Pre-Product Announcement from GIK Acoustics. The Screen Panel!

[Weasel9992]

Tracking is one of the biggest challenges in the typical non-purpose built room. It's really hard to keep the room sound down to a minimum, and lots of people don't want to go completely "dead" in their spaces. In response to tons of requests, we've spent some time developing a gobo-type solution, something that people could use to control the room sound in a vocal, drum kit, acoustic guitar or whatever. It took us a while to figure out how best to do this, but here it is: the GIK Screen Panel, based on our 242 and 244 designs. There are lots of options in terms of how to use it: unfolded as a vocal booth, flat on a wall as a panel for high frequency treatment, folded in two for broad band treatment, or even folded as a wedge on the back wall for bass trapping. It's a really flexible item, which is exactly what we intended.

It's available now (US only)...it's actually been available in "beta" versions for a while...and comes in all the fabric and color choices we have for the rest of our panels. It's not on the website yet, but it will be soon. We can also custom size them to make them a little shorter. Feel free to contact me (Frank) directly with any questions or custom size orders. The special introductory price will be $299 for standard fabrics and $349 for Guilford of Maine fabrics, which will go up to $329 and $379 respectively after the introductory period.

Size:
32"(W)x72"(H)x3.5"(W unfolded)






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[warhead]

Once again, there is a ballpark with one less ball in it.

War

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by warhead

Once again, there is a ballpark with one less ball in it.

War

Thanks War!
I got to say that I am pretty darn proud of my guys here. This was a total GIK TEAM effort all around!

[audiothings]

looks great... well done!

[robmix]

Hey guys,

I have an odd shaped corner (a bit less than 90 degrees) that I was thinking of ordering two tri-traps for. Would recommend the screen panel instead as it would fold nicely into less than perfect corners ?

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by robmix

Hey guys,

I have an odd shaped corner (a bit less than 90 degrees) that I was thinking of ordering two tri-traps for. Would recommend the screen panel instead as it would fold nicely into less than perfect corners ?

Sure, but I'd keep it folded. You can just push it into that odd corner and, presto...you have a broad band trap.

Frank

[remo]

Love the idea and I can see the use for this product. On an aesthetic level I would find it very uninspiring and draining to look at.

If I was a singer forced to stare dead into a flat red or white monolith block it would do little for my performance.

know you need to make products a bit 'vanilla' for the tasteless masses, but I would like to see some other material options, designs etc.. just try and "funk" it up a bit. Just my .02c

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by remo

Love the idea and I can see the use for this product. On an aesthetic level I would find it very uninspiring and draining to look at.

If I was a singer forced to stare dead into a flat red or white monolith block it would do little for my performance.

know you need to make products a bit 'vanilla' for the tasteless masses, but I would like to see some other material options, designs etc.. just try and "funk" it up a bit. Just my .02c

Hey man thanks for your comments, good or bad. It is recommendations like yours that have pushed us to things like the ArtPanel and GIK Elite products. I am sure down the road we can "funk it up" a bit if you would like. In fact if you would like we could actually do the screen in one of the designer patterns



or better yet we could do it with Art



It really just comes down to cost/taste and so on.

Also I want to stress the point of they can be custom sized so if you want it say '4.5 feet high then that is no problem at all. Really though I do appreciate your comments.

[robmix]

Originally Posted by Weasel9992

Sure, but I'd keep it folded. You can just push it into that odd corner and, presto...you have a broad band trap.

Frank

And how would it's performance compare to the tri-trap in that application ?


Thanks,

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by robmix

And how would it's performance compare to the tri-trap in that application ?


Thanks,

All and all the Screen Panel (above 60hz) is going to perform better due to it covering more of the corner area.

[robmix]

Cool, thanks.

[Glenn Kuras]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ok I should be happy but it seems like every time I try to out smart my web guy (putting up this as a Pre-PRODUCT Announcement as I know he will take a week to get it on the company website) HE OUT smarts me.

The Screen Panel is now LIVE on the site
GIK Acoustics: GIK Screen Panel

Check it out!!!

[reflixtinian]

Finally!, you guys ****ing rule!!!

[The MPCist]

Does the bottom of the panel have some kind of protection? If not, it might rub off the fabric....

[Stiff]

Looks like an interesting idea and something I could imagine checking out myself if I didn't live in the wrong part of the world.

But... Selling a 'beta' product for hundreds of dollars? And it's not software that's easy to update?

[Glenn Kuras]

Finally!, you guys ****ing rule!!!

Does the bottom of the panel have some kind of protection? If not, it might rub off the fabric....

No nothing on the bottom but I really don't think the fabric would ever come off. Maybe if you dragged it across broken glass all the time.

But... Selling a 'beta' product for hundreds of dollars? And it's not software that's easy to update?

Not sure if beta is a good word to use. When a customer would contact us and we thought it would be good for there room, we would recommend it.


Hey just want to thank you guys for the orders so far. I think we have a HIT!

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by Stiff

But... Selling a 'beta' product for hundreds of dollars? And it's not software that's easy to update?

Yeah, you misunderstood me there. This is the final version, though of course things are always evolving. We've been working with this design for a long time...that's all I was trying to say.

Frank