Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Nov 15, 2009 12:06 pm My husband wants our theatre to be as sound proof as possible, so we are putting double brick walls to the theatre and he is considering double glazing the windows, which just leaves the doors as a sound exit point. So obviously we want to have them as solid as possible, but I also want the theatre doors to match the rest of the doors in the house and the only ones that I can find that would do that are normal Corinthian internal doors with Coritech inner (as opposed to the honeycombe hollow core), so I was wondering: - are Coritech core doors any good from a sound-insulation perspective? - if not, are there any panel carved doors out there that are not the timber-look and are solid-core, but have matching internal doors with Coritech, hollow core or some other non-solid centre that I can use for the rest of the house? Thanks !!! Re: Theatre sound insulation - door construction? Coritech d 3Feb 21, 2011 11:32 pm Personally I think a set of heavy solid doors are the way to go. Failing that of course you could use normal internal doors and line the back with soundproof material! Re: Theatre sound insulation - door construction? Coritech d 4Feb 22, 2011 7:21 am Matto! He's back! Regarding the sound inside that room, keep in mind: solid walls like brick or concrete reflect bass, and flat hard surfaces reflect treble, so with a brick interior wall you get a fair bit of both! Get as much soft furnishings in that room as you can - on the floor (carpet is a must), on the walls (curtains, sonic panels, etc.), maybe on the ceiling (I've considered it, as an example some of the 'star ceiling' panels you can get are felt/velvet), and plush furniture. Otherwise your carefully considered sound system will very likely sound boomy, muddy and unfocused (poor sonic image, eg. left vs right not very clear...). Re: Theatre sound insulation - door construction? Coritech d 5Mar 07, 2011 4:24 pm Thanks for the tips Rod. As you say we will have plush carpet, curtains and soft furnishings. 2 walls are external and will have insulation, 2 walls are internal and will have acoustibats. There will be a double door which at this stage will probably be Coritech. There is not much information on them but according to Corinthian they supposedly have good, if not best acoustic properties. Our problem is that the family room is next to the media room. It would be nice to think that someone could still watch TV in the family room with someone else watching a movie at a reasonable volume. Re: Theatre sound insulation - door construction? Coritech d 7Mar 07, 2011 11:59 pm You can order any door as a solid core. Just use the same door as the rest as the internals (if that's what you want) but order it in solid core. Be careful with the positioning of curtains. You actually don't want a dead wall behind you. The surround speakers should be able to bounce sound off the rear wall so you are enveloped in sound. If you use heavy curtaining behind you then the rear surrounds wont work as they are intended. The side walls are where acoustic panels can really help with secondary reflections from the centre and fronts. Ideally the front wall is the one that should be acoustically dead to prevent any sound coming from the front other than what your speakers are producing. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Hi We have a road close to our place and only an old flimsy wooden fence between us and the Neighbour closest to the road. Any ideas on a sound proof modular fence. Like… 0 7513 Grate, thank you! RexChan if thats the reason i could sleep well without thinking about additional cost. But 1st i'll need to read about NRV cleaning/replaing stuff. I… 7 31211 Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11358 |