I did the whole thing on my weekends by necessity, but found it to be a good measure of my progress sonically. each weekend would render another amount of change that i got the rest of the week to evaluate. my biggest fear was to kill the room, kill it dead!
the rest are my progress in steps
this was my first try
this was a huge improvement over the original sound of the place but after a taste of what tuning could do i wanted to go farther. i quickly decided that the small thin traps in the corners were not going to cut it and that flush mount treatments to the front wall were better served else where since boxed speaker primarily send waves away from that wall except the bass which is ported out the back, so i revised my plan and found better suppliers. the rest is the result...
again in stages of finished legs
front
Rear
left side with the evil duct work treated
^^as you can see this still hasnt been completed, its still a project in motion..
and the opposite wall
another thing to work around, its the only window so i had to adapt
more work to do...
my desk and listening seat ive managed to get almost at 38% each from their closest wall be it front or back for best case positioning. my seat on the couch is dead nuts on, but the desk has that rolling seat so im not perfect...
this wall has first reflection points for both my listing seat and my desk covered while the other wall has just the couch covered since the open door way doesnt reflect.
so thats where i am to date. still have some custom panels to make to finish this mess of corners
....and hang some framed stuff to keep the wife happy. she thinks im off my rocker btw, but cant argue that it sound fantastic down here now. its extremely flat. the bass is so smooth and tight, and i can bring more lows in without it becoming muddy. my highs are very crisp and clean without being fatiguing or overwhelming. im happy boy, hubba hubba hubba!
the view from my office right now