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From another thread, I checked out this link, http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/titles/Acoustics3.htm
where I found the following info:
Studs:
*Except for staggered stud systems, substituting timber studs for steel studs generally results in a significant decrease in sound isolation.
*Increasing the thickness of steel studs from 0.55BMT to 0.75BMT or 1.15BMT will decrease sound isolation
*Decreasing the stud spacing will decrease the sound isolation.
I'd always thought that the sturdier the room, the greater the isolation. The first point makes sense. The next two don't. Will less studs make a room more soundproof?
"decrease sound isolation" = less soundproof, right?
Am I interpreting something wrong?
where I found the following info:
Studs:
*Except for staggered stud systems, substituting timber studs for steel studs generally results in a significant decrease in sound isolation.
*Increasing the thickness of steel studs from 0.55BMT to 0.75BMT or 1.15BMT will decrease sound isolation
*Decreasing the stud spacing will decrease the sound isolation.
I'd always thought that the sturdier the room, the greater the isolation. The first point makes sense. The next two don't. Will less studs make a room more soundproof?
"decrease sound isolation" = less soundproof, right?
Am I interpreting something wrong?