Room Treatment-ATS Panels

I-SIG

Well, my color swatches for the ATS panels have shipped. Gonna do some room treatments as part of my painting and decorating in the living and dining areas.

Wes

bikerboy

I will be interested in what they are like. I think room treatments are the next on the list for me also. I will diy them most likely. I googled ats and got nothing. What do they cost per set?

SolidSqual

Go GIK or go home.

pearsall001

I've got a few of them myself (3-2x2x4" & 1-2x4x4") along with panels from other manuf. Great stuff, well built & look great. You should notice a difference in your room sound for the better. Once you see & hear how well they work you need to keep going. Remember, a well treated room is the best upgrade you can do.

SolidSqual

pearsall001 wrote: »

I've got a few of them myself (3-2x2x4" & 1-2x4x4") along with panels from other manuf. Great stuff, well built & look great. You should notice a difference in your room sound for the better. Once you see & hear how well they work you need to keep going. Remember, a well treated room is the best upgrade you can do.

BIG +1

I-SIG

bikerboy wrote: »

I will be interested in what they are like. I think room treatments are the next on the list for me also. I will diy them most likely. I googled ats and got nothing. What do they cost per set?

ATS Panels

Try the above.

Wes

SolidSqual

This thread helped me out when I went the acoustic treatment route:

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51863&highlight=GIK+Room+Treatment

It has some good links to other useful info. as well.

I-SIG

SolidSqual wrote: »

Go GIK or go home.

What's so special about GIK?

Wes

SolidSqual

ATS may be great, but they don't seem to post any complete testing results. Take a look at the testing.

ATS
http://www.atsacoustics.com/item--ATS-Acoustic-Panel-24x24x4--1007.html

GIK

http://www.gikacoustics.com/absorption.html

GIK shows complete testing results. ATS doesn't. For a few extra bucks, you may be getting quite a better product. Just my 2 cents. I by no means am saying ATS is bad. I am just saying you may be able to do better. Options are good.

http://www.averagejoeavreviews.com/reviews/traps/0001gikacoustics/review.htm

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/acoustics/gik-acoustics-244-absorption-panel-review/gik-acoustics-panels-overview-and-installation

pearsall001

ATS & GIK are both excellent products. You can't go wrong with either. At the time I made my purchase ATS had a much better fabric selection than GIK. That in itself was the deciding factor. I've since purchased a GIK Monster bass trap (2x4x6") & also Echo Buster products & a few Aurelex products. My next move is going to be these guys: http://www.realtraps.com/diffusor.htm.

It's an accumulative effect, the more you do, the sound just keeps on getting better & better. And, don't worry, it's almost impossible to overtreat a room.

wingnut4772

I love my Real Traps.

pearsall001

wingnut4772 wrote: »

I love my Real Traps.

Which one's do you have Darla? Ethan has a pretty good line up going.

wingnut4772

The Bass traps. I don't remember the models but the pics are in my link under the HT section.

I-SIG

SolidSqual wrote: »

ATS may be great, but they don't seem to post any complete testing results. Take a look at the testing.

ATS
http://www.atsacoustics.com/item--ATS-Acoustic-Panel-24x24x4--1007.html

GIK

http://www.gikacoustics.com/absorption.html

GIK shows complete testing results. ATS doesn't. For a few extra bucks, you may be getting quite a better product. Just my 2 cents. I by no means am saying ATS is bad. I am just saying you may be able to do better. Options are good.

http://www.averagejoeavreviews.com/reviews/traps/0001gikacoustics/review.htm

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/acoustics/gik-acoustics-244-absorption-panel-review/gik-acoustics-panels-overview-and-installation

Thanks for the GIK info. Good stuff, but almost 50% more per equivalent panel adds up quickly, plus there are 2' x 2' options available at ATS that wouldn't be custom.

The Real Trap mentioned by Phil and Darla are nice too, but even more pricey.

I'm gonna stick with ATS for now, but I'm very interested in the GIK Tri-Traps and Diffusers in the future. I think the Diffusers would be pretty neat and effective on the ceiling!

Wes

Systems

The ATS panels should be just as effective as the GIK or Real Traps of the same thickness and they have lots of colour options.