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Old 30th September 2008   #2
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I've made some superchunk bass traps and have used thin foam carpet underlay to seal the material in the frames (i.e. airtight material). I understand this will reflect HFs, but will this be a problem for bass traps?
Not a big problem to do the fronts this way, but I wouldn't wrap it all the way around the trap.

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I'd also like to use the stuff for broadband absorbers. I figure this is where it could be a problem. Would covering them in fabric (i.e. over the top of he underlay) resolve this?
Don't use it for panels where your goal is controlling higher frequency stuff; that will be a problem.

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