Acoustics
Treatment specified from the room, not from a catalogue.
Absorption, bass trapping and diffusion, placed where the room needs them — with the quantity and position worked out before anything is ordered.
Thickness matters more than surface area at low frequencies. A thin panel cannot absorb a long wavelength, whatever it is made of.
The problem
Panels on a wall are not a treatment plan.
Most rooms are treated by eye: foam or fabric panels spread across the walls until the room sounds less live. That usually takes the life out of the top end while the low frequencies, where the real problems are, carry on unchanged.
Treatment works when the amount, the type and the position are decided from the room's own behaviour — its dimensions, its surfaces and what it is used for. Too much absorption makes a room dead; too little leaves speech smeared and bass uneven.
How we approach it
A method, not a product list.
What you receive
- Treatment layout drawings
- Material and thickness schedule
- Reflection-point marking
- Bass-trap detailing
- Finish coordination notes
- Verification measurements
- 01
Establish what the room does now
Dimensions, surfaces and, where the room exists, measurements of how long sound takes to decay and where the low-frequency problems sit.
- 02
Set the target
A reverberation range suited to the use — a home theatre, a boardroom and a live auditorium each want something different.
- 03
Decide the placement
Reflection points from the listening or seating positions, corners for bass control, and the rear wall for diffusion where the room can support it.
- 04
Specify materials
Type, thickness, density and air gap, chosen for the frequency range that needs work and detailed so the contractor can build it.
- 05
Coordinate with the interior
Finishes, fabrics and joinery agreed with your architect or designer so the treatment reads as part of the room.
- 06
Verify
Measure the finished room and compare it with the target.
Standing waves between two walls
IllustrationAt low frequencies, sound bouncing between parallel walls forms fixed patterns of high and low pressure. A seat at a peak hears too much bass; a seat at a null hears too little. We predict these patterns from the room's dimensions before choosing seat and subwoofer positions.
Selected work
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Questions
Common questions
How much of the room needs treatment?
It depends on the room's size, its surfaces and what it is for. A room with soft furnishings, carpet and curtains already absorbs a fair amount; a bare concrete shell needs much more. We work it out from the room rather than from a percentage rule of thumb.
Will acoustic panels stop sound reaching the next room?
No. Panels change how sound behaves inside the room. Stopping sound travelling through a wall is sound isolation, which is a construction problem — mass, decoupling and sealing — and needs a different design.
Does treatment make a room sound dead?
It can, if too much broadband absorption is used. The aim is a controlled room, not a silent one: absorb where reflections cause problems, diffuse where the room benefits from scattering, and leave enough energy for the room to sound natural.
Can treatment be hidden behind fabric or joinery?
Usually. Absorbers can sit behind acoustically transparent fabric, slatted timber or perforated panels, as long as the open area and the construction are right. We detail this with your interior designer so appearance and performance both hold.
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Related services
Acoustic design
We model the room, set acoustic targets, design the treatment and measure the result — for home theatres, auditoriums, conference rooms and studios.
Acoustic measurement
Measurement of how a room actually behaves — before design, and again after the work is done — so decisions rest on data instead of opinion.
Sound isolation
Walls, floors, ceilings, doors and ventilation designed to keep sound in — and out.
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