Basics

[rcb4t2]

Originally Posted by kennyda

I dont really wanna mess around with fibre glass, I hate the stuff. Could I get a cheap foam thing for £30 and stick it in that corner and get away with it?

Not if you want it to accomplish anything... I think you need to do some basic research - tons of info out there on how to do all this with either commercial products or DIY, or a combo. You shouldn't expect someone to walk you through the details starting at zero unless you're prepared to pay them.

[SAC]

Search on "SBIR" - Speaker Boundary Interference Response.

I believe the Realtraps website has a good article on it.

The easiest and best treatment is not to put one speaker into a corner, as symmetry is important. Its much easier and much more effective to avoid creating the problem than to try to remediate it.

And I am sorry you have emotional issues with Fiberglas. But you will find most of us have more significant issues with recommending foam! Do a few searches on Corner Bass Traps (you may find 1 or 2 hits if lucky) and Panel Absorbers (maybe 2 or 3 hits on that as well).

And if that fails, try reading the threads in this portion.
If my memory has not totally failed me, I seem to recall one or two posts addressing topics such as SBIR and the use of absorption, as well as various types of absorption - be it semi-rigid or loose fill Fiberglass, Rockwool, Cotton batting, and any number of other materials - and even the plans for making panels or corner traps.

Dare we ask: Have you read anything in this section of the forum?

[kennyda]

er, no, sorry, its not so much laziness as just knowing where to start. Ok, mainly laziness maybe. Cheers for the advice, will look that up and do some research.

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by kennyda

er, no, sorry, its not so much laziness as just knowing where to start. Ok, mainly laziness maybe. Cheers for the advice, will look that up and do some research.

Start here for basics.
GIK Acoustics presents Acoustics Primer: Some Basics on Acoustics.

Then read some of the newsletters we have put out here.
GIK Acoustics. Acoustic Panels and Bass Traps.

Then use the following as a guide for set up
GIK Acoustics: Room Setup

[kennyda]

Cheers for that. Will have a read. Managed to move my desk 90 degrees, and away from the wall a bit. Also noticed that the bass sounds louder if I move my chair back a bit.

oh, the links are down