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Looking for reasonably priced sound diffusion.

I am looking for sound diffusion panels for placement on my ceiling. They need to be lightweight (no holes in the ceiling) effective and reasonably priced. No more then $80 panel or so for 2X2 feet. Like to actually spend less.

I have seen products by RPG - Skyline and Auralex - T-Fusers. The Skyline is to pricey. Not sure about those plastic looking T-Fusers.

I have good absorption and simply want to mix in a few diffusers on my ceiling and perhaps behind my speakers replacing absorption panels now there. The side walls and wall behind me have good absorption. I also have floor to ceiling bass traps behind the speakers in the corners of the room.

My sound is very good, but I feel this could be a nice final room touch. Perhaps helping out things when music is played very loudly which I like to do at times.

The room is 24 feet by 18 feet with 8 foot ceilings. You can see my room as part of my virtual system.

My speakers are out 7 feet from the front wall.

Thanks for your help.
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mrderrick
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I forgot to ad that pmerecords.com also has plan for a DIY Skyline QRD and a link to a calculator for specific freq designs. The calcultor is part of a larger site that also has calculators to design all the different diffuser styles.
mrderrick
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Sorry for beating this to death, but I found the original site that I wanted to mention. mh-audio.nl ,acoustic calculators galore for DIY. Go to the online calculator section, not the download section. You will find all the info that you need to desigh, have fun!
schipo
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Auralex makes a 36 panel pack for 99.00 there 12"X12"Squares there light and look very easy to mount. You could consider them and if you like what you hear you can always move up to a more advanced model diffuser.
schipo
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also Decware has a kit which i think would be right in your price range and would take a shorter time to build. the kit for 1 pair 24 x 24 x 3" Diffuser kit P1324 goes for 150.00 and are made of solid wood and most likely glued together using carpenters glue...
blindjim
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I’ve a couple Q’s here myself, please. … and maybe an answer as well for the OP…. or at least an alternative choice

First… How low a ceiling does one have to have for these things to be of consequence? Or is there some specified distance from the top of the speaker to the ceiling in order for these gizmos to be effective?

Next… Why would actual diffuser panels or squares be better and how does one decide how much and where to place it/them?

When I repainted and remodeled the living room for a theater, I wrongly listened to others and had the ceiling painted a similar but softer white. Bad move. The eye catches enough of it to be distracting as the screen is wall mounted, so it needs to be much darker.

I vaguely recall a wall paper maker that has a fairly good selection of fabrics and colors that act as diffusion and very slight absorption. Materials and are assigned the terms ‘Acoustical room treatment fabrics’.

The idea of diffusion on the ceiling and changing the color as well seem a good enough reason to put the difuse wall paper up there in my circumstance. As it won’t catch the eye like individual panels will, and should prove quite complimentary without over damping a room.

It can be had in tiles or rolls depending on who you get what from. In one case I noted 12 tiles sell for $35.

http://www.mioculture.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2

www.noiseout.com

http://designerwallcoverings.com/WallpaperStore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=590

other’s are out there for sure… just keep Googling.
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