Acoustic control measures often conflict directly with pressures to create higher-density workspaces to reduce space rental and maintenance costs. Thus, acoustic control must be achieved by reducing sound at its source rather than by locating people and machines farther from each other.
Acoustic panels are a simple way to get better acoustics in your home. Many panels come with quick, easy installation methods. While soundproofing keeps sound from escaping a room and is often done through internal wall installation and sealing gaps, acoustic panels can improve the sound quality of the room with general principles, some planning, and a little physical effort.
Whether you have kids, roommates, or guests, you may not want others listening in so easily on your conversations. Hard surfaces bounce sound around a room, but sound-absorbing acoustic panels are the key to making confidentiality simple. Because the main function of many acoustic panels is to absorb sound, installing acoustic panels on your walls and ceiling can lead to increased privacy. Echoes carry conversations while deadening a space with better sound absorption can prevent voices from carrying too far away.
This benefit may not be so obvious — acoustic panels can mean more comfort! Not so much in the way of sitting per se, but definitely in the way of comfort for your ears and head.Noise in your house can cause certain activities to eat away at your peace and quiet. This can leave you feeling irritated, unnerved, and even in pain from too much sound hitting your ears and needed to be processed by your senses. Hanging acoustic panels to absorb sounds can be a simple yet effective part of your entire acoustic plan that leads to happy ears.
In the same vein as acoustic panels providing more comfort, better sound in your home can lead to less stress. Acoustic panels can stop reverberations and loud noise, both of which can frazzle nerves. The last thing just about anyone wants when they come home is more stress, so planning and installing acoustic panels in the right positions throughout your home for better sound is another not-so-obvious benefit.
Who doesn’t want a theatre quality experience at home without dropping thousands of dollars on an expensive sound system? The right acoustic panels, plus acoustic solutions like bass traps, can take a decent middle-of-the-road sound system and make it sound like you spent *way* more the system. Acoustic panels placed on the walls that absorb sound are great, but some also feature beveled edges and other design aspects to diffuse the sound as well. A room that has too much sound absorption can sound uncomfortably “dead.” Panels that break up and redirect sound help a room sound natural while keeping sounds clearer and better overall.
