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Old 7th December 2008   #1
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Ok so im mounting my bass traps but im not making frames just kinda in a better term sticking them in the cornors..
now my questions is go they have to be horizontally straight or does it matter???cos alreday its killed the reflections
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Ok so im mounting my bass traps but im not making frames just kinda in a better term sticking them in the cornors..
now my questions is go they have to be horizontally straight or does it matter???cos alreday its killed the reflections
Horizontally??? Not sure what you mean, but you what the face to be no less then 2', straddling the corner. Go floor to ceiling if you can.

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maybe this will explain it better
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its not mounted just testing it out before i screw or mount anything in
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You need to straddle the corner with space behind it (don't press the middle into the corner)... Run that vertical to cover more corner area.

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