Absorbtion and Bipolar speakers

[Slats]

I've read alot about room treatment and I have a rough Idea of what will happen to the sidewalls, ceiling, and rear wall. What I'm not so sure about is the front wall. My mains are Bipolar ( Definitive BP30's ) and absorbing energy directly behind them would be counter productive. Should I put anythign behind them? diffuse? absorb off axis behind them?

Any advise is appreciated so I can shorten my experimentation. I plan to use the room mostly for HT and some multichannel music.

Also. Anyone have experience with auralex?

 

[WmAx]

I've read alot about room treatment and I have a rough Idea of what will happen to the sidewalls, ceiling, and rear wall. What I'm not so sure about is the front wall. My mains are Bipolar ( Definitive BP30's ) and absorbing energy directly behind them would be counter productive. Should I put anythign behind them? diffuse? absorb off axis behind them?

If you have sufficient space between the front wall and speakers[minimum 3'(1 meter)], there is no reason to absorb or diffuse the sound, unless you simply don't like the effect. I am not familar with the polar response characteristics[but if they used bipolar topology, they might have been sure to have very even horiztonal response, also] of the BP30, but you could possibly reduce sound quality by dampening the 1st side wall reflections, also, provided you had enough space between the walls and speakers to begin with. Obviously, if you can't get sufficient distance from the wall(s), you should dampen the reflection(s), otherwise the effect will be negative.

-Chris