Room treatments.

I am always tossing around the idea of making DIY room treatments out of some acoustic insulation I have left over. Do any of you guys have room treatments DIY or commercial? Did you notice a difference after putting them up?

This can be quite a "science". It will make a difference if you do it right. I expect that you already know that you can't just throw it up anywhere. I would do some research, if you havent already. But making the treatment yourself is a great idea because that "glorified insulation" known as "acoustic panels" can be quite expensive. I know that I am not really answering your question here Ironbull, but we had so much fun on that other thread, and i'm bored. I have not personally done this because my theater is also our living room. What acoustic problems are you having?

None that I know of but. My theater room has little to no reverb or echo. The walls are bare and I thought that making some nice looking wall treatments would be cool. But at the same time I don't really need to and I don't want to make a mess BUT I am always looking to "improve" my gear as it is not practical for me to "upgrade" my gear. (That is what I tell my Wife) . I was just interested to see if others have done it.

Well I would say that not having reverb and echo is a very good thing. But you also don't want a "dead" room. I have got a really nice size basement,(perfect for dedicated theater,DRY,NEW,just perfect) but I havent done anything w/it yet.(cash) Everytime I go down there I just look around and dream. Maybe someday.

But hell yeah. If you want to try this, do it. Why not? It sounds like something positive to do to pass time, and it might just work. If you do and it does, let me know what you used...

Hanging velvet black curtains will both provide the acoustic treatment and help absorb ambient light. I bought this fake heavy felty material from Walmart on sale on day, and used that. The wife and the sewing machine helped make them into real hanging pleated curtains. This is great for stopping reflections and reverberations. But if you want insulation so that others in the house aren't disturbed by your loud sub, you'll need to do something way more drastic.