Decorative absorption?
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My new house theater/listening room is empty right now. The room is roughly 13.5' wide by 19.5 deep with a ceiling that slopes from 8' in front (where I am putting heavy drapes over the windows) to 17' or so in the rear.The floor is hardwood laminate where I have one area rug so far. The room is boomy as hell. My ol lady agreed that I can put some absorption panels on the side walls and ceiling if need be but she wants them to be "pretty" or something like that. Anyway, I got this idea of buying canvases, ya know the blank canvas stretched over wood frames(with the void in back stuffed with something appropriate) that you oil paint on and figuring out how to get prints to stick on them or actual acoustic panels that I could mount prints on. If anyone has ideas or experience let me know.
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Not necessarily those precise designs -- maybe they have "Dogs Playing Poster" and "Elvis", who knows?
Some come with images or you can have your own printed on them. Not cheap, but not outrageous either
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You can have giclée prints on canvas of virtually any classic painting or photograph that is outside copyright protection. You and your wife should be able to find a lot of good art work to have reprinted and stretched on stretchers of your choice. When well done, giclées look very like original oils.
There is a printshop in New Hope, PA, that does a first class job of this process and has access to a very wide range of art work to reprint.
If you're interested, I can get you the name of the shop.
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@Moose68Bash yes if it's not too much trouble I would like to call them and see what they can do.
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If the above would work how should one go about securing the canvas to the panel.
We're currently not at home, and the contact information is on my wife's computer, which is at home. I'll send it to you when we return on Tuesday.
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Here's what I made to treat one of my walls. It's a 2x3 frame with acoustic foam underneath a Mcintosh beachtowel. Now if I could only find something like that from Polk Audio
Does the wood frame have any kind of impact on the effect of the panel? Does the wood reflect sound waves?
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Thanx; I'm not sure what effect the woodframe has but the panel has helped tame some of the liveliness in the room. I'd like to add a couple more but I'm not thrilled with the idea of having more beachtowel meters. It's tough finding something suitable (audio related) for that size panel.
Doubtful. Cutting corners rarely works. I get building your own, but use the correct materials..........what you linked to ain't it.
Sometimes you gotta pay to play.
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Yes it's a beach towel that I ordered from Mcintosh's site ($45)
As long as air can pass through the fabric it is good to go and yes the wood will reflect sound waves but it looks great!
Most store bought panels have the fabric wrapped around the wooden frame so no better for sound absorption.
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Yes, I used a similar material. What speakers are causing the boomy sound? Rear ported?
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Here is the link to Encore Editions, the firm through which my wife has had several images of famous paintings printed as giclées:
http://www.encore-editions.com/canyon-artwork-prints
Here is their contact information:
Encore Editions
8335 Easton Rd #104, Ottsville, PA 18942
215-933-5047
Toll Free: 1-888-415-4434
[email protected]
Available by Email 7 Days a Week
Giclées can be made from any photo or image, printed on canvas, and stretched on wooden stretchers, as one does with oil paintings. They are so "good" that many people cannot distinguish them from the real paintings.
This company does very nice work and uses a higher quality canvas and printing process. They will ship throughout the United States.
Sounds like you have, perhaps, moved beyond this as a possibility, but I promised to send this information to you and I wanted you to have it. If your wife has favorite pieces of art, this might be a good thing to consider.
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Looks interesting.
Good luck with your project.
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Now that is pretty effin' cool.
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