Acoustic Foam vs. Acoustic Panels - Is There Any Difference?

A chat about my recent experience trying to acoustically treat a room using both acoustic foam and then, the more expensive acoustic panels.

After moving to a new house and realising that my office/studio was a basically a reverb chamber, I set about the task of getting it to sound good enough to record in.

Initially, I tried acoustic foam and, while I have no doubt that decent, dense, thick acoustic foam will undoubtedly help reduce echos and reverb in a room, some of the junk available on Amazon is a complete waste of time and money.

I followed up with some acoustic panels from GIK Acoustics (this is not an advert or sponsored as I paid a healthy sum for my kit) and I wish I'd done it months ago. What a difference!

If you have any questions about my experiences, feel free to ask in the comments. Thank you for watching.

#acousticfoam #audio #reverb

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Music - Ander Enger Jensen

[DruGaTecH]

I like to use both. Panels for acoustic properties and foam majorly for the aesthetics.

[secretaryofsimplification]

Thank you! I had no idea acoustic panels even existed. Much more aesthetically pleasing than ugly foam.

[alekseibarulin]

Best video I have seen so far on this topic.

[LukaEsenko]

Very helpful. Thank you! This deserves more views...

[keithdavis]

Its so annoying because i can hear the commercials in the living room playing, i can hear my parents snoring, i can hear stuff in the garage, i can hear stuff from the wind. Its honestly so annoying and i have a blue yeti mic which literally picks up everything from a microscopic organism crawling around to the wind howling outside

[HeresMo]

There are different sizes. 2-3 inch think are usually good

[remedy]

if you need to lower echo in a room go with panels and if you need lower some echo and escaping sound through the walls use foam

[reginaldolagarda]

Awesome information now i know to go for panels

[vitaliistep]

Thank you! You've saved me time and money!

[mercedesescobarmusic]

This is helpful, but you really only mentioned thin/cheap foam (that I think is sold more as decoration for podcasters). What about more expensive/thicker foam?

[danielgarcia]

Thanks for the insight. For your cables might I suggest looking into a pegboard

[JamesMontemagno]

Hey there! I was wondering what fabric and color you got on the 242? I think you have the light gray behind you in the beginning of the video? I was going between just a standard 242 and the Impression series.

[jackryder]

I have 10 by 17feet home theater room. What would you suggest.

[josuechacon]

Does having your panels high above your monitors work?

[lngwstx]

Two questions if anyone can help. One, where would I install these around a speaker playing loud music to keep it from going through a floor to the upstairs? And two, will that ruin the music for the listeners? I have a downstairs neighbor who loves to blast his music, and I don’t want to be that grouchy old lady, but I do work from home and I really can’t be sounding like I’m at a rave and doing conference calls. So I talked to him and offered to provide him with these panels if he would install them, so we don’t have conflict as the months wear on. I *could* complain to the manager and get him in trouble, but I don’t want to be that guy. But idk if he will want to keep them up if they ruin his jams for him, so I don’t want to spend a bunch of money if he won’t leave them up (or if they won’t work). So. I know absolutely nothing about this and every tutorial I find assumes some level of either DIY home improvement skills or sound engineer type knowledge (or both) and I possess neither. So if anyone has insights for me I would appreciate the assist. Thank you.

[sushiyeah]

Thank you. I need this while playing games streaming at night so I won't disturb my mates.

[AntoineMagnifique]

I'd say start growing your channel and start producing interesting videos!

[Premier_lawns_official]

Really helpful, struggling in a room like yours. My wife is going mad with the amazon pannels. Will order some up. You really want to contact these guys and get yourself a paid link!

[AureeOfficial]

Thank you man, I'm dealing with that for the first time, I have a workout youtube channel, just moved in a house in Canada and the sound of my studio is... awful. Not sure if they ship in CA, but will try to go for panels as recommended by you. Thanks mate!

[stratogustav]

If you put movie posters on those panels would they still work?