Building bass traps BEHIND cornered speakers or AROUND them?
So I'm having that kind of small room in which both my speakers sit directly in corners. I could pull them out a little bit, but figured that in regards to SBIR it's handier this way. Now I wanna do some DIY treatment to the room and I'm wondering if i can manage to put some treats in the corners right behind the speakers.
Since the speakers are currently pretty much touching the corners, i'm asking myself whether i should pull them away and stuff the corners, or keep them at their current position and build treatment around them so that the speakers would be more or less flush with the absorbers.
In both scenarios the treatment would be at the same position and thickness, only for the second option i would cut out a hole for the speakers instead of pulling them out of the corner.
Do you guys see any advantages, disadvantages or simply stupidity worth mentioning? My guts tell me that pulling them away is only worth it if the treatment is thick enough to fully counter the issues i'd get with increased SBIR for doing so, but cutting a hole in the absorber leaves me with less absorbing material in total, which can also be an argument.
Would love to hear your thoughts!