bleujazz3
07-10-2005, 08:30 AM
Cheeseburger (1/2 pounder) with pickles and my homemade BBQ sauce.
I've been working to correct a problem with my music room emanating too much bass upstairs. The 1st suggestion was to have put rubber matting (sometimes called Acouti-Blok) between the joists and wallboards, but that's a no-go, since the room is already finished.
The other option is to isoalte the speaker cabinets by raising them off the floor on homemade risers (for a total of $30 and a little labor, you can't go wrong.)
I'm using 2"x3", and 1/2" birch ply to build a box and platform. Under the box will go slotted (can you believe it?) hockey pucks that the box will sit on. I'm not attaching the pucks because it's supposed to be free-floating. (Attaching them would transmit sound to the floor, which acts as an amplifier for the entire room)
This is the quick fix. Other steps I may need to take are fiberglass fabric covered panels ala Auralex or similar. This is a bit more expensive, and will need to cover the ceiling. 96 square feet will run me around $280. I'll most likely need more than that, somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 square feet.
Which poses the question, if you have a music practice room that was refitted without the Acousti-Blok, what did you do to reduce bass from going through the ceiling? Or how did you handle sound isolation generally?
I've been working to correct a problem with my music room emanating too much bass upstairs. The 1st suggestion was to have put rubber matting (sometimes called Acouti-Blok) between the joists and wallboards, but that's a no-go, since the room is already finished.
The other option is to isoalte the speaker cabinets by raising them off the floor on homemade risers (for a total of $30 and a little labor, you can't go wrong.)
I'm using 2"x3", and 1/2" birch ply to build a box and platform. Under the box will go slotted (can you believe it?) hockey pucks that the box will sit on. I'm not attaching the pucks because it's supposed to be free-floating. (Attaching them would transmit sound to the floor, which acts as an amplifier for the entire room)
This is the quick fix. Other steps I may need to take are fiberglass fabric covered panels ala Auralex or similar. This is a bit more expensive, and will need to cover the ceiling. 96 square feet will run me around $280. I'll most likely need more than that, somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 square feet.
Which poses the question, if you have a music practice room that was refitted without the Acousti-Blok, what did you do to reduce bass from going through the ceiling? Or how did you handle sound isolation generally?