
punkin
Univalve & Avatar Speaks
I was at a person's house yesterday who was telling everyone about his new home theater...he did the work himself and converted his basement for this purpose. He told me that the work he did included both some acoustic quality treatments sound proofing (I guess he likes to turn things up a bit). Anyway, I had a chance to check it out.
The room really does sound nice and neutral but the sound proofing was impressive. He tells me that asside from the usual double layers of high density insulation he also treated the walls and ceiling with rubber pond liner..."this stuff is cheap" he tells me as compared to the usual studio recommended products. Then to finish the walls and ceiling, he applied a very very low pile indoor/outdoor grey carpet with color contrasting auralex and bass traps in the corners. Now, when you think carpet...I know...sounds cheezey but the color and the decor really look first rate and like I said before, the room sounds great.
My question is this; should there be a concern with this choice in materials? I understand that some butyl rubber products(spelling?) out gas over time...and what if there were a fire? Are these risks more or the same as using the higher dollar usual products?
Thanks
The room really does sound nice and neutral but the sound proofing was impressive. He tells me that asside from the usual double layers of high density insulation he also treated the walls and ceiling with rubber pond liner..."this stuff is cheap" he tells me as compared to the usual studio recommended products. Then to finish the walls and ceiling, he applied a very very low pile indoor/outdoor grey carpet with color contrasting auralex and bass traps in the corners. Now, when you think carpet...I know...sounds cheezey but the color and the decor really look first rate and like I said before, the room sounds great.
My question is this; should there be a concern with this choice in materials? I understand that some butyl rubber products(spelling?) out gas over time...and what if there were a fire? Are these risks more or the same as using the higher dollar usual products?
Thanks