Old Drop Ceiling Panels.

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Has anyone ever used those really dense 2x4 ceiling tiles and used them as wall treatment/ absorbers or anything?

My office has a couple of these laying around the shop out back and i was thinking i could probably make use of them for some density. Wrap them in burlap and stick them in a nice cedar frame or, whatever really?

Has anyone had any luck with that sort of thing?
 
I just did this in my listening room/mixing room.
I cant provide quantitative data but my ears say it made a difference.
Wrapped them in fabric and stood them off the wall 3/4"

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I did 5 in that room, 3 full size and 2 cut down on either side of the viewing window
 
Beauty!!!

Was the difference noticeable? Positive / Negative? Mixes sound better? Different?
 
definitely worth my time, made my speakers sound better and the music much cleaner.
Made the room sound amazing.
I was afraid they were too dense (and they may be) but it definitely didn't hurt the overall sound and I enjoyed the difference.
 
MoonJr said:
definitely worth my time, made my speakers sound better and the music much cleaner.
Made the room sound amazing.
I was afraid they were too dense (and they may be) but it definitely didn't hurt the overall sound and I enjoyed the difference.
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Interesting. Good to hear. So did you do just one ceiling tile per panel or two? I am wondering what two would do if it had a small gap in between them. Like an "Air Sandwhich"

Can i ask why you did a 3/4" Gap between the panel and the wall? And how did you fasten them to the wall that way ?
 
I would be interested to read what others have to say about this, pretty interesting.
 
I did one piece per panel.
I used 3/4 spacing cause I had scrap around to use and provide an air gap.

I attached scrap spacers at the corners, then wrapped the panel.
I fastened them to the wall via 1 or two fasteners to maintain the gap but hold securely.
 
Thats cool. I am definitely going to make use of this stuff. Realy there i nothing to lose and either huge leaps or little bits to gain right?

I might try getting fancy with them too. We shall see. Very appreciative of the responses.
 
I'd love to hear your impressions of them as well, make sure its not just a placebo effect on my ears.
 
Those types of panels are good for removing high-end flutter echo....though they won't do much else. I use drop ceiling tiles on my ceiling, though not in the "drop" fashion, but attached directly to the ceiling, and not the whole thing....just in some areas.

I don't think the air gap is of much value, since they are not going to act like bass traps...but it does look nice. I mean, you could just go right on the wall and get the same effect they provide...IMO.
 
ShanPeyton said:
Has anyone ever used those really dense 2x4 ceiling tiles and used them as wall treatment/ absorbers or anything?

My office has a couple of these laying around the shop out back and i was thinking i could probably make use of them for some density. Wrap them in burlap and stick them in a nice cedar frame or, whatever really?

Has anyone had any luck with that sort of thing?
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If you are going to the trouble to design and build frames and then cut and wrap burlap around them, why not do the little extra and put 703 (or similar) inside of them? Why go to all that effort, and include an unknown entity in the design?
 
kindafishy said:
If you are going to the trouble to design and build frames and then cut and wrap burlap around them, why not do the little extra and put 703 (or similar) inside of them? Why go to all that effort, and include an unknown entity in the design?
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I for sure see your point!Answer is i already own all this stuff. My out of pocket cost to do it with this stuff is itll cost me 0 Dollars. Save for the power it will cost me to run the power tools to make it

If i were going to make it an expense i would probably buy the stuff to do it with the suggested materials everyone else uses, but we just bought a house, funds are tight as our budgeting has changed and we need to get used to the new money flow, and what dollars we do have laying around are tied up for the next few months in making the 'living space' our own, but i still want my room to "useable" in the meantime so i am taking the "free" route.

I am not going to spend money if i do not have to.
 
Like Miro says, they'll reduce flutter echo - but they're just not enough mass in a single thickness (or even double) to do any bass trapping. I guess if you make nice covers for them they'll look better than 'acoustic foam'. :o
 
so would it make sens to use these for "clouds" in my band room?
Need to add that I already have quadratic diffusers and bass traps
 
mjbphotos said:
Like Miro says, they'll reduce flutter echo - but they're just not enough mass in a single thickness (or even double) to do any bass trapping. I guess if you make nice covers for them they'll look better than 'acoustic foam'. :o
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For sure. I wasn't even considering this option for a bass trapping. Not sure if i was eluding to that at all but i wasn't. Just an affordable wall treatment idea outside of foam panels.

And the 2x2 i have ready for these frames, i also plan on making a nice wooden diffuser for the back wall.
 
I made a quadratic diffuser set above each drum kit and a few mobile ones.
I used 3" dia foam pucks stacked in the correct ratios.

Not a great shot of one, but its VERY effective.

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MoonJr said:
I made a quadratic diffuser set above each drum kit and a few mobile ones.
I used 3" dia foam pucks stacked in the correct ratios.

Not a great shot of one, but its VERY effective.

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What Is that made of? Looks like foam circles ?
 
In a small room, I wouldn't waste much wall space with anything that won't also absorb down to as low of a frequency as possible. There's only so much wall space in a small room, and it takes a lot of bass trapping to get that low end under control. I'd try to use as much broadband absorption as possible. If it's too dead in the high end after that, it's easy to add range limiting kinds of things to your treatments.
 
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