Understanding Different Bass Trapping
Bass Trapping: The Low-Down on Low Frequency Absorbers by Alexander Reynolds There are many types of different bass trapping and low frequency treatments available for recording studios, control rooms, home theaters, and listening rooms alike. Whether you’re looking at tuned...
Bass Traps and Understanding Low Frequencies
GIK Acoustics continues our educational video series with Bass Traps & Understanding Lower Frequencies. This video examines how low end frequencies move in a room and how bass traps can solve these problems. Before we can identify where frequency response...
Video: Early or First Reflection Points
Early reflections or first reflections are terms to describe direct sound which arrives at the listener’s ears before the rest of the reflected sound does. Sound reflects not just off the walls to the left and right, but off the...
Positioning the Listening Spot
When positioning the listening spot, people often ask if they should face the long wall or the short wall. In this video we examine each setup and show why the facing the short wall is the better option. Why do...
Do Foam Bass Traps Work? Comparing Acoustic Foam to GIK 244 Bass Traps
Acoustic Foam Bass Trap VS. GIK Acoustic’s 244 Bass Trap Panel One of the most common questions we get at GIK Acoustics is whether foam bass traps really work—especially when compared to our 244 Bass Trap panels. It’s easy to...
When it comes to room setup, there are a lot of dos and don’ts. Here is a list of things to avoid if at all possible in order to get the best sound. – Don’t put your seating right against...
Achieving balanced bass response in a room requires more than just great speakers—it demands acoustic treatment with a good bass trapping strategy tailored to controlling low frequencies. Whether in home theaters, recording studios, or listening rooms, a strategy to deal...
Why Isolation (Soundproofing) is Important
Isolation (also known as soundproofing) is important for a variety of reasons. The most commonly recognized reason is to stop sound from bothering other people in the house or other people outside the room and the house/building. A more important...
Speaker Boundary Interference Response (SBIR)
SBIR (Speaker Boundary Interference Response) - This is a term to describe how the proximity of a speaker to a hard boundary (wall/ceiling/floor) will change the response, especially in the low end. This is something that not a lot of...