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Installing Sound Silencer Panels
Noise levels in large spaces with highly-reflective surfaces can quickly become overwhelming – especially if they are left acoustically untreated. The best strategy is to use acoustical absorber panels to reduce some of the energy of reflected sound as well as acoustical diffuser panels to help even it out. By diminishing and spreading out the […]
Installing Fabric-Wrapped Acoustic Panels
Whether you’re treating an office, a professional recording space, or a home entertainment room, acoustical treatments involve only two types of acoustical panels: absorbers and diffusers. Combining absorption and diffusion results in clearer, more satisfying acoustic experiences because it maintains some of the reverberation that is key to our ability to form accurate sound images. […]
Installing Poly Max™ Polyester Acoustical Wall Panels
If you’ve decided to acoustically treat a room, you can use absorptive acoustical wall panels to reduce some of the excess energy of reflected sound resulting in clearer and more-accurate sound. By removing some of the reflected sound energy – but not all of it – our ears and brains are better able to focus […]
Installing Envirocoustic Wood Wool Panels & Envirocoustic Wood Wool Hexagon Panels
In our blog and video, Your Brain On Sound, we discuss the nature of sound and human hearing. We look at how our brains interpret subtle differences in timing and tone to construct accurate sound images of our environments. In much the same way that our binocular vision enables us to perceive the world in […]
Acoustic Panels – What and Where
Acoustical treatments involve only two types of acoustic panels: absorbers and diffusers. Absorbers serve to soak up some of the excess reflected sound in a room. Diffusers, on the other hand, help to spread out the reflections in a room. Combining absorption and diffusion results in clearer, crisper, more satisfying acoustic experiences because it maintains […]
Fitness Acoustics: Can Your Class Hear You?
With summer just around the corner, more and more people are hitting the gym and attending group fitness classes such as spin cycling, yoga, CrossFit, and other health-oriented activities. An important key to any successful workout or class, of course, is listening to the instructor. Unfortunately, many gyms and fitness spaces are highly reverberant, making […]
Exploring the Detrimental Effects of Noise Pollution
When it comes to the consumer experience in retail settings, acoustics play an essential role in regulating their spending and levels of satisfaction. The acoustical environment of a business can make or break a customer’s experience within the establishment and can have a direct effect upon their spending. Too much noise can have adverse consumer […]
Exercise Room Acoustics
This was a job that was finished quite a few years ago. It was for a racquetball court that had been converted into an aerobics room. Ted recently discovered that the director of this rec center had posted a video of the exercise room, with typical music for a spin class playing, on YouTube.
Summer Sound Series: Acoustic Solutions for Loud Machinery
I manage an office building, and we have some mechanical equipment on the ground floor next to the building that has caused some noise complaints. Is there a somewhat easy and affordable solution to this?
Summer Sound Series: Screaming Toddlers, Noisy Gym
I run a daycare facility that includes a small gym for games, running around, etc. The problem is the echo–it’s almost unbearable!
