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slimboyfat · 7th February 2011

hi, i read all the posts from this thread and it was somewhat enlightening cause I only roughly now about room acoustics,
but some variations came to my head. Would they work?

If I cut rockwool into triangles and pile them on top of each other, then cover them with let's say cotton, would they be good absorbers for the corners if i just stuck them in place? would they need to be tight against the wall? could I cover them with woodpanels and leave a space between the wool and the panels, would that improve the effect like with tuned absorbers?
As far as I have understood, the cornerabsorbation should not take to many high frequencies right? maybe wood panels with holes to let some sound through?

what about the shape of the room? couldn't you reshape the room like westlake&co., to optimize it(maybe wood construction plaster boards) and apply the absorbers on the outside to hide them, leaving some of the walls made of cloth(next to the speakers for instance?) i was thinking that it might not make such a big price difference and if you use the right measures(maybe size of rockwool slates) it can be done within 4-5 days.. this could even make flush mounting possible( I'm not quite sure cause flush mounting might need more solid walls..)

oh boy, I'm just guessing here.. anyone with answers for my knotted brain?

7th February 2011	#128
slimboyfat Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 199	OLD THREAD I KNOW but not an old subject :) hi, i read all the posts from this thread and it was somewhat enlightening cause I only roughly now about room acoustics, but some variations came to my head. Would they work? If I cut rockwool into triangles and pile them on top of each other, then cover them with let's say cotton, would they be good absorbers for the corners if i just stuck them in place? would they need to be tight against the wall? could I cover them with woodpanels and leave a space between the wool and the panels, would that improve the effect like with tuned absorbers? As far as I have understood, the cornerabsorbation should not take to many high frequencies right? maybe wood panels with holes to let some sound through? what about the shape of the room? couldn't you reshape the room like westlake&co., to optimize it(maybe wood construction plaster boards) and apply the absorbers on the outside to hide them, leaving some of the walls made of cloth(next to the speakers for instance?) i was thinking that it might not make such a big price difference and if you use the right measures(maybe size of rockwool slates) it can be done within 4-5 days.. this could even make flush mounting possible( I'm not quite sure cause flush mounting might need more solid walls..) oh boy, I'm just guessing here.. anyone with answers for my knotted brain?