[GibsonLP]

Hey there,

I came across your site on a google search, I was wondering if you could give me a few useful tips...

I am moving to a studio apartment soon, it has a big room (12 by 6 meters) that I am going to use both for my HT system and for my musical instruments.


The acoustic arrangement there is awful, although it has an acoustic ceiling there (not something too good though...) - the walls are a triple plaster (Plaster, space with some thermal isolation foam inside, another plaster and another plaster) (I think that's the name in English... it's the stuff you put on your leg when you break it ) and the floor is a floating wooden floor with a concrete floor below (which is quite okay).


The problem is that I have neighbors quite nearby (wall by wall in fact...).


My father was smart enough to leave a 50cm space between their wall to mine so I could put whatever I want on this space in order to isolate it even more.


What do you say about it? should I open the floor as well and put some stuff inside? how much does a normal acoustic wall should cost?


Thanks!

 

[rjason]

Your not going to like this answer but, it comes from personal experience and is truthful. Unless you can afford to build a second room within your room using the best sound proofing science, which means offset studs, proper insulation, proper drywall (and this means floors and ceilings as well as walls) there is nothing you can do to stop your music and movies from escaping into your neighbors living room and becoming noise pollution to them. This is especially true for bass. Well, there is one thing, keep the sound levels low.

If someone else sells you on some miracle soundproofing that is cheap and works let us know! I can tell you what is a waste of time: Adding another layer of plaster, adding a layer of drywall, putting 2"x4" studs along the wall and insulation in between and drywall over that, putting foam on the wall, putting foam in the wall, hanging heavy material on the walls. None of these things will work.

 

[GibsonLP]

Thanks for your reply,

A more detailed conversation is at http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...postid=1052403


Please check it out, I have explained a bit more about my room, as well as I have attached a small sketch do describe it even better (to try to anyway


Thanks again.