Acoustics - The Forgotten Factor.

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Few people realize that the room's acoustics has the single most dominating effect on the sound quality of your speakers. By making some simple improvements to your room's acoustics you can make a bigger difference in sound quality than thousands spent on expensive components and fancy snake oil cables.

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If you want the best sound quality possible, acoustic treatment is an absolute necessity.

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First of all, what do we mean by room acoustics? All the wall, floor and ceiling surfaces, shapes and materials add up to define the room's unique acoustic signature. It is the single most important factor affecting the sound quality of your speakers. We've seen insanely expensive audio equipment placed in a room that is entirely made of wood and marble floors, or a combination of hard walls and glass. The effect is a highly muddled, boomy, echoing, fluttering listening experience with generally disappointing sound quality.  

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Ever wondered why audio salesmen always take you into a special listening room to give you a demo?. The answer is because the demo room has strategically placed acoustic panels to absorb sound reflections bouncing off the walls; In fact in most untreated room's you will end up hearing more reflected sound off the walls and ceiling than the sound coming directly from the speaker itself. Unfortunately, room acoustics is usually the area where most people give the least amount of attention. 

 

The primary purpose of acoustic room treatment is to prevent sound reflections within the listening room and is not to be confused with reducing the amount of sound heard outside of the room. Ideally A home theater room should have about 40 - 50% of the room surface covered with strategically placed absorption and diffusion panels. If you are one of those self-thought acoustic experts who believes in covering entire walls with fiberglass, then all you will get is a acoustically dead sounding room. It's a delicate balance of absorption and reflections scattered across the room which results in the best performance. The precise location of panels depends on the location of speakers and seating positions which our acoustic design team accurately positions using specialized software and 3D renders of your room.

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Every project starts with a conversation - about a problem to be solved or a vision to be realized. You tell us what you have in mind, and we'll make it happen. All the architect has to do is provide the room's dimensions and their design theme, and we get busy to deliver the best sonic performance possible by blending acoustic panels with the design concept envisioned by the client or Architect / Interior Designer.

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