Best products from r/Acoustics
We found 22 comments on r/Acoustics discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 16 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. Acoustic Absorbers and Diffusers: Theory, Design and Application
- Used Book in Good Condition
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2. IsoAcoustics Iso-Stand Series Speaker Isolation Stands with Height & Tilt Adjustment: Iso-130 (5.1" x 6”) Pair
- 5.1” (130mm) Wide x 6” (152mm) Depth. 2.8” (71mm) Height in low setting. 8.25” (210mm) height in tall setting. 20lbs (9kg) weight capacity. Package includes 2 Stands.
- HEIGHT & TILT ADJUSTMENT: Offering 14 variations of height and tilt, the ISO-130 will help you optimize the placement of your monitors and focus your tweeters to ear level.
- PATENTED ISOACOUSTICS ISOLATION: Tested at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). The IsoAcoustics award winning design provides superior isolation performance.
- EXCITING THE SUPPORTING SURFACE: The isolators manage the energy of the speaker to reduce vibrations resonating through the supporting surface to eliminate dissonant sounds in the listening area.
- REDUCES INTERNAL REFLECTIONS: IsoAcoustics isolator reduces internal reflections to eliminate smear. The result is an improved stereo image of natural spatial sound.
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3. Piezo Loudspeaker for Ultrasonic Power Cannon (M161) Kemo part L010
- Item #1973D
- Use fork tines to spear meat and cheeses.
- Stainless steel construction.
- Measures 6.75"/17cm.
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4. Head-Related Transfer Function and Virtual Auditory Display (A Title in J. Ross Publishing's Acoustic)
5. Hearos Ear Plugs Xtreme Protection Series 14 Count, Pack of 3
For all noise reduction and hearing protection needsSuper soft and amazingly comfortable. Terrific value per pair
6. Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Design
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7. Building Acoustics
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- Precisely designed gooseneck spout for impeccable pour over control
- Safe for use on gas, electric and induction stovetops; dishwasher safe
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8. Architectural Acoustics (J Ross Publishing Classics)
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10. Good Musician: The biggest glossary of all music production words, film scoring terms, EDM genres, audio engineering terminology, recording vocabulary, and electronic music theory definitions.
11. Acoustics of Ducts and Mufflers
- Composed of durable, long lasting materials
- Long, stable handle extends reach and cleaning capabilities
- Designed to effectively clean almost any sized drain from any angle
- 6" Blue Cup
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13. Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros
- Cengage Learning PTR
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14. Art3d Textures 3D Wall Panels White Diamond Design Pack of 12 Tiles 32 Sq Ft (PVC)
- Premium quality PVC 3d wall panels, light weight and fire resistant, easy DIY
- Come in box of 12 panels, cover 32 square feet
- Size: 19.7" x 19.7" (500mm*500mm); Color: Matt White
- Made from PVC, light weight and fire resistant
- Recommended Use: Living room / bedroom / kitchen room / TV background / feature walls / ceiling etc
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Your brain does most of the interpretation, but much of what enters our brain is due to sound interacting with the physical shape of our head/ears/body and surroundings. So to prepare for acoustics graduate school with concentration in psychoacoustics, I'd still recommend you consider taking some EE courses if they are available. Courses that will serve you well: Digital Signal Processing (to be able to acquire and process data), a basic circuits course (to be able to solve some electro-mechanical analogy and transducers problems), some training in a programming language such as MATLAB (or Octave which is similar and open-source), and linear algebra / matrices. Additionally thermodynamics and certain physics will also aid in your understanding of acoustics in general.
An interesting and very accessible, albeit a bit dated, intro to Spatial Sound and 3D Audio can be found on the NASA website: http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/publications/Begault_2000_3d_Sound_Multimedia.pdf or in print elsewhere. I took a course during the Spring 2014 semester at Penn State which referenced this book a good deal. If after looking through Begault's book you are still interested in psychoacoustics, there are a few professors you might have the opportunity to work with at PSU. The course offerings through Penn State on psychoacoustics/3D Audio are sometimes few and far between, but students and faculty are actively doing research in this area. It's worth noting that Penn State has one of the largest and most respected Acoustics programs in the nation and I believe it served me well.
Another really good book that's more current if you are willing to spend $100 or want to search for it at a library: http://www.amazon.com/Head-Related-Transfer-Function-Virtual-Auditory/dp/1604270705
Best of luck in your search!
If you can seal the room air tight--including doors, windows, and vents--that may help. Also close the doors to other rooms in-between the drum kit and your neighbors.
Honestly, though, it may make more sense to buy your neighbors a box of ear plugs, and apologize in advance. Give them your number and ask them to reach out when the noise is inappropriate. Or play when they're gone.
These are the best earplugs I've found: https://www.amazon.com/Hearos-Plugs-Xtreme-Protection-pairs/dp/B001EPQ86A
Interesting project. You want to consider the mathematical relationships of wavelengths and notes. You'll quickly find that each note and each chord has a unique set of associated harmonics. Maybe you could construct an item based on the fundamental key the instrument is tuned to, but it seems that would be fairly limiting.
The attached show something that would certainly resonate (because everything does) but the circular items would support frequencies relative to their dimensions while the larger item would be diffuse over a larger frequency range.
The book you want to read is this: https://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Absorbers-Diffusers-Theory-Application/dp/0415471745
This is some great insight here, I'd recommend getting those monitors off your desk and at ear level with something like this, or the foam equivalent:
https://www.amazon.ca/IsoAcoustics-ISO-L8R130-Studio-Monitor-Stands/dp/B00CODRTNC/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Studio+Monitor+Stand+desk&qid=1564505895&s=musical-instruments&sr=1-4
Architectural Acoustics : Principles and Design is a good book on applied acoustics and would be a good choice for any kind of room acoustics consulting
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0137937954/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0B0mzbPJ8BD3Q
This is probably a good introduction to architectural acoustics Marshall Long
Then you have some more technically advanced ones such as kutruff or Tor Erik Vigran
The David Egan book is excellent.
https://www.amazon.com/Architectural-Acoustics-Ross-Publishing-Classics/dp/1932159789
I just looked up "60 kHz speaker," and a few transducers popped up with the spec of 2 - 60 kHz. Here's one:
https://www.amazon.com/Piezo-Loudspeaker-Ultrasonic-Cannon-Kemo/dp/B07DRQPKG9
Now you need an ultrasound source and an amplifier that can drive ultrasonic frequencies. And to make sure you're producing ultrasound as well as calibrate the transducer level at different frequencies, you'll need an ultrasonic mic and an ultrasonic measurement system. Eek, gluck.
You should check out The Sound Book, it's all about these types of locations. The author, Trevor Cox, goes and visits a bunch of places with weird echos or really long reverb times and has a bunch of cool analysis and discussion of them.
Not rare, 30+/-. Just 2-5 sentences to describe main characteristics.
Try this
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072M8QRLN
What's your knowledge of acoustics? Depending on where you're starting, see https://www.amazon.ca/Acoustics-Ducts-Mufflers-M-Munjal/dp/1118443128
Munjal is pretty much the top of the field wrt exhaust acoustics.
As others mentioned, there's software out there for this but if you don't know the theory, the software won't help much.
https://www.amazon.com/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524062230&sr=8-1&keywords=home+studio+like+the+pros
So what we found online was initially this through Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073NZ67LK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Qn1mDbFEHVGBE and then I actually found these at Home Depot that say in the description they can work for sound dampening... https://www.homedepot.com/p/LuxorWare-19-7-in-x-1-in-x-19-7-in-White-PVC-Fiber-3D-Wall-Panels-12-Pack-LW3D826/303607357?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-205079515-_-303607357-_-N
Here's the Bible of Acoustics...
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Handbook-Acoustics-Alton-Everest/dp/0071603328
What a rabbit hole. I don't have anything specific, but if your speciality is in numerical analysis type stuff, then https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/bthierry/ there is a lot of good work here.
You could also go into wavefield synthesis which is a very difficult but very math intensive problem. As an example, here is one of my professors, from grad school, Phd. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/158639/1/P2639.pdf
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and if you hate yourself, https://www.amazon.com/New-Directions-Linear-Acoustics-Vibration/dp/0521885086.