The to main objectives of soundproofing are two
1. to avoid the music escaping into someone else's house as noise; they don't regard it as music any longer.
2. The second is to reduce the incidence of the echo, which causes sound interference.
The interference is what really screws up the music.
Then, once again, one has to see how much of the sound is below 50 dB, as most of this sound transmits through the structure of the building.
Prima facie, all that I can tell you now is that we have to define our objectives first, and then, proceed to procure materials and do the sound proofing.
It is also a common occurrence that after installing the sound proofing, you may actually screw-up the musical effects. One has to be a little careful when doing sound proofing. Of all the subjects in physics, sound and noise is one of the trickiest, i.e. to actually implement it in practice.
And, lastly keep away from Fiberglass !!!!!!
The bloody thing is dangerous.
The simplest way to go about it is to first seal the room acoustically.
Then you should see the direction of the propagation of the sound, usually in the direction the speakers are facing and provide wave-breakers. Shielding part of the wall is much less expensive than covering a whole wall.
I could also provide details of where to procure the materials, and the cost of the raw-materials starts around INR 8.00 per sqft ( Not in the range of INR 200.00 per sq ft).
If you want to save money, and i guess no one wants to spend money needlessly, you should do a soundproofing objective on paper first, finalize the schema, and then start the procurement of the materials.
And, at the cost of repetition,
Do Not use fiberglass, especially in your home !
Lastly, do not have, permanent installations of the soundproofing panels, as you may have to shift the panels around to get the desired sound quality. These could be made permanent after the locations are finalized.
A good way to start is first to first do the sound proofing i.e. to completely stop the sound escaping from the room. play the music at your desired level, and go to you neighbour's house and physically check if there is any disturbing sound. There no bigger screw-up than an irritated neighbour knocking at your door when you are really enjoying your favourite music at the desired volume.
Phew, I could write a book on this.
Then you should make absorber blocker panels, 1Mx1M and install them at stretegic places in the room. One should make these panels properly as they look very ugly.
In this manner, you would have cut out about 80% of the echo sound. Once the echo is reduced to the maximum. Then you could begin to really enjoy the music.
lastly, with a little ingenuity, One can reduce the costs drastically.
1. to avoid the music escaping into someone else's house as noise; they don't regard it as music any longer.
2. The second is to reduce the incidence of the echo, which causes sound interference.
The interference is what really screws up the music.
Then, once again, one has to see how much of the sound is below 50 dB, as most of this sound transmits through the structure of the building.
Prima facie, all that I can tell you now is that we have to define our objectives first, and then, proceed to procure materials and do the sound proofing.
It is also a common occurrence that after installing the sound proofing, you may actually screw-up the musical effects. One has to be a little careful when doing sound proofing. Of all the subjects in physics, sound and noise is one of the trickiest, i.e. to actually implement it in practice.
And, lastly keep away from Fiberglass !!!!!!
The bloody thing is dangerous.
The simplest way to go about it is to first seal the room acoustically.
Then you should see the direction of the propagation of the sound, usually in the direction the speakers are facing and provide wave-breakers. Shielding part of the wall is much less expensive than covering a whole wall.
I could also provide details of where to procure the materials, and the cost of the raw-materials starts around INR 8.00 per sqft ( Not in the range of INR 200.00 per sq ft).
If you want to save money, and i guess no one wants to spend money needlessly, you should do a soundproofing objective on paper first, finalize the schema, and then start the procurement of the materials.
And, at the cost of repetition,
Do Not use fiberglass, especially in your home !
Lastly, do not have, permanent installations of the soundproofing panels, as you may have to shift the panels around to get the desired sound quality. These could be made permanent after the locations are finalized.
A good way to start is first to first do the sound proofing i.e. to completely stop the sound escaping from the room. play the music at your desired level, and go to you neighbour's house and physically check if there is any disturbing sound. There no bigger screw-up than an irritated neighbour knocking at your door when you are really enjoying your favourite music at the desired volume.
Phew, I could write a book on this.
Then you should make absorber blocker panels, 1Mx1M and install them at stretegic places in the room. One should make these panels properly as they look very ugly.
In this manner, you would have cut out about 80% of the echo sound. Once the echo is reduced to the maximum. Then you could begin to really enjoy the music.
lastly, with a little ingenuity, One can reduce the costs drastically.
