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Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?

In a video from 1/29/2021 (yesterday) Dennis Foley, Acoustic Fields warns people about acoustic treatment budgets. He asserts in this video that treatment will likely require (summing up the transcript):

Low end treatment: $5-10k

Middle-high frequency: $1-1.5k

Diffusion: Walls $10-15k, Ceiling: $30, 40, 50k

https://youtu.be/6YnBn1maTTM?t=160

Ostensibly, this is done in the spirit of educating people who think they can do treatment for less than this.

People here have warned about some of his advice. Is this more troubling information or is he on target?

For those here who have treated their rooms to their own satisfaction, what do you think of his numbers?


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baylinor's avatar
baylinor
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I got to $4,000 in acoustic treatment in my house of stereo system.  I can't imagine improving on it. I will leave it at that since obscene numbers don't interest me. 
mahgister's avatar
mahgister
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It cost me nothing but nobody believe it ..... 😁

They think it is a joke and that are valid only what is sold officially by an acoustic company....

The true point is without room controls most system could not work at their optimal level....

 Many  system very costly i listen to youtube are fatiguing with harsness, and people are not conscious at all about acoustic....I prefer my 500 bucks one.... What does it say about acoustic?
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raysmtb1
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I can’t even imagine the smell of all that foam. I have a foam pit at my indoor bike park and it cost us 20,000 worth of foam blocks to fill an area 4 foot tall by 16 feet wide by 24 feet long. The smell of the form fills the building I can’t imagine what it’s got to do to our normal size house.
vinylshadow
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$46 large? He is nuts.

I just spent $500 on 5 GIK Acoustic panels. 2 Bass traps for corners and 3 panels on the wall behind my couch. As Borat would say, That's a nice....

What do you expect a guy who's business is soley to sell acoustics to say.
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audioguy85
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Makes sense if you are insane...
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