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Originally Posted by myfipie  I got some really bad news for you but you built them wrong. Having the wood on the back is taking away all the effect of straddling corners. The best you can do with what you built is to flat mount them on walls for reflections.
I am sorry to tell you that as I am sure you spent a great deal of time and money on them. 
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Originally Posted by chris carter 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  |
We're talking about a very small and thin piece of wood, something like a long single piece of venetian blinds, which is there simply to keep the fabric in place tightly. It's not a board covering the entire back.