Substantial posts by jbassino, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 15 of 124 posts are listed.
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jbassino, 7 May 2009"Acoustic" doors made of wood here are selling for a ridiculous price, so I'm wondering what kind of solutions do I have. I thought about buying a cheap solid wood door…
Ro, 8 May 2009good question. Consider the door a part of your wall; so it needs MASS as well. You could make a door by sandwiching MDF/GB/MDF for example. Insert a sheet of lead if…
Ro, 9 May 2009Here's a super-heavy door I designed earlier. The mass should atleast be equal to the wall the door's going to be in. Using a 3x12mm GB wall and hanging this door in…
Ro, 10 May 2009Updated the .skp with the frame. It's an example of how it CAN be done, not how it SHOULD be done ;) I've added rubber (p-type, black) and magnetic stripping (grey) as…
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xSpace, 20 May 2009It depends on if you intend to paint the door or sand and reseal. Making a plug to fill the void will require some finesse with @ minimum, a table saw and mitre saw. MDF…
jbassino, 26 June 2009Why dont you just go and buy some mdf sheets and build the door yourself? You can even ask homedepot to cut the sheets to size and glueing/screwing them its easier than…
xSpace, 26 June 2009One of the issues you will have is that the hollow core door becomes thicker then the jamb when you start adding layers of mass to it. Also it may not stay seated on the…
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xSpace, 1 July 2009I appreciate your vote of confidence Pierre, but an expert is someone who gives lectures on subjects and is paid for this. I just swing a hammer and recall what I have…
jbassino, 2 July 2009+1 on that 8) Yes. There are several things that could lead people to go nuts about it. Its like gearslutz. "what pre do I use for this??" "what AD converter should I…
jbassino, 11 July 2009I bought the door closer. Now I just hope it closes my door!! Any of you could estimate how much my door weights? Its two sheets of 25mm MDF, plus two sheets of 9mm MDF,…
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xSpace, 13 July 2009If you have a few hours and the stomach for reading: The sound insulations of studio doors: Part 1: Door Blanks. G.D. Plumb, R. Clark and The sound insulations of studio…
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Soundman2020, 28 January 2014Good isolation for any studio is based on the MSM principle, also known as fully-decoupled two-leaf isolation. In other words, if you want decent isolation…
Soundman2020, 13 February 2014So you are getting peaks of 75 dB in the range that humans (and mics) are most sensitive to? What is your NR goal for the room? Assuming something typical for a home…
Soundman2020, 17 February 2014Assuming that the leaves are on separate studs, then that would work. If they are on the same studs, then probably not. It's the same thing. If a wall isolates to 45 dB…