Room Acoustics and Soundproofing

Fabric Wrapped Acoustic Panels

Picture
The  CinemaShop will help with common sense acoustic panels that vastly improve your audio system's performance - plus add stylish decor to your room. Our product experts are also able to help you with more sophisticated room treatments and improved sound recommendations, including much better bass response using bass traps. Click here for our complete PDF guide to acoustic and soundproofing products.
1 inch deep acoustic panels are our most popular, but 2 inch deep Fiberglas panels with resin reinforced edges and designer fabric are also available. Our two most popular fabric choices are Guilford of Maine Anchorage series and the FR-701 series.

When you’re ready for pricing, call or contact us with the size, depth (1”or 2”deep), quantity and your fabric choice and we’ll price out the panels for you. We will also need your shipping zip code and whether it would ship to a residence, or a commercial location, plus if you need a lift-gate assist on the truck.

Contact us or call 612-243-1000 for acoustic panel pricing, package deals and for pay by check discounts. The panels take about 4 weeks to manufacture for smaller orders and 4-5 weeks for larger orders.

Acoustic Fabric Wall Systems
You no longer need to hire an exclusive local contractor to install proprietary stretch fabric wall systems. Our unique, user friendly hinged track system allows almost anyone to install a professional looking, high tension, stretchable fabric acoustical wall system with nearly unlimited panel sizes - all at an affordable price. We have the expertise to make it easy!
  • Covers any size wall
  • No wall preparation
  • No lath or welting/gimp
  • Excellent acoustical control
  • Flexible fabric and color choice
  • Choice of installer, or do it yourself
  • Fabric is removable for cleaning and replacement/redecorating
  • System is reusable
  • 60" maximum fabric panel width in one direction
  1. Our fabric walls are a two piece system with a mounting platform.
  2. An outer track piece is inserted as shown. This creates a working hinge. This outer track can rotate 90 degrees.
  3. In its closed position, the outer track piece  has locked.
  4. A beveled edge track shows the alignment tape being uncovered.
  5. Fabric is positioned, adjusted and trimmed.
    Fabric is in place, an extra 1.5” of fabric is folded under - 3" total extra fabric for all edges.
  6. The outer profile is ready to be snapped closed and locked.
  7. SQUARE EDGE with fabric under tension
  8. RADIUS EDGE shown
  9. BEVEL EDGE shown

Room Soundproofing Products

Soundproofing Room Isolation Basics–The 3 most important issues:

Picture
Floor Isolation. The first issue to deal with to isolate a room from other room areas in a home is floor-borne vibration. As sub-woofers usually sit directly on the floor, in addition to main speakers also being located there, this is a major source of sound transmission to other rooms through the framing structure. Wood floors are good sound transmitters, but you would be surprised at how much sound concrete can transmit, as well. Carpeting helps some, but in order to both quiet the floor and also de-couple it from the wall framing, Sound Control Floor Underlayment, such as our Quiet Floor mats, is required. This helps stop energy from getting into the studs, which will stop sound transmission not only to adjacent rooms, but also to areas above the room. The entire floor, especially under the wall framing, needs underlayment treatment.
Picture
Framing Isolation. The next issue involves studs and the sound they transmit through your room’s framing. Both the floor below the studs, as well as the wallboard attached to it transmit sound through the studs, which are then transmitting vibration to other room areas. If you deaden the studs, you will stop sound from not only being sent to adjacent room areas, but also from traveling up through the ceiling. Using our Resilient Sound Isolation Clips is a very effective method of controlling sound traveling through walls, as well as up through ceilings to stop it from traveling to rooms above.
Wallboard Isolation. The last important issue to deal with is sound vibration picked up by the room’s wallboard–both walls and ceilings. Wallboard acts like a microphone, picking up sound vibrations in one room, then transmitting through the attached studs in the framing. The attached wallboard on the other side of the room then “picks up” the sound vibration transmitted through the studs and acts as a loudspeaker, sending the sound vibration into adjacent rooms. Using Soundbreak XP drywall with the sound isolation clips is highly effective in stopping sound transmission. While the Soundbreak XP product cost is higher than using double drywall with green glue in between, when labor is factored in, it is a less expensive option, with the best soundproofing performance that we can recommend.
To receive a proposal for your soundproofing needs, contact us or call 612-243-1000. Using your TV screen wall as the front wall (others labeled as left, right and back wall, as facing the front wall), we need the following information, in order to create a soundproofing plan for your room:
  • Width, depth and height for each wall area with the stud spacing listed–usually 16”, or 24” on center
  • Ceiling length and width, with the joist spacing listed and in which direction the joists run (along the length, or the width).
  • Floor length and width, if different than the Ceiling area.
  • Door location(s), with door size listed.
  • Number of HVAC vents and AC/Light Switch Receptacles (approximate is okay)
  • Shipping address, plus residential, or commercial location – lift-gate needed?

Click here for our complete PDF guide to Acoustic and Soundproofing Products.

Click here to open an pdf on soundproofing tips and techniques.