Any value getting a foam Queen Mattress?

[David Lai]

Hi friends!
I have a question, so a friend just posted a queen sized mattress online for free in my area. Can such things help with acoustic treatment in a rented house? If so, how to make good use of it? I'll snap it if it can make good material for my bedroom's acoustic treatment.
Thanks!
David

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I don't think that the foam on mattresses is dense enough to be useful for significant absorption.
Surprisingly, it's towels which could be cheap sound absorption panels.

Get perfect sound in your videos with $5 DIY sound absorbing panels

Get perfect sound in your videos with $5 DIY sound absorbing panels

www.diyphotography.net

 

[David Lai]

I don't think that the foam on mattresses is dense enough to be useful for significant absorption.
Surprisingly, it's towels which could be cheap sound absorption panels.

Get perfect sound in your videos with $5 DIY sound absorbing panels

Get perfect sound in your videos with $5 DIY sound absorbing panels

www.diyphotography.net

Interesting. Thanks for your reply! Well this person is posting this for free, so it's quite tempting if it can work, that is.

 

[Teetertotter?]

How bout styro foam panels???

 

[trochetier]

Hi friends!
I have a question, so a friend just posted a queen sized mattress online for free in my area. Can such things help with acoustic treatment in a rented house? If so, how to make good use of it? I'll snap it if it can make good material for my bedroom's acoustic treatment.
Thanks!
David

Hell it is free why not give it a try.

 

[ryanosaur]

Acoustic foams, and the foams common to foam mattresses, including memory foam, are not the same.
While I suspect, if applied smartly (i.e. with some basic understanding of Acoustic Principles and Absorption, one may be able to attenuate some frequencies to some degree, but to what extent?)
Too many people go willy-nilly into treating their rooms with little to no understanding of what they are doing. Most don't realize the harm they are doing until much later. I've seen many posts in various fora now where people have discarded most of their room treatments to the betterment of SQ.
Learn about Acoustics first, if you want to do yourself any favors.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition: Everest, F. Alton: 9780071841047: Amazon.com: Books

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition [Everest, F. Alton] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition

www.amazon.com

 

[David Lai]

Hmm, so are you guys saying that it might not be a good idea to get this free mattress?

 

[ryanosaur]

If you want to be saddled with a heavy queen size mattress, it's your choice.
When I think of free things I wouldn't want...
Car batteries (used), herpes, queen mattress (used). Yup. All top of my list.

But seriously... if you are interested at all in acoustics, then learn about it! You don't need to be an expert, and Physics degrees are not required. Yet a rudimentary understanding will help you take an audio hobby to the next level. The best upgrades most people can do for their systems are the free ones that involve proper set up understanding how soundwaves interact with their room!

 

[lovinthehd]

Is it a better mattress than your current one? Take the blacklight with you for mattress inspection in any case

 

[ryanosaur]

Is it a better mattress than your current one? Take the blacklight with you for mattress inspection in any case

And a can of Bug Spray!

 

[Alex2507]

When I think used mattress I think anal secretions.

 

[ryanosaur]

When I think used mattress I think anal secretions.

Or dead hooker.

 

[Swerd]

When I think used mattress I think anal secretions.

Or dead hooker.

Both

 

[lovinthehd]

Remember, it's his friends' mattress....he knows what he's getting into....probably.

 

[ryanosaur]

Remember, it's his friends' mattress....he knows what he's getting into....probably.

 

[ryanosaur]

I don't know what's creepier: the turn this thread took, or Shirley Temple?

 

[Swerd]

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your mattress.

But you can't pick your friend's mattress.

 

[Trell]

Acoustic foams, and the foams common to foam mattresses, including memory foam, are not the same.
While I suspect, if applied smartly (i.e. with some basic understanding of Acoustic Principles and Absorption, one may be able to attenuate some frequencies to some degree, but to what extent?)
Too many people go willy-nilly into treating their rooms with little to no understanding of what they are doing. Most don't realize the harm they are doing until much later. I've seen many posts in various fora now where people have discarded most of their room treatments to the betterment of SQ.
Learn about Acoustics first, if you want to do yourself any favors.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition: Everest, F. Alton: 9780071841047: Amazon.com: Books

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition [Everest, F. Alton] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition

www.amazon.com

Gik Acoustics and RealTraps have online information about treatments as well. GIK Acoustics has a youtube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/GlennKuras/