2016/11/12 09:31:02
spacey
I got these panels to replace 12"x12" wedge type around my desk.
The black wedge I glued to drywall around a decade. They were a mess. Couldn't vac them, they'd just fall apart.
BUT- they did fit together good unlike these. 
I glued these panels to pegboard - 2'x4' -screwed to wall. One run is 2' x 8' other 2' x 5'
Wasn't going to glue them to the drywall-learned that was not good.
Nice to have clean foam but it would have been better if they would have matched up to each other.
Could trim to make them- none of the edges cut to pattern and I needed them full size to fit nice.
Thought I'd mention. May be others that like and expect things to be...right.
 
Oh...burgundy is a nice change from the black. They offer blue too. Not sure why shades/colors limited but oh well.
 

 
2016/11/12 20:47:23
craigb

 
Sounds much better than using egg cartons! 
2016/11/13 04:05:21
bapu
craigb, how do egg cartons sound?
2016/11/13 09:39:46
Moshkito
bapu
craigb, how do egg cartons sound?




Usually with 3 dozen per cartoon. Eggz that is!
2016/11/13 10:00:00
bitflipper
Since you've attached the foam to pegboard and screwed them to the wall, consider adding some spacers behind them to create a void between the pegboard and the wall. If you can manage a gap equal to the thickness of the foam you'll drop the lowest frequency they'll be effective at by half or more.
 
The reason for limited color options is that the dye is mixed in with the foam during manufacture. So when they make, say, a burgundy run they'll be making a whole bunch of it at one time. You could no doubt special-order a batch of pink or chartreuse, but it'd have to be a big enough order to justify making several pallets' worth.
2016/11/13 10:03:12
eph221
bitflipper
Since you've attached the foam to pegboard and screwed them to the wall, consider adding some spacers behind them to create a void between the pegboard and the wall. If you can manage a gap equal to the thickness of the foam you'll drop the lowest frequency they'll be effective at by half or more.
 
The reason for limited color options is that the dye is mixed in with the foam during manufacture. So when they make, say, a burgundy run they'll be making a whole bunch of it at one time. You could no doubt special-order a batch of pink or chartreuse, but it'd have to be a big enough order to justify making several pallets' worth.




 
Yes, the void is important.
2016/11/13 12:13:15
spacey
Thanks for the tips Bit and the color isn't such a deal. Just seems they'd offer more, marketing plus but what do I know?
 
Mainly posted to warn of the quality. I spent $80.00 ( 4 panels)  I felt it should at least be uniform cuts and they should match-up together. I mean they're cut so bad a single panel doesn't even look right.
 
 

The foam? I don't know how much difference it makes with my set-up. I put it up back when I got the JBLs and they have the control software. Pretty cool and it works for me. (the pic doesn't show changes it makes when test is run)
I put the wedges up when I got the speakers and put this stuff up so I didn't have to repair and paint the drywall and I also like the dark background. 
 
Maybe this stuff will last as long as the wedges. Either way since my DAW is in the den, I'm not trying to be a producer and the stuff is a dust collection problem I'll be repairing drywall and painting when it comes down.
2016/11/14 10:23:54
Moshkito
Hi,
 
The band I lived with turned the garage into a studio and we used the egg cartons from work, since both Tom and I did most of the morning cooking. I don't recall the distance, but we did double up the egg cartons, with one on top of the other reversed so the higher tops of each up side touched, and that seemed to help trim down a lot of the sound from the neighbors, even though we never did really but it up full sound, but the drums were really the hardest thing to trim down, and Tom had a Carl Palmer kind of setup with a dozen toms and such.
 
Very lovely and interesting time, I only wish I had had more time to study music with them, but it was difficult with me doing UCSB at the time, and working full time, and directing scenes and plays at night.
2016/11/14 10:52:03
BassDaddy
eph221
bitflipper
Since you've attached the foam to pegboard and screwed them to the wall, consider adding some spacers behind them to create a void between the pegboard and the wall. If you can manage a gap equal to the thickness of the foam you'll drop the lowest frequency they'll be effective at by half or more.
 
The reason for limited color options is that the dye is mixed in with the foam during manufacture. So when they make, say, a burgundy run they'll be making a whole bunch of it at one time. You could no doubt special-order a batch of pink or chartreuse, but it'd have to be a big enough order to justify making several pallets' worth.




 
Yes, the void is important.


+2 It's all about the void
2016/11/14 13:00:56
batsbrew
i use 3M Super77
 
for temporary installation....
 
just a little spray on just the foam......
and has held on my current studio installation for over 3 years now.
maybe the size of a quarter, is all i applied, to the center....
 
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