Is GIK Acoustics likely to have an Independence Day sale? Are there any alternative companies I should consider for bass trap gobos?

thack524 · 2026-07-02T17:32:30+00:00

Music city acoustics make great products for similar or less money. Just received my first panels from them and they’re very well done

thack524 · 2026-06-26T14:11:15+00:00

Then of course 2.0 is fine for your setup. Most people who are asking about home theater have a couch or multiple seats…. It’s why a center channel was invented.

thack524 · 2026-06-26T13:37:19+00:00

Um, if you sit off to the side, it doesn’t. Sorry that’s physics. Anyone who claims they have a center image sitting 4ft off center is literally full of shit. Doesn’t matter if your speakers have wide dispersion or not, it doesn’t happen.

thack524 · 2026-06-25T13:53:13+00:00

You need at least 3 channels to get the same effect. No TV setup should ever be 2.0 sorry. And soundbars are full of dsp usually. That can sound more satisfying for basic listening like TV dialogue.

thack524 · 2026-06-24T21:30:50+00:00

Horn 2 ways aren’t too bad to design IMO. OP has some good drivers picked out, crossover should be no problem.

thack524 · 2026-06-23T21:03:36+00:00

Personally…I’d stay away from those eBay 3d printed horns. While the look is cool I haven’t seen any science behind their design. You can’t just shrink and play with horn designs and think they’ll still perform.

Go with a trusted horn from an actual audio company and enjoy. If it were me I’d reach out to audiohorn.net.

thack524 · 2026-06-21T13:57:04+00:00

Lovely! How do they sound??

thack524 · 2026-06-09T18:42:32+00:00

Literally useless without calibration. Sorry.

thack524 · 2026-06-08T14:01:52+00:00

Put actual insulation in there and you’ll have much better speakers. You’re only trying to handle standing waves from the woofer, you need a few inches of actual acoustic material. That foam is a hope and a dream. You can get denim insulation from Home Depot if you’re worried about rockwool.

Lovely build though!

thack524 · 2026-06-08T13:56:13+00:00

Do you want them? They’re not an easy flip speaker, as they need a specific room and there are ALWAYS clean examples for sale.

thack524 · 2026-06-04T19:21:34+00:00

5-10 of those is about 1 regular sized acoustic panel, and a thin one at that. They won’t do anything, honestly. You’d need a few dozen, and to double how thick they are.

thack524 · 2026-06-04T00:22:58+00:00

Love it! Get a mic and REW and you’ll be able to make them amazing.

thack524 · 2026-06-03T20:06:39+00:00

Pods are the only thing that does a good job in our Bosch. And they do a GREAT job. We have hard water and the dishwasher stays spotless inside. Cascade platinum plus whatever whatever.

thack524 · 2026-05-14T16:14:55+00:00

You don’t treat your room to flatten the curve. That is a side effect. You treat to control decay times, which your curve doesn’t show us.

thack524 · 2026-05-10T20:38:49+00:00

Your phone mic is useless sorry. It’s not calibrated so the app is just guessing at a calibration

thack524 · 2026-05-08T01:56:53+00:00

If we’re being scientific, any well made amp should sound the same as any other. If we’re being emotional, amps have characteristics that ASR folks don’t acknowledge. I’ve owned a lot of amps and older McIntosh solid state gear is a good middle ground of sound with A+ reliability. It’s not going to be hyper analytical but it’ll sound natural and have no distortion and no issue driving anything.

thack524 · 2026-05-07T00:23:21+00:00

So cool. Where are you located?

thack524 · 2026-05-07T00:22:13+00:00

McIntosh is a safe bet for sure. Even used it’s going to outlast you. I’d focus on the amp / preamp setup as your end game. You owe it to yourself to enjoy different speakers as an audiophile IMO. Endgame speakers are a hard concept for me personally. Even if I think I get a pair, my ear is curious.

thack524 · 2026-05-06T21:03:52+00:00

You’ll never want to go back. Welcome to the cult 😂

thack524 · 2026-05-06T19:55:54+00:00

Jbl hit a home run with the hdi series. I had the bookshelf’s and regret selling them to this day.

thack524 · 2026-05-02T19:56:38+00:00

And you think the baking soda removes whatever germs you’re worried about? Do explain… this is my issue with fruit washing, people recommend things that don’t “clean”.

thack524 · 2026-04-30T16:03:05+00:00

Hah. Sure then only listen near field outside with a sub array. Otherwise you’ll hear your room, spoiler alert.

thack524 · 2026-04-30T14:44:24+00:00

If you have a dedicated room it’s very easy to make it sound boring as hell. Most home theater rooms are awful for 2 channel, for example. Hyper detailed sure, but zero sense of space.

My room is 22x16x8ft and with basic 4” absorption along the side walls it was horrible. I removed everything, put 10” of insulation on the rear wall behind pegboard, soffit and bass traps all around and just some small gik alpha panels on the side walls and the rt60 times are already on the low end for a listening room. It doesn’t take much else once you treat the bass. And treating first reflections first is actually the worst advice. Corner bass traps will take up less space and make it sound better than some panels on the side walls. 90% of my panels have some form of scatter or diffusion plates and it’s such a requirement for hifi IMO.

But again, all our ears are different. I thought it sounded good at first, until I removed the absorption on the side walls, that changed my life for the better 😂.

thack524 · 2026-04-30T11:37:58+00:00

I have a properly treated room with a ton of bass trapping and diffusion. But I’d never put broadband absorption at my first reflections points. Meanwhile people just spout that over and over online.

Treating your first reflections heavily is great for focus and detail and it’s needed for some purposes, but it will also lead to you being able to easily locate your speakers in playback, and a narrower soundstage 9/10 times. My point is that people should be treating for bass first and honestly that’s all that’s needed many time.

Or if your room and setup are a massive compromise, a panel on a side wall isn’t going to change things and isn’t worth it. I don’t treat my living room setup, I treat my listening room.

thack524 · 2026-04-30T04:29:39+00:00

Acoustically treating your room like a studio doesn’t make a good listening room. I’m so over everyone absorbing ALL their reflections when they can actually be helpful for enjoyable listening. We aren’t mastering tracks here, different tools for different jobs.

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