I'm sure a lot of the guru's and audioholics on here are familiar with the Subwoofer crawl method.  I have to say that in the beginning I tried it and never really found much differences in my room except close to a corner.

We'll, just yesterday I had an experience.  I was playing some 2 channel music then had to take care of some man business.  I went into the half bath with is just off the kitchen which is adjacent to my family room containing my Aperions.  Well why I was in there i noticed some of the cleanest, deepest most airy bass that I have ever heard.  It felt like my whole bathroom was a pool of Bass.  Then I got to thinking about the crawl technique...should i put my subwoofer in my bathroom I said jokingly to myself.  Well, heck yeah if I'm going to get Bass like this

But that's probably not a good idea.  However it did bring up the thought of some bass traps in my family room.  I am serious considering getting a couple bookshelves to go behind my listening position to trap and redirect some Bass to the sweet spot  Has anyone here done any experimentation with Bass Trapping?  If so I would like to know about it.

Thanks,

DAn

Hi Dan, not sure how we missed your post--my apologies for the late reply. Bass traps in the corners or along the front or back walls of a room works wonders for improving bass impact and clarity, however this cannot be accomplished with bookshelves (bookshelves are at best are only mildly diffractive at high frequencies and would unfortunately not affect the bass). Bass trapping does not actually redirect the frequencies and instead absorbs standing waves ( in fact, redirecting bass would be undesirable since it would muddy up the sound and blunt the impact of bass transients)-- therefore large, absorptive devices, tuned directly for bass frequencies, would be called for, due to the long wavelengths of bass frequencies. Here's a couple of links worth checking:

--more good information on how to treat your room, and some room tuning products as well:

http://www.realtraps.com/facts.htm

--Another option for bass traps:

 http://www.gikacoustics.com/gik_monster.html

Hope this info helps, and happy listening.

Regards,

Oliver