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November 11, 2026 § Leave a comment
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All our treatments – the corner and Tri-Traps, absorption, diffusion and scattering panels – were built to specification by GIK Acoustics LLC in Leeds. GIK Acoustics was even able to colour match its fabrics to our interior decor – everything counts when creating a peaceful room…
Aside from the Scopus bass traps already discussed, all our treatments are broadband, a mix of diffusion at the point of first reflection with intertwined absorption and scattering in the rear half of the room where 50% of the panels include scatter plates.
KEF’s engineers even specified the IKEA Kallax shelving system at the rear of the room as part of the strategy. Filling the cells with random shapes, rather than packing them solid with LPs, is still a work in progress! Nevertheless, this all has a purpose – we change what’s coming back from the walls by the same amount across all frequencies, so our reflected and reverberant soundfield has the same tonal balance as the direct sound.

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