In a good way for sure here. First I will set the scene...

My theater has suspended black rubber like walls with no right angles. the stange walls ae essential for the sound proofing and treatment of the room but as for the esthetics? More just weird than anything.

I have taken many suggestions from fellow theater owners on what to do. They ranged from "Do nothing, your room may be the best sounding room I have ever heard" to "Make complicated fabric coverings and/or trim it out in wood". Of course everything in between.

A popular one to leave it as is and add theater decor to sort of offsett / cover it up.



Well for xmas, my wife got my a bunch of framed movie playbills:

An original, authentic, massive, framed, bigger than life "Good the Bad, and the Ugly" This one has to be worth several hundred bucks. An amazing large, wood, finely finished frame on the one.

A couple of very large, framed prints. One of "Up in Smoke" and the other of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

Then 5 more normal sized, framed prints" 17"x23"-ish.....
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Wizard of Oz
Brams Strokers Dracula
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
Lawrence of Arabia


Enough to spruce up every rough black rubber wall. Pretty sure I am just going to leave the wall as is now.

I was pretty darn touched, prolly the nicest xmas present(s) I have ever recieved in 43 years and counting.

Sounds great. Now, you know that we need to see pictures of your presents, especially once they are installed in the theater. ;)

Yes, I am going to get out the hot glue gun and go to town.

The rubber stuff is weird, but the idea is not put holes in it. I think the hot glue will give us what we want.


The pics is an excellent point. I am going to make her take some. We are making a fair amount of changes to the theater this weekend.

Hot glue gun??? I hope you aren't planning on getting any of that on those posters. You will want to keep them pristine, especially if she ever kicks you out. :)

I hope not. I can't think of a better way to mount them to the odd wall material is all.
I think they are framed with a cclear glass or plexi cover, should be OK. I hope to not get any on the my newer HT furniture as well.

I got to ask, what is this rubber stuff? Is it mass loaded vinyl? Do you have any pictures of your room? Inquiring minds want to know (at least mine does):)

The stuff is amazing but hard to get a hold of.


12 years ago or so, I got it through a contact in the detroit auto industy.


This is the stuff that they line under the dash in the doors, ect..ect.. in Luxury cars to make them feel solid, sound proof and sound treat them

It was available in 48" x 48" sheets. The trick is to get space behind it, and through the entire audio spectrum it will cancel and sound proof in one shot.


Pretty amazing on EQ room wizard for sure here. :)

PS: the room was used as a professional recording studio for a decade or so before the recent conversion.