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Thanks. Its been a haul, but almost there. The QRD diffuser remains. It's getting colder by the day, so I wanna pound it out this week and get my garage half sane for parking two cars again. Hate scraping morning frost.
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Room is 99% done. Need to install weather stripping around door. The QRD diffuser is on hold until time allows to do it right. Was a hectic week and rest of basement loose ends took priority..... Staircase. Gotta get all the last minute evidence cleaned up before the big reveal for thanksgiving. Planning to get real pics done too. Should be posted early next week or so. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Here's the noise floor with a gaggle of wives directly overhead in the kitchen after a thanksgiving dinner. Silence achievement unlocked! The door seals made a night and day difference. With a Dire Straits concert playing at around 65db the sound is virtually inaudible just outside the door. When watching Big Hero 6 it was reported bass still shreds through the house. (Of course)
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Only thing to stop (or I should say "limit") the bass is more mass. It takes quite a lot in order to keep it from permiating through the house. Mine is more of a light rumble, but I went into the soundproofing pretty heavily (pun intended).
Your room still benefits from reducing outside noise, and imagine what it would be like if you just left it wide open? LOL
Farewell - June 4, 2020
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Writing this as I plow leftover turkey down. So good. Shred was a bad description, more like muffled rumble like you said. But the really low stuff at reference still cuts through more than enough to get people too lazy to walk a flight of stairs curious.... HT goodness is just lost on some people. One visitor sat with hands clamped on her ears fearing the worst till I reminded her she could turn it down as she sat next to the remote. (The system wasn't even powered on yet. Lol.) I'm trying to figure out just how much more it would have taken to dull down the sub 20hz bass to match the rest of the transmission loss. The only way I can figure it is to frame an entirely seperate structure within the basement and have it sitting on a neoprene gasket. Then do the typical dd/gg/clips and track with r19 roxul on the floating structure and drywall mount device boxes with putty pads. Then you'd have to insulate the neighboring structure as well with additional drywall in the joist cavities. Some guys go that far I guess. Interesting food for thought, literally. Still eating.
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Congrats Serenity, Looks pretty awesome!!!
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Shred was a bad description, more like muffled rumble like you said. But the really low stuff at reference still cuts through more than enough to get people too lazy to walk a flight of stairs curious.... HT goodness is just lost on some people. One visitor sat with hands clamped on her ears fearing the worst till I reminded her she could turn it down as she sat next to the remote. (The system wasn't even powered on yet. Lol.)
They were probably expecting this: Simpsons THX (Grrrr. YouTube video embedding doesn't work. Sorry, you will have to click the link above.)
Farewell - June 4, 2020
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That is it! Probably thought loud equates to good..... I came upstairs after she left the demo to find she "booked" the room with my wife for her own get together weeks from now. When asked I replied "that's what it's there for." Love converting the uninitiated. Does anyone hold a regular drop in movie night? I've been getting requests and am trying to decide how (if) to organize it.
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For fellow Canadians on the board, it was even suggested the room becomes the official "Corrie" spot. If you dont know what "Corrie" is, consider youself spared.
I can hear the simpering trumpet now...... And see the cat on the roof..... THE HORROR! Lol.
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