[Dream] Recommend Me Some Monitors

[UnderTow]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Phrank Harris wrote:

> That reminds me of something.  I did some pretty basic studying online for
> how to soundproof a room, so you can blast your music without disturbing the
> neighbors, and what I gathered is that really, the only way to trap sound in
> a room, if you didn't keep this in mind when building the actual room, is to
> build a slightly smaller room inside it.

Yep.

> Has anyone ever tried making a room-within-a-room that's semi-portable, i.e.,
> setting it up so you can remove some screws and reduce it to panels you can
> fit through the door and stuff in a van?  I'm not talking about something
> simple enough to take with you when you go to a jam or whatever, but
> something you can set up relatively easily when you move into a new place,
> and take down when you leave and still be able to get your deposit back from
> the landlord.

That would be difficult. For the room-in-a-room principle to work, the 
room has to be sealed or it won't work. That usualy means two things: It 
has to be designed to fit exactly in your current room which makes it 
unlikely to fit any other room and it usually means some kind of 
(semi)permenanent instalation. Also don't forget that if you build a 
sealed room, you need some kind of ventilation.

I'm sure it could be done but it would probably cost you as much in time 
and materials as actually constructing two rooms. In other words, it 
defeats the whole point of having it portable in the first place.

> Anyone have any ideas about what, in that case, would be good materials to
> use?  I understand that two layers of drywall on either side of your studs
> is good because it's heavy and porous, but if you've ever put the shit up
> you know you can't leave a fuckin' penny on the ground 'cos it'll leave a
> lincoln-sized dent in it; know anything more durable that absorbs sound, and
> isn't prohibitively expensive?

That last line is the problem. :)

> Also, does the room-within-a-room scenario work both ways; i.e., keeping
> sound out of the room out of the room as well as keeping sound in the room
> in the room?

Yes. If sound can't go out, it can't come in either. I'm guessing that is 
actually more often the reason why rooms-in-rooms are built than the other 
way round.

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