Expensive to sound proof a room? how to do so?

[RSI]

Hey all.. anybody know anything about sound proofing? I mean real sound proofing. I'm moving, and I want my new room to be sound proof. All the bedrooms are close together upstairs. I want to be able to blast music in my room and others able to sleep at the same time unbothered. Is it possible? How much does it cost? Are there different methods? Do I have to hire some dude to do it and pay his ass too, or can I do it myself? how big a job is it?

Appreciate it..

 

[StevenYoo]

sound-proofing is a BIG job.

it depends on how many dB's you want your room to dampen.

Your biggest bottleneck will be the door and windows. the slightest opening in a room will let a lot of sound out.

get rid of the windows or cover them with something super dense and thick. You can purchase lead curtains and such.

sound studios cost a lot to design b/c of the door alone. the door has to have perfect seals with the frame. the doors are also usually made of steel and weight a LOT.

if you're gonna blast music. think about what frequencies u have to suppress. You're biggest problem will be the bass (~100Hz maybe) and perhaps voice (3-4 KHz). You gotta do some math and find out how the dimensions of your room resonate these frequencies. i forget how it's done though.

so if you're really serious, hire an acoustic engineer to find out what materials are needed to get ur room soundproof. For a super soundproof room, you will lose an IMMENSE amount of floorspace, just so u know

 

[sharkeeper]

Headphones.

Cheers!

 

[N8Magic]

<< sound-proofing is a BIG job.

it depends on how many dB's you want your room to dampen.

Your biggest bottleneck will be the door and windows. the slightest opening in a room will let a lot of sound out.

get rid of the windows or cover them with something super dense and thick. You can purchase lead curtains and such.

sound studios cost a lot to design b/c of the door alone. the door has to have perfect seals with the frame. the doors are also usually made of steel and weight a LOT.

if you're gonna blast music. think about what frequencies u have to suppress. You're biggest problem will be the bass (~100Hz maybe) and perhaps voice (3-4 KHz). You gotta do some math and find out how the dimensions of your room resonate these frequencies. i forget how it's done though.

so if you're really serious, hire an acoustic engineer to find out what materials are needed to get ur room soundproof. For a super soundproof room, you will lose an IMMENSE amount of floorspace, just so u know >>



Quality advice here.

 

[RSI]

<< sound-proofing is a BIG job.

it depends on how many dB's you want your room to dampen.

Your biggest bottleneck will be the door and windows. the slightest opening in a room will let a lot of sound out.

get rid of the windows or cover them with something super dense and thick. You can purchase lead curtains and such.

sound studios cost a lot to design b/c of the door alone. the door has to have perfect seals with the frame. the doors are also usually made of steel and weight a LOT.

if you're gonna blast music. think about what frequencies u have to suppress. You're biggest problem will be the bass (~100Hz maybe) and perhaps voice (3-4 KHz). You gotta do some math and find out how the dimensions of your room resonate these frequencies. i forget how it's done though.

so if you're really serious, hire an acoustic engineer to find out what materials are needed to get ur room soundproof. For a super soundproof room, you will lose an IMMENSE amount of floorspace, just so u know >>

That's what I feared Damn ...

Any ball-park figure?... a few hundred, a thousand, ten thousand? :Q

 

[StevenYoo]

<< Any ball-park figure?... a few hundred, a thousand, ten thousand? :Q >>



i believe the door itself is a few thousand. but this is for a super-high quality door.

replace your current door with one made of really heavy and dense wood. and make sure u seal your door someway when u close it.

cover your windows somehow with gypsum or something.

to be an audiophile is to shy from the light.

 

[N8Magic]

<<

<< sound-proofing is a BIG job.

it depends on how many dB's you want your room to dampen.

Your biggest bottleneck will be the door and windows. the slightest opening in a room will let a lot of sound out.

get rid of the windows or cover them with something super dense and thick. You can purchase lead curtains and such.

sound studios cost a lot to design b/c of the door alone. the door has to have perfect seals with the frame. the doors are also usually made of steel and weight a LOT.

if you're gonna blast music. think about what frequencies u have to suppress. You're biggest problem will be the bass (~100Hz maybe) and perhaps voice (3-4 KHz). You gotta do some math and find out how the dimensions of your room resonate these frequencies. i forget how it's done though.

so if you're really serious, hire an acoustic engineer to find out what materials are needed to get ur room soundproof. For a super soundproof room, you will lose an IMMENSE amount of floorspace, just so u know >>

That's what I feared Damn ...

Any ball-park figure?... a few hundred, a thousand, ten thousand?:Q >>



The last figure sounds more like it... :Q

 

[GooberPHX420]

dude, are u like doing recording n stuff in there?

If its nothing like hardcore, just you wanting to blast your music, get some dynamat or something and staple it to your walls, then use some foam over that. Dynamat is very expensive tho, like $50 a square yard!

 

[StevenYoo]

<< dude, are u like doing recording n stuff in there?

If its nothing like hardcore, just you wanting to blast your music, get some dynamat or something and staple it to your walls, then use some foam over that. Dynamat is very expensive tho, like $50 a square yard! >>



if this dynamat stuff works, then go for it. much cheaper than buying a huge-ass steel door and stuff, hehe.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Go to the dump and grab some old matresses.

 

[Atrail]

I have seen people use the egg crate stuff you buy for your bed and cover every square inch of the room. That would be much cheaper than Dynomat and probably works better. Dynomat is designed for vibration in car trunks, right?

 

[Capn]

I think they sell acoustic drywall, maybe not, but two layers of the regular stuff will go a long way. Also you could put acoustic foam around your entire room (super expensive). If you're doing building work in the room angling your walls so they are not parallel will help to reduce standing waves in the room itself. Buy yourself a triple pane window and the heaviest door you can find.

Heh, the best thing would be to build a room within your room, mechanically decoupled from the house, and put a vacuum space inbetween your room and the surrounding area, but I doubt you'd be that hardcore.