Chris Frost
19-03-2008, 16:47
If you have noisy neighbours or you would just like to reduce the sound level bleeding in to adjacent rooms then this acoustic insulation product might be of interest.
My Theatre Walls applies like wallpaper to the walls and ceiling in your listening room. Once up it can be painted or papered-over to bring the room back to decorative order. It is ideal for treating rooms where it is impractical to install conventional barrier materials in to the fabric of the building.
Although My Theatre Walls is just 1.5mm thick the composite material is soft and dense enough to make a significant reduction to sound energy that would otherwise pass through the wall. The density is 2400kg per cubic metre; roughly equal to the weight of two Ford Focus cars.
The effectiveness of any barrier material at blocking sound in the human speach range (125Hz to 4kHz) is given by its Sound Transmission Classification. The bigger the STC number the better, but it needs a comparative scale to give it some meaning.(1)
STC..................Subjective description of effectiveness
20-22................Most sentences clearly understood
25-27................Many phrases and some sentences understood without straining to hear
30-32................Individual words and occasional phrases clearly heard and understood (interior 4x2 stud wall with insulation)
35-37................Medium loud speech clearly audible, occasional words understood
40-42................Loud speech audible, music easily heard (single skin breeze block wall 6" thick)
45-47................Loud speech audible by straining to hear; music normally can be heard and may be disturbing (party wall, single skin brick, 6" thick)
50-52................Loud speech essentially inaudible; music can be heard faintly but bass notes disturbing
55.....................Music heard faintly, bass notes "thump"; power woodworking equipment clearly audible
60.....................Music still heard very faintly if played loud.
65+...................Effectively blocks most air-borne noise sources
My Theatre Walls has an STC rating of 24. It provides a useful increase in the insulation properties of your existing walls and ceilings.
edit: My Theatre Walls adds an extra STC of 24 on top of whatever your walls achieve
The product is available in 8'x4' sheets or 4'x25' rolls. The equivalent price per square foot is £4.00.
Contact me for a price for delivery as this product is very heavy.
If anyone has questions please post them here or send a pm.
Regards
Chris Frost
Lucid AV
(1) Source: www.sota.ca (http://www.sota.ca/stc_info.htm)
The bracketed notes are anecdotal, collected from several sources.
My Theatre Walls applies like wallpaper to the walls and ceiling in your listening room. Once up it can be painted or papered-over to bring the room back to decorative order. It is ideal for treating rooms where it is impractical to install conventional barrier materials in to the fabric of the building.
Although My Theatre Walls is just 1.5mm thick the composite material is soft and dense enough to make a significant reduction to sound energy that would otherwise pass through the wall. The density is 2400kg per cubic metre; roughly equal to the weight of two Ford Focus cars.
The effectiveness of any barrier material at blocking sound in the human speach range (125Hz to 4kHz) is given by its Sound Transmission Classification. The bigger the STC number the better, but it needs a comparative scale to give it some meaning.(1)
STC..................Subjective description of effectiveness
20-22................Most sentences clearly understood
25-27................Many phrases and some sentences understood without straining to hear
30-32................Individual words and occasional phrases clearly heard and understood (interior 4x2 stud wall with insulation)
35-37................Medium loud speech clearly audible, occasional words understood
40-42................Loud speech audible, music easily heard (single skin breeze block wall 6" thick)
45-47................Loud speech audible by straining to hear; music normally can be heard and may be disturbing (party wall, single skin brick, 6" thick)
50-52................Loud speech essentially inaudible; music can be heard faintly but bass notes disturbing
55.....................Music heard faintly, bass notes "thump"; power woodworking equipment clearly audible
60.....................Music still heard very faintly if played loud.
65+...................Effectively blocks most air-borne noise sources
My Theatre Walls has an STC rating of 24. It provides a useful increase in the insulation properties of your existing walls and ceilings.
edit: My Theatre Walls adds an extra STC of 24 on top of whatever your walls achieve
The product is available in 8'x4' sheets or 4'x25' rolls. The equivalent price per square foot is £4.00.
Contact me for a price for delivery as this product is very heavy.
If anyone has questions please post them here or send a pm.
Regards
Chris Frost
Lucid AV
(1) Source: www.sota.ca (http://www.sota.ca/stc_info.htm)
The bracketed notes are anecdotal, collected from several sources.