Acoustic Panel Placement Mirror Trick

The easiest and cheapest way to treat your first reflection points is to use broadband absorption.

Acoustic panel placement mirror trick.

Acoustic foam works by reducing the amount of sound energy within a room. In most cases you re better off with thicker panels e g 8 inches because they absorb to lower frequencies. My room is an odd shape and curious if the mirror should be held flat against the wall or 90 degrees to the wall. Best to have an acoustic measurement system to place them correctly and do before after measurements.

Absorption is a very popular method of acoustic treatment because it is both readily available and relatively inexpensive. Place the panels on the hard surfaces to the left and right of the mixing position and the ceiling cloud above which is the minimum treatment expected. Call a friend. In fact the higher the frequency the more directional the sound waves tend to be.

Recording studio designers and acoustical engineers use a technique called ray tracing to find early reflection points. You will notice the improvements. In a home theater or 2 channel listening room these bounce off the nearby walls and produce very noticeable second order reflections which compete with the direct. This is great news.

2 inch thick panels are an absolute minimum. Fwiw the panels in my room are mounted horizontally on the sides. The difference the panels add to such a small room is astounding though. But if your room is already built there is an easier way to find your first reflection points.

Realizing many people don t want to drop 250 on the hardware for that the mirror trick will get you in the ballpark for placement. I made this visual to simplify the explanation. Placement of equipment within the room. I too noticed upper bass.

Acoustic panel placement the mirror trick. If i lay it flat on the wall along one wall i won t. Hi all i am setting up my acoustic panels tomorrow and was wondering about the mirror test. The panels on the front wall are mounted vertically mostly because they would not fit horizontally.

Sound above 400hz is considered to be directional. I didn t have to worry about placement because the room is only 11 x10. Placement of listeners within the room. We didn t do the geometry calculation but used a mirror instead to find the best placement.

It may not matter but i had to ask. We suggest ceiling clouds be at least 12 inches deep.