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Old 22nd July 2007   #12
chris carter
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Originally Posted by weemies View Post
Then I just stuck three 2" slabs together, wrapped them with some fabric and stapled the fabric in place nice and tight, using a single board of wood at the back.
The board at the back may very well be sabotaging your traps. It's better to make a frame of wood at the back out of 1"x2" or something. That way the back is entirely exposed. The theory being that the sound that goes through hits the airspace behind, bounces off the corner wall and then has to re-enter the trap. But putting a full board behind, it's kind of like just taking your 6 inch trap and hanging it flush on a wall.

So first thing I'd do is disasemble your traps and take the board out and replace it with a frame. Then set them up and listen again. That's the cheapest, fastest, and easiest solution and although I can't promise it will completely work, I know it will DEFINITELY improve the sound. You'll need to buy some wood and probably a little more fabric as you've got a little more surface area to wrap... but we're about the same money as you'd spend on a nice lunch so not too bad
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