Well, I have reached the point where I can put all my toys in one place and do not think of another move in some time. The toyroom is approx. 3 by 2 metres; one door on a longer side and one window on a shorter side. One of the walls is 2 x aired concrete block construction (rest is made of plasterboards). I share the concrete one with a neighbour.
So I would like to know your opinion about 2 things:
1. How to soundproof the shared wall from my side, without construction works while keeping the interior not looking ugly.
2. Typical acoustic treatment does not do soundproofing. However, are there soundproofing materials, which
would serve an acoustic treatment purpose?
To be clear, I do not want to rip off plasterboards and mount soundproofing panels. I also do not want to get the best possible result. What I am after is an economically feasible solution, which attenuates results of my music activity to the neighbour.
Note: Buying property next door is out of question as well as kidnapping the neighbour.
DIY - soundproofing and acoustic treatment
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- KVRAF
- 1676 posts since 17 Dec, 2002 from Yorkshire
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- KVRAF
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
The best thing for acoustic treatment in small spaces is fiberglass.
Standard insulating fiberglass like Owens Corning R11 is cheap and available, but problematic because it takes up lots of space.
Rigid fiberglass like Owens Corning 703 or 705 is more convenient, but expensive and hard to find.
My personal favorite solution is to use suspended ceiling tiles like Armstrong 2906, which is available at most home improvement stores. They are made of rigid fiberglass with a sheet of thin vinyl glued to it. They are the same stuff as 703, but a bit cheaper and way easier to find.
In any case, the first place to put it is at what are called primary reflection points. You can learn about them here: http://realtraps.com/art_room-setup.htm
Putting the material, layered as thickly as possible, at these points will improve your sound greatly. Putting material in your corners is also important.
Cheap fabric can cover the fiberglass, and if you choose the right colors they can match your room easily. If you iron the wrinkles out of the cloth the fiberglass blends in easily. Most office panels are made of fiberglass covered with cloth.
Standard insulating fiberglass like Owens Corning R11 is cheap and available, but problematic because it takes up lots of space.
Rigid fiberglass like Owens Corning 703 or 705 is more convenient, but expensive and hard to find.
My personal favorite solution is to use suspended ceiling tiles like Armstrong 2906, which is available at most home improvement stores. They are made of rigid fiberglass with a sheet of thin vinyl glued to it. They are the same stuff as 703, but a bit cheaper and way easier to find.
In any case, the first place to put it is at what are called primary reflection points. You can learn about them here: http://realtraps.com/art_room-setup.htm
Putting the material, layered as thickly as possible, at these points will improve your sound greatly. Putting material in your corners is also important.
Cheap fabric can cover the fiberglass, and if you choose the right colors they can match your room easily. If you iron the wrinkles out of the cloth the fiberglass blends in easily. Most office panels are made of fiberglass covered with cloth.
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- KVRAF
- 2110 posts since 5 Oct, 2015 from Swedish / Living in Hong Kong
Try to avoid straight angles and put your monitors / speakers as far away from any wall as possible (I am talking about the front side of the monitors / speakers). Reflections are always stronger if speakers face a flat wall and especially if that wall is too close. It's good to have some distance from the wall behind the speakers as well, but dampers may be used behind the speakers.
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- KVRist
- 47 posts since 21 Jul, 2011
I've just been reading quite a bit about this lately, and although some suggest this, others mention that the speakers should actually be as close to the front wall as possible, with some treatment right behind them.