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I find my ht3a's bass is too boomy in my room and wonder if plugging the bass reflex ports might help. I prefer not to move the speakers.I'm powering them with a conrad-johnson act6 pre-amp and a cr premier 140 amplifier.
I'm sure Jim and Dennis can help out with a formal answer. From a Fellow Salk owner please state your room dimensions,speaker placement and proximity to the rear wall. If you are set in your current placement then your placement is exciting the bass nodes in your room and you need rooms treatments and bass traps.I would not recommend that you plug the ports. But try and put a medium sized couch pillow directly behind your port and then listen. This will be your first indication of what will be needed. There are some good Vendors willing to help in the Acoustics forum,just state your layout and a good old Radio shack meter and a test tone CD will help narrow down what part of the frequency spectrum is causing the most problem.The TC Sounds Woofer moves a lot of air and can over pressurize a room in a hurry that has not been treated or has issues. Take your time and also try toe in for soundstage. The speakers are not Boomy, by design or execution. It is simply a matter of damping your room. Good luck!
What are your room dimensions?Where are the speakers located?In what range does it sound boomy?Plugging the ports will change the sound, but I am not sure it will necessarily be better.George
Quote from: zybar on 23 Dec 2008, 05:08 pmWhat are your room dimensions?Where are the speakers located?In what range does it sound boomy?Plugging the ports will change the sound, but I am not sure it will necessarily be better.GeorgeRoom dimensions are about 11ft wide by 22 feet long. Seven traps in the room, all Realtraps: 2 mondo (corners near speakers), 3 regular (2s at reflection, 1 on ceiling), 2 soffit (not made anymore, in corners away from speakers), 2 thin (put between speakers when playing). I also have two ASC traps under my two subs. The speakers are about 5 feet from the front wall, about 3 feet from the side walls.It's boomy only in the low frequencies, below midbass.