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Ethan Winer · 24th April 2006

> where do you start? <

Bruce gave you some good advice, and you'll find a lot more here in my Acoustics FAQ:

www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

The key is as much bass trapping as possible. This is not an option, it's a minimum requirement.

Understand that it's not possible to make any smallish room perfectly flat - not that speakers are ever perfectly flat either! But the room is always much worse than the speakers, and you should aim to get the room as flat as its size and your budget allow. Ignore this and you will always be guessing as to what's really happening in the low end of a mix.

--Ethan

24th April 2006	#3
Ethan Winer Gear Guru Joined: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA Posts: 12,333	> where do you start? < Bruce gave you some good advice, and you'll find a lot more here in my Acoustics FAQ: www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html The key is as much bass trapping as possible. This is not an option, it's a minimum requirement. Understand that it's not possible to make any smallish room perfectly flat - not that speakers are ever perfectly flat either! But the room is always much worse than the speakers, and you should aim to get the room as flat as its size and your budget allow. Ignore this and you will always be guessing as to what's really happening in the low end of a mix. --Ethan __________________ Ethan's audio book is now available!