Hi friends!
This is David. I just moved to start a new degree, and have settled down in my on campus rented apartment. I like nearly everything about it, including my surroundings.
But there's a major headache -- my bedroom, where I also listen to music and practice the piano. I have a pair of KRK Rokit5 G4s, nearfield desktop monitor with 5-inch cones and 1-inch tweeters. The walls in my room doesn't feel flat compared to my previous place, and I was told my room was nearly cube-shaped. Whenever I hear something rich with low bass, or the low kick drum, there's extra resonance coming from the back wall (the wall to the back of the room). There's one major resonance area where the two wall sections collide. I've placed a chair against the most rumbling portion I could hear, and it seemed to have done the trick. But a chair may not be the best long-term solution, and there's still rumbling when there's a low kick drum. I can't drill into the walls since it's an apartment on campus that is leased out to students.
What shall I do to make it less of a headache for me to listen to music in this room?
An example of what I'm talking about: the 2012 New York City Center Encores! recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and in particular Megan Hilty singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". Also, Frank Sinatra's New York New York can also fall into such example with that low bass. The A in the bass is especially resonant, more so than the rest of the notes the bass plays.
