Hi: I had a water leak from my refrigerator, that damaged the ceiling in my basement listening room directly below. So, I thought I would make the best out of the situation, and remove everything from the room, and start over from scratch--beginning with removing the drywall from the ceiling, and installing insulation. My original intent was to insulate from the noise coming from the kitchen, but I am also learning that this will improve bass response in my room?
I have a hodgepodge of acoustic panels and bass traps (GIK and other brands). When the room is done, I want to reinstall most of the GIKs that I already have, and then purchase some of their newer products, focusing on diffusion. I have gotten excellent advice from them so far, and I have a pretty good idea of how I want to proceed. However, the more I research, the more questions I have--Not wanting to take advantage of their time, I thought I would post additional questions here--Maybe someone else can be helped at the same time. In my research, I have come across many different opinions, but the one common theme is that you can not have too much bass trapping--but the problem is the balance between controlling the bass, and killing off too much of the upper frequencies.
With that in mind, I plan to start by reinstalling all of my Tri-Traps (two in each corner). Since my 12' X 14' room has a 9 foot ceiling, it occurred to me that the 12" X 48" monster traps with the range limiters may work well around the entire perimeter of the ceiling. The test results seem to compare favorably to the soffit traps, while being much less expensive and bulky. It would seem as though I could get a lot of bass trapping without excess absorption. Am I on the right track?