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I had to laugh at the marketing blub in your linked product: it will allow sound through. If it didn't then we could save tens of thousands of pounds in building soundproof studios by putting up a thin cloth instead. You have to wonder where these serious companies get their marketing from.
I want to put this on it instead
https://www.studiospares.com/Headphones-and-Speakers/Speaker-Spares-and-Accessories/Acoustic-Cloth-Fabric-1400750mm-Black_258240.htm?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-7uZ2bGx4QIVCuR3Ch1SjQS_EAYYASABEgLYq_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Which does cost more but it will perform better I think, I plan to only cover the front with this and the back with the dust sheet from screwfix. Then mount on the corners of the walls.
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RW 5 has a density of 100kg m-3 (vs 60kg m-3 for RW3), it's more dense.
https://cdn01.rockwool.co.uk/siteassets/rw-uk/literature-downloads/datasheets/rw-slabs.pdf?f=20190315092546
I've known people use RW45 (45kg m-3), which is less dense. RW3 will be better, but it's marginal (certainly in a home studio situation). There should be a big improvement going from nothing to a few, strategically placed, panels be they RW45, 3 or 5. Combine this with optimum layout for the space (monitors firing down the length of the room etc) should reap rewards.
People seem very happy to spend money upgrading monitors or buying the latest plug in but resist spending a few hundred quid on acoustic treatment which could bring greater benefits.
I'd have thought that the denser the better...so RW5 would be more appropriate. Is that not the case?
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The Studiospares cloth will be just as good as the one you found earlier. Both are breathable fabrics; neither will be better nor worse than the other.
The Nexxia one has more of them in stock, the StudioSpares one only 1. My friend said he'd making them this weekend hopefully so he needs the cloth to staple on it.
The word 'could' says it all. It all seems a lot of work to make up a few of those panels on the offchance [probably very likely] that they will work.
In the much derided world of hi-fi, there are a lot of products that could improve the sound of your system. The only way to find out is to try them in your system. Every hi-fi dealer worth his salt will loan out examples that you can try at home. Simply bring them back to the shop if they don't do enough. In actual fact most people buy the items as they do tend to do what the dealer/manufacturer says they do. Perhaps a similar model could be introduced in the pro-audio room treatment business.
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Thanks again to everyone else for suggesting the DIY route, saved a few quid with a mate who's good at making stuff. Hopefully the room will be less echoey.
I have 3 small panels in my room which def make a bit of difference but I really need to trap the corners at some point.
The articles on here are pretty well regarded:
http://www.acousticsinsider.com/
You also want to treat early/first reflection points.
I'm fond of a soft top, hard bottom approach- meaning put some traps up suspended form the ceiling, and get rid of the carpet and put a hard floor down.
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Height will be easier: place traps so that they are level with your and your student's ears. Assuming that you sometimes stand and sometimes sit, find the place at which the trap can cover both possibilities.
Then get another few panels made up, put 2 behind the monitors either side of the back window, one on the far corner where the front door is and some others along the longer walls either side.
Otherwise I'd be putting the 4 made up already either side of each window on opposite sides of the room and saving the corners for 2 bass traps.