I set up a karaoke room in the house, all hard surfaces including a hardwood floor. Will these reduce the "echo" of the room if I put em on the wall?
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It will certainly help a great deal, but the thin part of the channel may allow some sound to hit the wall and bounce. What I did was attach 1/2" styrofoam panels (from Lowes or The Home Depot) using double stick tape to the wall, and then tape/glue/staple the ATS wedges to that. They actually look pretty good especially if you alternate the pattern.
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It's only a guess but I would say yes. I used them on a stand up cardboard box to make a pseudo sound booth for recording and it is working well. Good Luck.
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It will reduce the "eco", but also with a good microphone, and a good pre amp as a focusrite, or other one, will improve the queality of the audio. If you want more information, you can go to "Youtube" and look for imrproving audio when singing.Thanks,
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Yes, Im pretty sure they will. I used these to make an enclosed box for my generator and i can barely hear it running. So i thing it will work great for what you want to do
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Yes, they do. Also, I've found that if you put a piece of foam or rubber behind the lower part of the speakers, they don't touch the wall and produce no vibrations. :-)
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I have hardwood floors, too, and it did reduce noise and vibration quite a bit. That being said, I would have to think the thicker mat would be best for noise reduction.
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Normally, no. What would probably make the most sense would be to mount them in a "2pi" configuration, in other words right at the boundary of wall and ceiling. With the "u" shaped mounting brackets you can do a little experimenting, but "bouncing" sound will usually result in loss of certain frequencies and a kind of "smeared" sound.
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In my experience, that is not necessary. Really, it's a matter of what sounds better to you since the acoustics varies from one room to the next. If you crank these up, the sound is going to fill the room regardless.
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Don't think so. They aren't very loud sounds either. Especially for a ckassroom.
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I don't think it helps much to soundproof a room. However, it does help to tame some of the high frequencies so the sound is less bright inside the room.
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Sorry, the answer is both yes and no. Yes, the ultrasonics will penetrate through wall(s). But as with anything behind closed doors, it's harder to hear. The good news is that ultrasoncis penetrate more easily than the 'normal' frequency range of the human voice in the same way that certain wavelengths of light (the non visible ones) pass more easily through objects. For Best results....install one in the attic.
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I have them installed in a 12x12 room and they do very well with sound to spare. These can mount in the corner of a room (mounting brackets handle that). If they were mounted high enough and clear of obstacles, then they should easily fill a larger room. I was thinking of getting another pair for a 24 x 30 room that I have.
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I have mine in front of my washer and dryer with door to the room shut! So I would say they really don't deadened any sound.
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Yes Jeremy, they work great for killing echoes. I have them in my music studio for the same effect. I was get nasty echoes in my recordings. These fixed that right up! Good luck.
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As others have noted, these will help with reflections, which should improve the acoustics of the room a lot. However, for a basement theater, you should also install some bass traps, as bass energy is often the culprit when you have hard, reflective walls and floors. Auralex makes some (relatively) inexpensive bass traps that are pretty effective. If you only have budget for these or for bass traps, I recommend doing the bass traps. You'll get far more improvement for the money.
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i would think they'd do the trick for you. they don't block out everything, but definitely take the "hard edges" off sound. i work in a very noisy office, and since using these, nobody is in danger of getting smacked anymore <grin>
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NIKKI, these will help limit the bass from bouncing around your unit but it won't keep the sound out of your unit. For that, you need some serious insulation in the ceiling or walls you share. To really limit how much bass you hear from an adjoining unit is very hard without spending a lot of $$$ , as the low frequencies cause vibration in the structural framing, which tends to amplify the bass vibrations. That's why you also feel the bass in your floor and walls, not just hear it.Insulation will help but it won't eliminate it. Might be cheaper to buy noise canceling headphones or pay for music lessons so the quality of the bass playing improves! Reminds me of "Neighbors" by the Rolling Stones! Good luck!
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Yes, I think it will reduce the vibration but not compleatly eliminate it they have kept my floor fans from vibrating across the room.
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I myself so far do not have an echo effect, but if the speakers didnt sound right to me, I would just move them just a little one way or another until they sounded right. Hope this helps.
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Hi Chad.Yes. I'd put them on opposing walls and on as many surfaces as I can. The idea behind this foam isn't sound attenuation its sound treatment. You want to reduce or eliminate as much sound wave bounce or natural echo as you can. I hope that was helpful. Good luck on your build.