Plaster Walls


Seems like the best place to address this issue.

I purchased a home that unfortunately has plaster walls. I've been told it will create havoc for loudspeakers and the audio quality of a home stereo.

Is there any way to minimize the problem of having plaster walls in a room without having to resort to replacing them with sheet rock? Can't afford that.
will62
Yeah plaster should be fine. Plain sheetrock is the worst. I had to move back to the basement with stone walls because the modern sheetrock was thrumming. It you do ever decide to sheetrock, put it over the plaster.
Plaster is preferred for its acoustical properties. You did well. Rodman is right. Drywall is a step backward.
Rodman99999 nailed it (pun intended). "Plaster/lath is much denser, more rigid and thus: less resonant"
I agree with all of the above. I have had systems in both plaster and drywall, and I think plaster is preferable.
Sheetrock is unknown in Germany , Plaster is.
Every room I ever had in Germany was better than any American one I ever had.
Outer walls being 2-3 feet thick might have had something to do with it as well.
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