[stevefish69]

Hi guys,

I'm soon moving into a new house with a small loft conversion so have a dedicated room to play with. Due to the sloped walls / ceilings i thought id look into Sound Treatment Panels to get the best out of the room.

I looked into Auralex and was just about to pick up a small treatment pack i came across Hyped Up Acoustics which appear to be a small UK firm which has recently started up.

I picked up 16 wedge panels and 16 eggshell panels plus 4 Bass Traps for 1/4 the price that the Auralex would have cost. They have an E-Bay shop too

I have no connection with the firm and am just passing on my find. Once i have it all up and running in Feb I'll post some pix and my findings, but for the sake of less than £150 it's a no brainer

Steve

[All Acoustics]

no acoustic data to go with it?

[stevefish69]

Originally Posted by amioa

no acoustic data to go with it?

The Acoustic Data can now be found here as they have recently had a lot of their products BS tested.

Data or no Data, the proof is in the pudding and my loft room sounds leaps and bounds better than it did before - Pics of the tiles in place can be seen in the link on my Sig

The screen wall has been treated along with a few panels to treat the 1st reflections. These are hidden behind the black cloth covered frames.

Hope this helps someone else out as they worked out a lot cheaper than Auralex

[bighairybloke]

Got a quote to do my 7m by 4m room comprehensively- £1300 for the works with the better eXtreme wedge wall panels, down to £800 for the cheaper panels.

I priced up DIY with various grades of rockwool insulation and came to £600, so not bad to my mind.

Steve

[All Acoustics]

just checked acoustic data, class C for 50mm isnt good enough IMO. fiberglass will give you class B or A in some cases, though it is good to see that they have spent the money on having proof of performance(or lack of)

[samm]

Would these panels/bass traps be worth getting if I was to acoustically treat a mixing/studio/movie room with a budget of £200? Or would it be better to DIY it all? The other pictures are on my thread I checked out the pictures of your attic cinema room, it looks shweet, wish I had the money to build something like that

[reverbcue]

Originally Posted by amioa

just checked acoustic data, class C for 50mm isnt good enough IMO. fiberglass will give you class B or A in some cases, though it is good to see that they have spent the money on having proof of performance(or lack of)

I would be interested in seeing the data you quote with 2" fibre glass panels with a class A absorption.

Purpose made polyester acoustic foam offers very good controlled absorption over mid to high frequencies, good acoustic foam will exhibit a flatter absorption curve across the frequency range it is best suited to . Just the way a flatter response curve of a speaker indicates better performance.
This is no coincidence but rather the fact that acoustic foam has a uniform open cell structure which can't be achieved with mineral of fibre glass which tends to be random in consistency and distribution. A quick observation of absorption characteristics of fibre glass will reveal this fact.

Oh and besides for comparable performance you can't beat the price and convenience not forgetting the health benefits of not having to breathe in micro glass fibres whilst enjoying your movie.

On a separate note thanks AV forum as we've been using auralex tiles for years on our clients jobs and will be looking to sample out these out as the performance of their higher quality wedge tiles is the same as auralex wedgies.

Will keep you posted on how we get on.