hiding a other issue. When I placed a trap in the left front corner I got a nice 45DB dip at 70hz. Not what I really wanted not by a far shot.

When I placed traps in my left rear corner however that really helped my room a lot and cancelled part of that huge dip.

2. As many warned you surely can make a room very dead. Wile I have not got there as of yet the decay time of the room is now around 220ms from 40hz and up. I am still playing music and seeing if I like the changes or not. So far I like how tight the bass is. It hits hard and very fast no more slop. The mids are very nice and crisp the high end is a bit mellow though but I feel I need time to get used to it. My room would make your ears bleed before so this is a real change.

I ended up with no treatments on the rear wall I did however Mount the large 20x20x48 traps I built sometime ago to the wall ceiling on the front wall and that really tamed the room a lot. And I have 2 more of them I can mount on the rear wall if I choose too not sure on that one yet.

When I get more time in I will report back on how I feel but so far I love the changes. The other big test will be a movie or two and sense I have not redid the calibration on the Onkyo currently set that to off no point until that is setup again.

I can say this music without autocorrect sounded really bad because of the room. Now it sounds better then it had been when it was on.

Phasewolf

Oh yea this is very new to me. Playing Alice Cooper right now and well wow very nice.