Excuse my ignorance but I've never even heard of bass traps before... What purpose do they serve? Do they absorb some excess, harsh, over powering bass? Or do they somehow bounce bass back into the listening area? I was under the impression that unlike the upper frequencies of the sound spectrum, bass was non-directional.

But if there are companies out there making products that redirect bass, then I suppose I don't quite understand bass as much as I thought I did.

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M80's
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VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
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