$50 DIY vs $450 PRO Acoustical Panels (Worth It?) - Echo & Sound Proofing

I solved my acoustics problem by leaving my clothes littered around my bedroom

If you only cover part of one or two walls with cheap foam, of course you're going to still get echo. I bought two 96 packs of these Amazon tiles for about $180 and covered the walls of my studio. It's a night and day difference and still $270 less than the pro tiles recommended here. If you're on a budget, you can also fill your studio with chairs, lighting equipment, a desk, monitors, a camera + tripod, desks, pictures, shelves, etc. The more stuff in the room, and the fewer exposed flat surfaces, the better your results will be.

Obviously I’m going to go with the DIY version, but the pro ones do sound great

For anyone here looking into purchasing acoustic treatment for a home theater or studio, here are a few things you should know: 1. Generally speaking, acoustic panels are better than acoustic foam, however, acoustic panels generally are made with fiberglass, so it can hazardous. 2. If you're looking to treat a bedroom like studio (3.5m W x 3.5m L x 2.5m H), my personal opinion would be to purchase acoustic foam (perhaps from Auralex or another more trustworthy brand), enough to cover the primary reflection points and a bit on the back wall. 3. When it comes to bass traps, nothing beats acoustic panels, so, if you REALLY don't want to use acoustic foam (due to pricing, aesthetics, etc) another solution is to use polyester insulation batts and DIY the frames yourself. I'm an audio engineer, not an acoustician, your situation might be different to mine - number one rule: Don't buy cheap foam, these videos are really an unfair comparison.

Wow, this is not even a valid test, this is a commercial, nothing less.

Dude, ill completely agree that the expensive ones were better, BUT youre deaf if you didnt hear the huge difference with the addition of the cheap ones; it was night and day.

Video starts at 11:03 where there are examples. Thank me later.

You bait us in with "soundproofing" in your title. And when your son asks you say specifically it's not soundproofing. If that's not clickbait I don't know what is

Comparison starts at 11:02

I heard a lot of difference between the bare walls an the $50 set of panels. Less difference between the $50 & $400 solutions. If I were to choose, I'd go with twice as many of the cheaper panels. The solution I implemented in my studio is a backdrop frame with 3 different color bedsheets. Frame was $35, sheets were $9 each at Walmart. Double duty - choice of background color to go with what I'm wearing, and no discernible echo on my recordings.

I get that you have a sponsor, so you had to praise them, but the difference from pro to budget was not huge, those foam pads make a ginormous difference

If you have used 2 inch thick acoustic foam instead of the 1 inch, then the result would be much better.

You can make basically the same thing as the pro panels for not much more these foam ones, and they will be extraordinarily better. Make a simple 2ft x 4ft wooden frame that is 4 inches thick. Buy rigid fiberglass or rockwool, put it in the frame and cover it with a sheet. I used to do this all the time, it’s extremely easy and you can make 3 or 4 panels for $100. These are the same materials a lot of pro panels use.

Obviously, he was going to say Audimute is the way to go because they sponsored this video. There might be a bias here.

I bought these but I when I took them out of the vacuum seal to let them grow I completely forgot about them. After them growing for many years, I discovered two of them went on to have kids, the other got a university degree and went on to become a well respected architect, and tragically the other had unfortunately died. It has been an emotional time for me.

The pro panels were better but not $400 better. I'm sure if you bought an extra pack of the cheap foam or even bought thicker ones in the first place you would have gotten much better results for $100 vs $450, but then again, the video was sponsored. Also, a little bit more care could have been taken to at least make the DIY panels look presentable

Rockwool 3" Safe 'n' Sound insulation will run you around 50 bucks for 12 panels at 16x48 and work amazingly well. Make a simple frame and use acoustically transparent material for them. I made 4 large bass traps and 10 panels for 100 bucks. Acoustic treatment works by converting sound to heat which you almost always need thick material for (hence 3" thick insulation). leaving a 1" gap between the wall and panel doubles the effect.

umm how do you know I was exactly searching this topic

i love how he tells his son its not sound proofing but it still says sound proofing in the title, lol

This video could have been 10 minutes shorter.