Mach311 said:
Maybe you are missing something. You don't know for a fact that they didn't test it, you are just assuming they didn't because you can't trace it to a lab.
Sorry kiddo, anything that has been tested can be traced to a lab.... tis that simple.
It appears the results for the bass absorbers is way off,
Appears????????????? It's so far off it's pathetic - another proof that it was never tested - or perhaps you think that the testing lab made a mistake?
but I'm only trying to figure out if their 3" foam is comparable to Auralex. And it appears it is, according to the test that RealTraps did. So I don't really care if they did test it or didn't test, as long as somebody tested it. Apparently it does the job for a lot less than the Auralex.
Well that's your choice - me - personally - I only do business with reputable companies - when I realize that they cheat I don't do business with them - period. But I guess I could attribute that to the fact that I have been doing business in my field for a long time and have developed morals along the way.
Cost is less important to me than my reflection in the mirror.
So if a truck shows up on one of my my job sites selling brand new spereo speakers, or brand new televisions - or brand new tools at 25% of the cost in a store - I immeadiately call the police and report them along with liscense plates - and also forbid anyone working on my site to do business with them for the time it takes to make them gone.
I know the crap they're selling is hot - and thus don't want any part of it.
By the same token - if I know company "A" would be ripping me off by misrepresenting product "B" I could care less if another one of their products is a decent buy - I don't do business with ripoffs.......... period.
Your money - spend it how you want - me I do business with reputable companies only.
You said "Their product and the Auralex product are 2 very different foams with completely different properties". If that's so, then why does 3" of the Auralex and 3" of the FBM yeild practically the same test results?
1st of all - forget the "if that's so" part of the question - it's a fact.
As I said - simply go look at their MSD sheets and those of the Auralex products - they are 2 completely different products.
2nd - so what? DO you suppose that 2 totally different foams - 2 products with completely different chemical compositions - couldn't have very close to the same absorbtion coefficiencies if they had the roughly the same densities?
I don't know the depth of your knowledge - but I am certain I could find many products with different materials of construction - all of which acted reasonably the same with one another from an absorbtion point of view.
It isn't that difficult to understand.
Sincerely,
Rod