TubeTrap User Guide
This guide is intended to help the customer in placing their TubeTraps in the room to achieve maximum performance.
TubeTrap Performance
The tri-corner of a room transforms and compresses all of the acoustic energy in a sound wave into pure pressure fluctuations. TubeTraps are designed to take full advantage of the acoustic pressure zones created in the corners of a room. The patented design of the TubeTrap converts these pressure changes into air movement, and, through the regulated friction in the walls of the TubeTrap, energy is damped out of the sound wave.
Simply put, placing TubeTraps in your tri-corners will maximize the benefits of bass trapping due to the accumulation of acoustic pressure in these zones. Bass trapping the corners behind the main speakers will stabilize reverb buildup in the front of the room and add shock control for attack transients. This will remove room boom and clarify tonality and soundstage.
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Tube Trap Placement
At first placement of the TubeTraps in the front corners (behind the speakers) of the room, orient the reflector to point towards the listening position to maintain room ambience. The chrome buttons on the front side of the TubeTrap locates the center point of the built-in reflector. The TubeTraps can then be rotated (tuned) to find the preferred personal listening arrangement.
Add 2 more TubeTraps in the back corners to smooth out peaks and valleys of the major room modes. Add additional side wall TubeTraps halfway between speakers and the listening position to block early side wall reflections and enhance imaging. Orient the reflectors on the side wall Tube Traps toward the back, and corner TubeTraps toward the listener.
