I have the Magico S3 2023 speakers in a lightly acoustically treated room. A friend of mine brought over two AVAA C214 Digital Active Bass Traps that he uses in his own audio system for testing at my place. The results at my home, although not as pronounced as what he experiences in his own problematic acoustically environment, still showed improvements (my space is larger, parallel, and with no wall behind the listening place) - notably in imaging, high and mid octaves, and the elimination of any bass standing waves (my room have standing wave issue from 80hz - 125hz of +6DB, using bass traps at the front wall corners behind the room curtain solve most of it).
After comparing the sound with and without the digital bass traps, we switched them off and opened a window about 5 cm wide, positioned near the location of the standing wave. Surprisingly, the results were very similar. Eventually, we tried two Vicoustic Vari Bass Ultra units, placing them in the same spot where the C214s were positioned and set them to 88 dB (this can be change according to need).
The results were remarkably close to using the C214s or opening a window, I would estimate at over 95%. The difference was hardly noticeable unless playing extremely deep (and synthetic) bass tracks at volumes that I couldn't listen to for more than a few seconds (Malia\Brois Blank - Fever, Marcin - Layla, Kashmir as examples).
There are multiple effective solutions, some of them won't even cost you money. For now, I've decided to keep the Vari Bass Ultra units installed, but I may consider investing in active bass traps in the future.
After comparing the sound with and without the digital bass traps, we switched them off and opened a window about 5 cm wide, positioned near the location of the standing wave. Surprisingly, the results were very similar. Eventually, we tried two Vicoustic Vari Bass Ultra units, placing them in the same spot where the C214s were positioned and set them to 88 dB (this can be change according to need).
The results were remarkably close to using the C214s or opening a window, I would estimate at over 95%. The difference was hardly noticeable unless playing extremely deep (and synthetic) bass tracks at volumes that I couldn't listen to for more than a few seconds (Malia\Brois Blank - Fever, Marcin - Layla, Kashmir as examples).
There are multiple effective solutions, some of them won't even cost you money. For now, I've decided to keep the Vari Bass Ultra units installed, but I may consider investing in active bass traps in the future.