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Hi,

I am refurbishing my place and no longer need those panels as well as bass traps.

The panels are made by Vicoustic, company that specialise in acoustic solutions for recording studios, theatres as well as acoustic treatments of domestic rooms. The panels are designed to reduce flutter echoes.
I can recommend them for plasterboard walls.

The panels were attached to the walls and do not think about using anything like double side tape to attach them but only liquid nails or similar strong permanent glue to hold them will be suitable.
The wooden panels are in great condition as well as the foam, but from the wall side they have marks after the glue. The external wood works as partial diffuser and the foam as absorber.

Each panel is 60x60cm and 6cm deep. Cherry colour.

In addition I have 2 bass traps of my own make. They look pretty good for diy job.;)
Those are made from compressed fibreglass tubes of high density. The chamber is divided in half.
From the front side under external fabric there is a layer of reflective film to reflect midrange and high frequencies. The tubes are covered in good quality fabric and the top and bottom cap is made from real wood.

For 6 panels – 250 euro

For bass traps – 150 euro

Together 350 euro

Thanks
Maciej

Bass traps - 123cm high and 30cm diameter.

did you stick the foam side to the walls ???

Wondering how you decided where to fit them ?

willsandbills wrote:did you stick the foam side to the walls ???

Wondering how you decided where to fit them ?

Hi,

Sorry for late reply. I was away for the weekend.

When I moved to my previous place I knew right away that the room need some acoustic treatment.

What is common issue with acoustics in many rooms was something that was taking away pleasure of listening. No matter how good your system is or how well recorded music you are listening when the room is not acoustically friendly you can forget about achieving good results.
As majority of internal walls in new houses are made from plasterboards, very often lacking any insulation you are left with empty chamber prone to vibrate. On the top of this with light floor panels the sound from any system is very poorly defined, hollow.

I did not want to use excessive furniture or heavy curtains or similar stuff, but I was looking for solution that will work and look good at the same time.
The panels from Vicoustic are made from foam which on one side is flat. This side is used to be glued to the wall. On the other side of the square are deep T-shape like small squares. The foam can be used on it’s own or you can use wooden panel with cuts that can be attached to it. If only foam is used it works as absorber. When is used with conjunction with the wooden panel it works partially as absorber and reflector. You can decide what works best in your room by adding the wooden panels or taking them off.

To attach it I used liquid nails as I tried double side tape and every time I was away for few hours I was finding the panels on the floor.

I placed few of those in-between the speakers and few directly on the opposite wall behind my listening chair. I did not spend much time contemplating on where to place them as I had not much choice due to the size of my room as well as I knew that anything I will do will be better than nothing.

Did it fix the problem? Yes it did well enough job to recommend to somebody else using the panels. I added some acoustic devices that took away of the booming, echoing. The sound was more precise, more saturated, and cleaner. Perhaps I could have use some shelving or additional carpet instead.

I can compare the panels to Tellurium Q cables which I owned in the past. Somehow they both purified the sound from ,,unpleasant dirt’’ ;)

Now Sebastian has those panels as well as the bass traps and all it’s back again, hollow and poorly defined.

Regards
Maciej