Room acoustics, in plain English
No jargon, no acoustics degree. Short, honest guides to why your room sounds the way it does, and what actually fixes it.
Why is my bass boomy? Room modes explained
One note booms, the next vanishes, and it is almost never your speakers. Here is what room modes are, why they happen, and how to fix them in the right order.
Read the guide → Room acousticsDo acoustic panels actually work?
Panels work, but most people buy the wrong ones for the wrong problem. What actually absorbs bass, where panels help, and what is a waste of money.
Read the guide → Room acousticsSpeaker placement and listening position
The biggest free upgrade in audio. The equilateral triangle, toe-in, the 38% rule, and how to place your speakers for the best, tightest bass.
Read the guide → Room acousticsWhy your subwoofer sounds different in every seat
A sub sounds different in every spot because of room modes. The free two-minute subwoofer crawl that finds the smoothest position, and why corners are loud but not good.
Read the guide → Room acousticsRoom EQ: what it can fix, and what it can't
EQ can cut a bass peak but cannot fill a null, and only fixes one seat. What room correction can and cannot do, and where EQ belongs in the order of fixes.
Read the guide → Room acousticsHow to read a frequency response graph
The squiggly line demystified. What the axes mean, why peaks and dips matter, why flat is not the goal, and how to read your room at a glance.
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