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Originally Posted by Ethan Winer  Really simple - I tried it. 
When RealTraps first came out with our combination diffusor / bass trap I brought two home and put them in front of the existing first-reflection absorbers on each side. The degradation in imaging and clarity was immediately obvious. My wife who is into audio also commented with 10 seconds of listening. It was about the same as having no treatment at all on the sides.
In my living room the side wall absorbers are about 6 feet away from the listening position. That's why I said that maybe in a much wider room diffusors there might be okay. But in a much wider room the reflections would no longer be early just due to the distance. And that larger distance also means the reflections will be much softer, and less damaging to begin with.
--Ethan |
Ethan,
I would tend to agree, but did you happen to test it and if you did would you mind posting some graphs?
Glenn