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RE: Then please define a bass trap…

> I'm not trying to be smart but it is possible to build a panel that will be more effective at controlling bass modes when placed in a corner than a tube trap. <

Indeed. Bass traps based on rigid fiberglass - whether flat panels, stacked triangles, or filled or hollow tubes - are all velocity absorbers. Rigid fiberglass is a porous material, so sealing the ends or sides etc should have no effect. With velocity absorbers all that matters is they be thick enough, large enough, and you have enough of them placed where bass builds up in the room.

BTW, here's a thread going on now at Audio Circle where a fellow will test some of these theories and post his results:

Comparing "sealed", hollow, insulation tubes to stuffed insulation tubes

--Ethan


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