Yes, acoustically treating your room will vastly improve the sound of any audio equipment. What is being treated is the listening environment. A hard surfaced room is prone to reflections, standing waves, reverberation and uncontrolled low frequencies (bass). This becomes more apparent the louder you run your system, which is why you may feel the the need to turn it down. Treating your room will allow your equipment to get to the volume levels where it can really perform.

No, acoustic room treatment is not the same as sound deadening (sound isolation). Acoustic room treatment targets the acoustic issues a standard room is prone to, giving the listener a better listening environment. Sound isolation is to stop sound transferring outside of the room to the next room. Both of these treatments can be used together to give both an acoustically treated room, and provide sound isolation.

Yes, acoustically treating your room also improves the listening environment for 2 channel (stereo) audio set ups as well. Critical listeners will notice an enhanced image, clear smooth vocals, fast punchy bass and noticeable detail.

No, the theatre finish does not have to be black. The acoustic fabric we use is available in many colours. However, we have chosen black for the majority of our theatres for some very specific reasons.

• Black walls and ceilings help darken the room, taking away distractions and putting focus on the projected screen.

• It also improves the contrast ratio of the projected image, giving blacker blacks and makes the colours pop as there is less reflected light affecting the image.

• Gives a more immersive feel to the theatre, giving a better focus to the scene in the movie.

• Gives a striking look to the theatre.

Better equipment will lead to better sound, but only up to a certain volume level. Anything over 75dB and the reflections, reverberations, standing waves and uncontrolled low frequencies will begin to make themselves present. This will result in a harsh mushy sound with bloaty booming bass and requests to “turn it down”. Acoustically treating your room allows you to run your equipments past this level, where it can really sing.

Yes, almost any room can be turned into an acoustically treated theatre, but the size and shape of the room will dictate the outcome. The best and most predictable outcome will be a room that has 4 walls with a single access point. Rooms that are open plan or have a glass sliding door for example may not be able to be completely treated, but can be improved with treatment on available walls and corners.