Those ugly room treatments! - AndrewH

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Those ugly room treatments!

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Posted by AndrewH on July 16, 2000 at 01:47:57

Hi everyone,

I went on a spree today and bought piles of insulation, polyester batting, hog wire, etc in hopes of making my own acoustic dampeners. The two wall panels I've made so far are freaking HUGE! and UGLY! Lemme explain:

I discovered R30 fiberglass insulation at Home Depot today--paper backed, 9 inch thick stuff! Jon Risch's recipe only calls for 6.5 or 8 inches for absorption down below 100 Hz. I suppose with 9 inches of the stuff I'm getting well below 100 Hz damping.

So, 9 inches by 2 ft wide by 4 ft tall, loosely wrapped (i.e. unprofessionally) in polyester batting, roughly tied with twine so it all doesn't fall apart, without the benefit of a cosmetic burlap outer covering, is quite dumpy looking.

They work quite well (when I stick my head next to one it feels like I've gone deaf in one ear) but JEEZUS! They're UGLY! And I plan to make MORE of these things? And tube traps also? What am I thinking?? My apartment will lose half of its livable volume! When people come over to visit and they see this stuff they're going to think I'm insane! Oh, wait a sec.

-Andrew ;)

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Topic - Those ugly room treatments! - AndrewH 01:47:57 07/16/00 (17)

update no. 2! - AndrewH 00:44:45 07/18/00 (0)

update - AndrewH 19:29:04 07/16/00 (1)

JR's absorption panels - Sean 23:16:10 07/16/00 (0)

Maggie users experience with bass traps? - Remco 07:25:24 07/16/00 (0)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - Kent 06:28:04 07/16/00 (1)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - Batman 09:09:09 07/16/00 (0)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - petew 05:46:47 07/16/00 (10)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - Batman 09:27:56 07/16/00 (1)

thanks Batman. I have the room optimizer software (nt) - petew 15:50:40 07/16/00 (0)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - Jon Risch 08:11:26 07/16/00 (7)

nearfield listening position ? about ceiling treatment - petew 11:15:54 07/16/00 (4)

Re: nearfield listening position ? about ceiling treatment - Jon Risch 21:56:16 07/16/00 (0)

Re: nearfield listening position ? about ceiling treatment - Jim Bookhard 14:45:34 07/16/00 (2)

articles on building dedicated rooms - petew 15:45:41 07/16/00 (1)

Re: articles on building dedicated rooms - Jim Bookhard 17:24:34 07/16/00 (0)

Excellent points, Jon... - Jim Bookhard 10:54:42 07/16/00 (0)

Re: Those ugly room treatments! - Batman 09:21:43 07/16/00 (0)

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