THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 Most common walls are built with a frame…metal in commercial settings / wood in residential settings…with drywall affixed to both sides of the frame. With or without the batting insulation lined between the studs, the framing becomes the equivalent to a string pulled tight between two coffee cans. As air borne…
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Sound Panel Kits: Buyer Beware
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013 The internet is chock full of soundproofing suppliers that offer prepackaged “kits” of acoustic panels, all boxed up and ready to ship at what look like very low price points. While the internet can be a wealth of great information, it can also be a trap filled with alot of misinformation,…
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 Sound panels are made of core material designed to captured and convert unwanted sound wave reflections within a room. This lowers the level of ambient echo within a space, and in turn produces greater clarity to original sound. As a result, music sounds better, human voice is more intelligible, crowd noise…
Read MoreSound Panels: Location vs Quantity
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 Think of standing in the center of a room and blowing up a balloon until the skin of the balloon starts to touch the perimeter wall and ceiling surfaces in that room. This is how sound waves emanate from a sound source. Within a millisecond, every square foot of surface space…
Read MoreWhich Sound Panels Should I Use?
Sound panels is a generic term, often used to source websites online to find products that can range from acoustic foam to ceiling tiles, from cloth wrapped panels to waterproof baffles. The variety of sound panels found here on our website helps our consultants best match to the individual needs of each client we serve. …
Read MoreHow to Lower Excessive Background Noise
Whether seated in a noisy restaurant, a gym filled to capacity rooting on their home team, or a preschool filled with toddlers and loud kids, the noise that our ear drum experiences is a combination of both original sound and reflected sound. The soundproofing treatments in the marketplace do less to combat the original sound…
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Controlling excessive levels of noise in a classroom is critical to producing a more favorable learning environment. With more background noise, the teaching is compromised. With less background noise, the learning is enhanced. Sound panels are available for easy self-installation around the perimeter of any classroom, wall or ceiling mounted, to produce these intended sound…
Read MoreGym Noise
Gymnasiums are typically large, shoe-box shaped rooms with 3 sets of parallel surfaces that are hard and reflective. The setup lends itself to poor quality sound, whether the room is being used for gym class, sporting events, public speakers, musicals, concerts, proms, or a host of other purposes, a space like this has
Read MoreBuying Soundproofing Products Online
It is often hard to imagine for a new client that calls in randomly off Google that an online website can help resolve a sound/noise related problem. The key, we tell them, is to remember that online resources aren’t about producing a “cure” to the noise, but simply gaining more “control” over it. To produce this net effect,
Read MoreDoes Soundproofing Really Work?
Without a doubt, if it’s done right, soundproofing does really work, yes. The key to the success of any soundproofing treatment lies in product selection and quantities required to trigger the sound effects you are seeking. Your best first step is to source a supplier that has a long, healthy track record, a supplier who has
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