$100 acoustic foam sound experiment!! Can you hear the difference?

Is $100 acoustic foam worth it to improve the sound quality in YouTube videos? Take this blind science experiment to find out!

[janrasmussen]

if you hang up curtains and put in a extra rug on the floor also you will be much better off ! also its about sound defusion, so the more items in the room to bounce / end soundwaves the better.... plus your studio will look more home-like :)

[naveenkothuri]

There is a little bit of difference that could be noted when u hear sample C but i think the audio foam may be useless or else you could use extra audio foam to make the difference (Please don't purchase).

[DavidLewisMease]

Wearing headphones I could definitely tell C had an echo

[festaazul]

HUGEEE DIFFERENCE

The third sounded disgusting

[uos]

It's hard to tell. It's probably works better for sound to stay within your room if you place them correctly so people outside don't hear a lot of noise. Your mic is pretty good though, your voice is recorded clearly.

[LifeWithRilla]

If you're aiming for quality sound your mic quality is far too low to tell a difference. Your mic also has a noise reducer from what I can hear. Like an internal gate or the frequency pick-up range isn't very great where you can hear room noise meaning it's not a very high-quality microphone. If you want that deep, lush, solid sound I would recommend the shure sm7b with cloudlifter cl-1 combo.

I'm an audio engineer turned software engineer. But, with that combo you will for sure need room treatment as it will pick up more natural room noise. But, it works wonders. It's that podcast quality sound you're looking for.

[slinkychoco]

I don't hear a difference between the three samples, but since you spent $100 on it, audio samples A+B were the best

[amitchaudhary]

Cool setup. But I don't hear a difference