[JLM]

Yes, truncating corners would make the room more shaped like a circle or ellipse.  I've been in a couple of geodesic domes and the acoustics are weird.  If you stand in the middle it gets really strange.  And if you find a resonant frequency there you'll learn first hand what standing waves are.   

[Ethan Winer]

Yes, truncating corners would make the room more shaped like a circle or ellipse. I've been in a couple of geodesic domes and the acoustics are weird. If you stand in the middle it gets really strange. And if you find a resonant frequency there you'll learn first hand what standing waves are. 

No kidding!

I've played with several local orchestras that rehearse in a former library. It's a nice size room for the purpose, but the ceiling is arched and there are many "sub arches" all around the ceiling along the sides. The acoustics are terrible in there! I usually play in the cello section, but for one concert I played percusssion. It was the eeriest thing because I could hear one of the flute players, who was 40 feet away, as if she was right beside me. Other players much closer were all but inaudible. Curve surfaces may look great, but they stink for acoustics!

--Ethan

[Daygloworange]

Both those accounts are interesting. I wonder how that correlates to those sphere shaped speakers and their claims of not having standing waves and so on in their cavities due to not have corners as in standard speaker boxes.

Cheers

[Rocket_Ronny]

Best bass traps, IMHO, are no bass traps.

Just build your room open to the rest of the house, or at the minimum, just leave the door open in your listening room. 

Rocket_Ronny

[warnerwh]

Best bass traps, IMHO, are not bass traps.

Just build your room open to the rest of the house, or at the minimum, just leave the door open in your listening room. 

Rocket_Ronny

What if other people live there   It helps in my room as there's two doors but I designed my room to be isolated from the rest of the house. Only a tad bit of bass goes through the ceiling at loud levels. If I leave the doors open there's two females who live here and only one of me