Diffuers Used as Bass Traps? Skyline

[Jens Eklund]

Originally Posted by Trill Trax

Can you use skyline diffusers as bass traps?

Assuming the diffuser is not too heavy, you can use it (or anything actually) as the lid (or part of the lid) of a membrane absorber.

Diffuser and Bass trap at the same time need orientation! ;) surely newbie question
building membrane absobers

[Trill Trax]

Originally Posted by Jens Eklund

Assuming the diffuser is not too heavy, you can use it (or anything actually) as the lid (or part of the lid) of a membrane absorber.

Diffuser and Bass trap at the same time need orientation! ;) surely newbie question
building membrane absobers

Alright thanks for the information. As well as the links!

[Johnny Dance]

Just a quick follow up question: would I be able to mount skyline diffusors on the front of, say GIK monster bass traps on the back wall? Would that have any benefit, or should I really be choosing between absorption and diffusion?

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by Johnny Dance

Just a quick follow up question: would I be able to mount skyline diffusors on the front of, say GIK monster bass traps on the back wall? Would that have any benefit, or should I really be choosing between absorption and diffusion?

It depends what the diffusor is make out of. If EPS then yes. Another way around it is to put slats in front of them. We are actually selling a scatter plate that is built into the bass traps. It is not on the website as of yet but you can see it on our facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GIK-A...66729010031089
It is the post from Nov 2nd.

[Johnny Dance]

Great news! I just bought some more monster traps for this purpose... (going behind some EPS Skyline diffusers on the back wall)

[gullfo]

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

We are actually selling a scatter plate that is built into the bass traps.

nice slats!

[Johnny Dance]

would you suggest keeping the panel/diffusers an inch from the wall? or right up on it?

[Glenn Kuras]

Our products are built with an air gap so you can mount it flush to the wall. You can though put more air gap which does help.

[localhost127]

Originally Posted by Trill Trax

Can you use skyline diffusers as bass traps?

if you're thinking of utilizing a large, sufficiently thick velocity-based porous LF absorber on the [rear wall; rear 2d/3d corners], you could essentially build this as a false-wall and place the diffusers on the outer face to handle the specular returns. the larger LF wavelengths will diffract around the diffuser.

the diffusers/skylines could also be built as gobos (w/ caster wheels) to easily move and place where needed (in front of the large, LF rear wall porous absorber).