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DIY corner traps: panel-like or tube-like construction?

Hello.

The ongoing post on DIY acoustic panels has gotten me all fired up on the subject. It seems I would first need to make a couple bass traps for the corners behind the speakers.

16" tube traps are a bit massive on looks and would be a hard sell with the wife, as the audio system sits in our living room, so I'm thinking corner traps and would like to ask you a few DIY questions:

Are corner traps just regular Jon Risch-like panels placed on a corner, or do they have a structure behind?
Are their cross-sections fiberglass triangles, ressembling a tube trap but with a triangular section?
Do they need to be air tight?
What size of a corner trap would yield the same absortion as a 16" tube trap?

Thank you!

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Topic - DIY corner traps: panel-like or tube-like construction? - LewinskiH01 19:23:25 10/14/09 (23)
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