Project Overview: Theater Acoustics for a School Performance Space Why Theater Acoustics Are Different from Other Performance Spaces Theaters live in a much wider RT60 range than most rooms. A restaurant lands between 0.7 and 1.1 seconds depending on whether the operator wants intimate or lively. A theater can run anywhere from 0.8 to 1.6 […]
Tag Archives: Absorption Case Study
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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Pizzeria Acoustic Treatment at Mellow Mushroom The Pizzeria Acoustic Problem The Mellow Mushroom national pizzeria chain leans into a hip, all-ages dining environment, and the Lutz location was built like most of their stores: high ceilings, hard reflective surfaces, lots of glass and exposed structure. Those finishes look great in a brand mood […]
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Oct
Oct
Project Overview: Acoustic Ceiling Cloud Installation at Mekenita Cantina The Mekenita Cantina Acoustic Problem Mekenita Cantina downtown Tampa opened into a build-out with sealed concrete floors, exposed brick walls, and a hard ceiling — the standard hip-cantina aesthetic that looks great on a moodboard and reverberates terribly in real life. Patron complaints arrived almost immediately […]
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Aug
Aug
Project Overview: Telecom Conference Room Acoustic Treatment Why Telecom Rooms Need Sub-1-Second RT60 Healthcare conference rooms with telecom equipment have a stricter acoustic target than most meeting spaces. Ceiling- and table-mounted microphones pick up the room’s reverberant field along with the speaker’s voice, and above 1 second RT60 the reflections smear into the direct signal […]
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Jul
Jul
Project Overview: Restaurant Fabric Wall Acoustic Upgrade Why the First Round of Panels Wasn’t Enough Fins at Sharky’s sits above the Venice Fishing Pier with a direct Gulf view, surrounded by boutiques and other fine dining establishments. The room had been treated once already — 1″ acoustic panels at NRC 0.7 went in the prior […]
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Apr
Apr
Project Overview: Hospital Acoustic Consultant at Moffitt Cancer Center Why Hospitals Need an Acoustic Consultant Beyond Walls Hospital acoustics carry a wider problem set than most commercial buildings. Patient rooms need privacy and sleep quality, waiting rooms need HIPAA-aligned conversation control, conference and education rooms need reverberation management for speech intelligibility. No single product solves […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Conference Room Acoustics with Custom Panels Why Office Conference Rooms Are the Worst Acoustic Offenders Of every acoustic problem we get called into on a weekly basis, conference room reverberation tops the list. The reasons are structural: conference rooms are bigger than the average office, they’re built around hard reflective finishes (drywall, glass, […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Custom Home Theater Acoustic Fabric Wall Why Custom Home Theaters Need Different Acoustic Treatment Residential home theaters carry a different acoustic brief than commercial movie theaters. The room has to deliver audiophile-grade absorption — film soundtracks ride on tight reverberation control — while reading as a continuation of the home’s interior design language, […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Clubhouse Echo Acoustic Treatment Why Clubhouses Have Persistent Echo Problems Clubhouses are one of the most common acoustic clients we work with, and the reason is structural. The standard clubhouse footprint pairs high tapered ceilings (great for visual openness) with reflective walls and hard floors (great for cleaning and durability). Together those choices […]
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Jan
Jan
Project Overview: Yeoman’s Cask & Lion Ceiling Panels Why British Pubs Are Acoustically Loud British pubs and gastropubs are built around materials that look great and sound terrible. Exposed brick, dark wood paneling, tile floors, tin ceilings, and large flat windows are the visual language of the category. Every one of those finishes reflects sound […]