Some of the things you can do to keep it looking like it is being lived is by hanging quilts and maybe a quilt on a quilt rack next to your reflection areas. I found hanging a nice Indian saddle blanket behind the speakers looks nice and is very functional while keeping the WAF factor high....In most cases doing 1 peice at a time you will notice the changes each time and you can stop when your happy...Good Luck!
Acoustical wall panels
Getting rid of all my foam sonex panels as I have a (WAF) situation going on and I was wondering what people have used to treat echo slap, tame the room down etc...I know the RPG, ASC, Room Tunes, Real Traps..Looking for something 1" thick covered in fabric that will tame a room down a bit and looks good. I will be doing first reflection on side walls and ceiling, a few behind the speakers also.Thanks
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I use Quest Acoustical Interiors Ceiling Clouds and Wall Panels. They are 2 ft x 4 ft x 1 in made from Owens-Corning 703 fiberglass and covered with Guilford of Maine acoustically transparent fabric. Guilford has about 50 different colors/shades. The Ceiling Clouds are white(ish) and the wall panels are claret red. http://www.questai.com |
Jsawhitlock, The ceiling clouds were part of a Rives audio design of the room. The panels were shipped (10 of them) in a large coffin shipping crate direct from Quest. Quest had "painted" a resin hardener on the backs in the 4 corners to which a bracket was to be screwed into, the a mate bracket to be screwed into the ceiling. They also sent a tub of cove base adhesive that I could use if I wanted to go the Velcro route. I purchased heavy duty Velcro (2 100 rolls) from http://www.mcmaster-carr and applied the cove base adhesive to the backs, the velcro to that, then other self adhesive velcro to the ceiling. It works, but only if your ceiling surface is very smooth, mine isn't, and the panels kept coming off. I wound up going with 2" long white Lexan "butterfly" bolts with threads and nuts. Drill through each corner of the panel, into the ceiling, push the bolt through the panel into the ceiling, flick the bolt so the little wing opens up in the ceiling to hold it in place, thread the white nut up and snug the panel to the ceiling. So far, so good on that.... |
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