So I live in an apartment where I can't really do anything to the walls. I also probably won't be here for all that long so I want to be able to easily take all the stuff out.
I really can't justify spending a lot on this because it's 100% hobby and the majority of the income needs to go elsewhere. Right now I'm saying the budget is $300.
What I want is to treat the room as well as possible for neutral/flat within this budget. I'm not expecting it to come out fully neutral. It's a 21 square foot rectangular closet and I know small rooms need thicker treatment. I'm expecting to hear some unwanted artifacts even after spending the money.
As I said, it's a 21 square foot rectangle and 8 feet high. It's also carpeted.
My first thought was this: get as many blankets as possible (I know they're not even close to ideal but it's better than bare walls), get a bunch of jumbo and large command strips with hooks, thumb tack the blankets onto the wall, punch holes into them and put them on the hooks. This way I could incrementally add blankets. With each jumbo strip holding up to 7.5 lbs and the large ones holding up to 5 lbs, I think I could distribute the weight enough and take some of the stress off with thumbtacks on the first layer at least. I understand it's a tossup with blankets which frequencies are being absorbed, but I'm just looking for a more controlled environment, not an ideal environment.
I still think that might be better than buying cheap foam (the kind that isn't tested for proper absorption) because only a single layer of that wouldn't really be dense enough to justify even the small investment.
Other thoughts I've had while perusing this forum and others: Laying down plywood or MDF on the floor. Buying six 4" boards of 703 and leaning them up against the walls and corners strategically.
I would probably use 4 of them at the bottom of the room. The other 2, well I'd like to basstrap overhead but I can't do anything to the ceiling. There's a shelf and lips over the two doors. Perhaps I could put weights on the shelf and then lean the 703 diagonally across and rest on the door lips.
I really can't justify spending a lot on this because it's 100% hobby and the majority of the income needs to go elsewhere. Right now I'm saying the budget is $300.
What I want is to treat the room as well as possible for neutral/flat within this budget. I'm not expecting it to come out fully neutral. It's a 21 square foot rectangular closet and I know small rooms need thicker treatment. I'm expecting to hear some unwanted artifacts even after spending the money.
As I said, it's a 21 square foot rectangle and 8 feet high. It's also carpeted.
My first thought was this: get as many blankets as possible (I know they're not even close to ideal but it's better than bare walls), get a bunch of jumbo and large command strips with hooks, thumb tack the blankets onto the wall, punch holes into them and put them on the hooks. This way I could incrementally add blankets. With each jumbo strip holding up to 7.5 lbs and the large ones holding up to 5 lbs, I think I could distribute the weight enough and take some of the stress off with thumbtacks on the first layer at least. I understand it's a tossup with blankets which frequencies are being absorbed, but I'm just looking for a more controlled environment, not an ideal environment.
I still think that might be better than buying cheap foam (the kind that isn't tested for proper absorption) because only a single layer of that wouldn't really be dense enough to justify even the small investment.
Other thoughts I've had while perusing this forum and others: Laying down plywood or MDF on the floor. Buying six 4" boards of 703 and leaning them up against the walls and corners strategically.
I would probably use 4 of them at the bottom of the room. The other 2, well I'd like to basstrap overhead but I can't do anything to the ceiling. There's a shelf and lips over the two doors. Perhaps I could put weights on the shelf and then lean the 703 diagonally across and rest on the door lips.
