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RealTraps SoffitTraps don't ...

Posted by MarylandMike (A) on March 4, 2006 at 13:00:35

RealTraps SoffitTraps don't do much in my room.

I decided to check my room resonances, so I bought a Radio Shack SPL meter and a Rives test CD. When I tested, I found a 10 db peak at 100 hz. I went to the RealTraps website and saw this claim: "SoffitTraps offer a huge amount of absorption below 200 Hz." This is just the thing for me, I thought. So I called Ethan and ordered one. He tried to get me to buy a Mondo Trap, but I wanted to get a "huge amount of absorption," so I insisted on the Soffit Trap.

It arrived this week, and I checked it today. It is a large cardboard box. I would guess it is empty inside, but I can't tell. Running the Rives test CD with the RS SPL meter, I still have a 10 db peak at 100 hz. I moved the cardboard box from corner to corner. Tried it on the floor, up against the wall. Nothing.

The only place that I noticed a difference is when I put the box next to the chair with the SPL meter. Then the sound level dropped one db.

Maybe it will work for you, but it didn't for me.

So I now have a $200 cardboard box in the corner and don't know what to do with it.

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