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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Hauber" data-source="post: 90463" data-attributes="member: 272">Re: How do I build a good sounding room?I&#039;m doing a small house with all wood inside -more as a point to prove that drywall isn&#039;t a necessary requirement.&nbsp; English style panelling isn&#039;t as hard as it looks.&nbsp; Also doing some rooms with combinations of tongue&amp;groove cathedral ceilings, beadboard, carsiding, knotty pine boards and even that faux &quot;log-cabin&quot; rounded boards intended for outside siding.&nbsp; Throw in a bit of masonry and tile to round it all off. &nbsp;Built-in bookshelves are great as is large fireplaces with stone or brick chimneys.&nbsp;&nbsp;(No &quot;masonite&quot; or other manufactured based panels or those nasty 70&#039;s looking panelling sheets with the printed grain.&nbsp; Although the Armstrong catalog has some really good acoustical tile materials now that look like wood boards -might try those in higher places where you can&#039;t get a good look at it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Having a balance of live and dead surfaces really helps the overall sound of a space.&nbsp; Cathedral ceilings also help with that 8&#039; resonance and slap that parallel floor and ceiling tend to create.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Craig Hauber, post: 90463, member: 272"] Re: How do I build a good sounding room? I'm doing a small house with all wood inside -more as a point to prove that drywall isn't a necessary requirement. English style panelling isn't as hard as it looks. Also doing some rooms with combinations of tongue&groove cathedral ceilings, beadboard, carsiding, knotty pine boards and even that faux "log-cabin" rounded boards intended for outside siding. Throw in a bit of masonry and tile to round it all off. Built-in bookshelves are great as is large fireplaces with stone or brick chimneys. (No "masonite" or other manufactured based panels or those nasty 70's looking panelling sheets with the printed grain. Although the Armstrong catalog has some really good acoustical tile materials now that look like wood boards -might try those in higher places where you can't get a good look at it :-) Having a balance of live and dead surfaces really helps the overall sound of a space. Cathedral ceilings also help with that 8' resonance and slap that parallel floor and ceiling tend to create. [/QUOTE]

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