Auralex Sonosuede Room Acoustics System

admin · #1 06-26-2007, 12:13 PM

Many people think that the secret to a great home theater is great gear. And when you ask them what that gear consists of, it will usually be a display, speakers, components, and cables. But the ingredient that can often make or break a home theater is the room itself. My room is an excellent case in point, which is why I chose to bring in the good folks at Auralex.

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Coheednme13 · #2 06-26-2007, 03:09 PM

Great review J, it seems like it is pretty easy to hang all the treatments. So is the bass response just less boomy or is it more accurate and linear? I would really like to have a kit like that but I think that my cats might DESTROY it!! J/K it's Matt from Elgin SC and my cats are still scared every time I mention your name. Well I'm glad that the kits worked for you. This is personal question and you don't have to answer it if you don't want, but did you buy the kits or did they give it to you to review and then to return?

j_garcia · #3 06-26-2007, 04:02 PM

When I picked up my MoPads I noticed they had some info about this stuff too. I've been thinking about doing some panels for my room now that it is painted. Looks like a great product.

MDS · #4 06-26-2007, 04:38 PM

Sorry to hijack but how tall are the MoPads? The Auralex site gives their width as 4 inches and length as 12 inches but no indication of how tall they are. I'm trying to find out if those and a speaker on top of them will fit in the space I have for my center channel.

j_garcia · #5 06-26-2007, 05:07 PM

I can measure them tonight, but they are roughly 1-1/2" to 2" tall at their highest point. They probably don't give the dimension because of the taper. Though it is only 4 degrees, it gives a pretty good angle and it gave me pretty much exactly what I was after; dialouge is MUCH clearer. Note too that the set includes some "offset" pieces that you can use instead that are maybe 1/2" thick at their tallest. These are the pieces that fill the void if you want to make the pads level or flip over to create an 8 degree slope. It is hard to tell from their pics. I am very pleased with these things though.

Clint DeBoer · #6 06-26-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Coheednme13

Did you buy the kits or did they give it to you to review and then to return?

Typically what happens is that we get a product to review, we review it and then send it back. 99% of the stuff goes back (Honestly, we don't have "weekly AV garage sale" in our business plan... lol.)

If, on occasion, we fall in love with a product and really like it we are usually able to buy it at accommodation pricing. That's what we did here. J, however, didn't pay a dime - we gave it to him and picked up the accommodation tab ourselves. J's a good guy and that's how we roll.

Coheednme13 · #7 06-27-2007, 01:15 PM

Thanks for clearing that up Clint. I need to roll with you guys then. J/K. I am really glad to see that you can get acoustical treatments with this level of performance for that price. It makes having a devoted theatre room seem that much more attainable. Thanks for the great reviews guys. Without Audioholics the world would be a darker place.

Huh, I sound like a girl

j_garcia · #8 06-27-2007, 01:50 PM

Sorry MDS, was really busy last night. I have time tonight so I will get those measurements.

jaseman · #9 06-27-2007, 03:57 PM

I don't doubt that room treatments help with the sound... to a certain degree... but the cost is nearly as much as some top quality speakers, etc, etc.

I find it really hard to justify the cost

for what amounts to some foam rubber glued to the walls.

avaserfi · #10 06-27-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jaseman

I don't doubt that room treatments help with the sound... to a certain degree... but the cost is nearly as much as some top quality speakers, etc, etc.

I find it really hard to justify the cost

for what amounts to some foam rubber glued to the walls.

Do a little reading on room acoustics. Speakers and the room they are in probably make up 90-95 percent of all the sound quality you will hear. That is worth the cost. You can have the best speakers in the world but you put them in a room too small and they will sound like crap.