Door.

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Sound proofing is a stupid term in my opinion so I'll state that what I'm looking for is a door that can offer me good attenuation of the sound coming from the other side.

I want to turn the back room into the drum room. The rooms are separated by brick walls, I just need to get the open entrance down to a level that works. I'm thinking a couple of treated (sealed as best as possible, weatherstrip) exterior steel doors back to back with a small air gap in between. Think this will be good enough? I know from installing a door knocker on my front door that the steel on these doors is pretty thin and they just fill them with some sort of insulation.

Should I be looking at solid wood doors instead (they are a bit cheaper anyhow).

I would love to be able to afford one of those heavy duty dense steel studio doors, but $600 for one door is out of the question.
 
I do not know details as to what is best spec wise, but I did the double fire door thing at a friends studio, and it worked amazingly well.
 
+1 on two doors.

Doors are always almost a compromise anyway in building a studio, especially at home!
As a general rule of thumb, adding mass is good for absorption / isolation, and solid timber doors will usually be quieter than most lighter-weight steel/plastic + filling doors.

I guess one big heavy door is probably comparable to two less heavy doors right? ;)
 
I have not been able to compare a double door setup to a super heavy door. I have heard what one of those stupid heavy doors does and it's very effective. 2 of them (if sealed right, including the room) would pretty much completely sound proof a drum set in the next room except maybe a hint of the boom of the kick drum. They are that effective, but they are also really heavy.

A double door setup is certainly doable in my situation and that's the way I'm leaning. A couple of these maybe?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_10505-77999...d+interior+slab+door&productId=3595512&rpp=48

Would need to go look at one in person though.
 
Definitely go have a look at a real one, if nothing else just to check those inset panels are of a decent thickness.

Looks like they should be.
 
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