The other day I was fiddling around with my bass traps and testing different positions just for the sake of testing.
The very interesting thing I found out that if I put the bass traps directly behind me the speakers didn't sound painful to my ears any more, even on high volumes! This is very new to my me as I have always assumed that my ears are just very sensitive.
My room is about 25m^3 (W 2.95m / D 2.60m / H 2.50m)
If I follow the 38% rule I sit 1m from the backwall. It seems that the backwall is the most offending enemy to my ears. How should I approach treating my room? I have read that first reflections are good and preferred but to my subjective testing, that doesn't seem true at all with very small rooms.
Is there something I'm missing? (Floor/ceiling reflections?)
The very interesting thing I found out that if I put the bass traps directly behind me the speakers didn't sound painful to my ears any more, even on high volumes! This is very new to my me as I have always assumed that my ears are just very sensitive.
My room is about 25m^3 (W 2.95m / D 2.60m / H 2.50m)
If I follow the 38% rule I sit 1m from the backwall. It seems that the backwall is the most offending enemy to my ears. How should I approach treating my room? I have read that first reflections are good and preferred but to my subjective testing, that doesn't seem true at all with very small rooms.
Is there something I'm missing? (Floor/ceiling reflections?)