Acoustic Treatment Research Material

[jomari]

Good day!

A couple of us have been having a great discussion regarding room acoustics, treatments and innovations as to how to further improve our current home theater setups, both dedicated and living areas... you can find that thread here, thanks to prerich...

Here is a great introduction to the topic...

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...04-part-1.html

Although not as easy to read in the first place, this is tho a great amount of knowledge gathered by yet my much appreciated colleague, Irritate Guy over at Sound and vision magazine...

Videos

How to build a bass trap -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=iyYUpkpL0gw

How to set up a listening room -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=lbLVjHfHahg

Modal Ringing and resonance -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=aHkAFSZmMk4

RealTraps videos -- http://www.realtraps.com/videos.htm

Articles on DIY

DIY Corner Absorber -- http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm

DIY Acoustics -- http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_diy_acoustics/index.html

DIY Panels -- http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/22...oustic-panels/

IG DIY Panels -- http://forums.soundandvisionmag.com/...thread.id=7630

Articles on Acoustics

Acoustic Treatment and Design for

Recording Studios and Listening Rooms -- http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

Absorbtion Coeffecients -- http://www.bobgolds.com/AbsorptionCoefficients.htm

Absorbtion Coeffecients -- http://www.saecollege.de/reference_m...nt%20Chart.htm

Helmholtz Absorber -- http://www.mhsoft.nl/Helmholtzabsorber.asp

Room Acoustics -- http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/Room_acoustics.html

Acoustical Room Treatment: A Survey of Methods and Materials -- http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...04-part-1.html

Sound Waves -- http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/spcg/Tut...al/StartCD.htm

DIY Network's Acoustic Treatments -- http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hi_fam...471072,00.html

Acoustic Room Articles (list) -- http://www.ecoustics.com/Home/Access...ment_Articles/

COF's (IG) Early Reflection Primer -- http://forums.soundandvisionmag.com/...hread.id=27061

COF's (IG) Early Reflection Primer II -- http://forums.soundandvisionmag.com/...hread.id=43449

a lot of reading material can be also found in more advance books,

(1) Science of Sound by Rossing

(2) Master Handbook of Acoustics (4th ed.)

(3) Acoustics by Leo Beranek

(4) Musical Acoustics by David E. Hall

*edit

Care of RuR here is his original post..here

Originally Posted by RUR

Here's a list of sites I've bookmarked over time of companies who deal in acoustic treatments. Some specialize in DIY, some are high-end, etc. etc. Almost certainly some have better products than others, so caveat emptor!

http://atsacoustics.com/
http://www.asc-hifi.com/
http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/studi...tic-treatment/
http://www.gikacoustics.com/index.html (popular with DIY-ers)
http://www.acoustimac.com/
http://www.echobusters.com/
http://www.realtraps.com/index.htm
http://www.rpginc.com/residential/index.htm
http://www.soundprooffoam.com/soft-s...ic-panels.html

and, FWIW, a very quiet forum on acoustics: http://forum.studiotips.com/index.ph...9eb8a30d757375

collective resources added:

http://www.etfacoustic.com/RPlusDSite/index.html

http://www.auralex.com/
http://www.atsacoustics.com/

added material 03/09
simple yet informative reading.
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