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abstractjuz



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Mounting foam acoustic panels the 'wrong' way round?
      #1001747 - 04/08/12 11:52 AM
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I have some StudioSpares foam acoustic panels like this.

I'd like to cover them in material to make my studio look a bit better - but having the 'rippled' bits under the material looks a bit odd.

I'm wondering if there is any difference acoustically to mounting the panels, covered in material, with the flat surface (the back) facing into the room with the rippled surface against the wall? There's 3x 50x50 panels in total - 1x on a back wall above and behind my monitors and 2x on the ceiling above the listening position.

I have bass traps in the corners which are now covered (and the right way round!).

Thanks.


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      #1001849 - 05/08/12 10:30 AM
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There is going to be less surface area to absorb the sound so they probably won't be quite as effective. If I was doing this, I would attach the fabric to a separate frame mounted slightly in front of the panels.

James.

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