tank121;607510 Wrote: > Were soon to have our garage converted. > > It will be a dual purpose room - dining room & listening room. > > The garage is an integral garage with a door to the kitchen and a > further door to the garden. > > 80 will be converted to the new room and (stud wall)20% for storage > (with door leading to the garage). > > > I'm just after some tips advice for best acoustics and soundproofing. > > Does soundbloc plasterboard make a significant difference (stopping > sound from escaping) ? > > For flooring is it best to go with carpet as opposed to wooden floor ? > > It will be housing my Dynaudio audience 72 floor standers, Arcam a85 > amp with rca connections to my Touch and external HD. > > Lighting was thinking of up lighters with infra-red remote control > dimmer. > > > All advice and tips welcome. Thanks guys
Soundbloc is expensive and not as effective as rockwool slab within the studding - check out this site for serious soundproofing supplies. Wood vs carpet doesn't matter so much as how the floor is constructed - and for floorstanding speakers - how they couple to the floor. Proper soundproofing can't be retrofitted to an existing room. The problem areas are windows, doors and ceilings and floors. Having done 2 garage-to-recording studio conversions (which require a lot more soundproofing than you will need) I'd stick to rockwool slab in the studding. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
