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Acoustics First® Product Overview
Unsure of what our various products offer
and how they work together? Read
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Acoustical materials offered by Acoustics First
include Sound
Absorbers,
Sound Diffusors,
Noise
Barrier and
Vibration Control. Sound Absorbers include
Traditional foam,
FireFlex
foam,
Sonora Series glass fiber,
Cloudscape
Ceiling baffles,
QFM quilted rolls and panels,
Sound
Channels wall fabric and specialty sound
absorbers. Diffusors include the
Art
Diffusors and
QuadraPyramid. Barrier and Vibration Control
including
BlockAid vinyl sound barrier, vinyl sound
barrier specialty items,
floor underlayment,
Vib-X,
IsoHangers, &
Resilient Clips,
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Absorbers
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Diffusers /
Barriers /
Isolators |
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Sound Absorbers.
These materials eliminate sound
reflections and are generally porous, with many
pathways that redirect sound and cause it to
lose energy. Typical sound absorbing materials
are fiberglass, rock wool, open cell
polyurethane foam, cellular melamine foam, heavy
curtain blankets and thick fabric wall
coverings. Absorber materials do not
substantially block sound, but absorption can
enhance isolation by stopping air movement that
would otherwise allow sound and noise to travel.
Conversely, flexible non-porous barriers can act
as low-frequency, bass absorbers.
VIEW A VIDEO:
SOUND ABSORPTION:
How Acoustical Panels Improve Sound
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Acoustics First® Line of Sound Absorbers |
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Sound Diffusers. (Alt.
Diffusors.)
These
devices reduce the intensity of sound by
scattering it over an expanded area, rather than
eliminating the sound reflections as an absorber
would. Traditional spatial diffusers, such as
the polycylindrical (barrel) shapes also double
as low frequency traps. Temporal diffusors,
such as binary arrays and quadratics, scatter
sound in a manner similar to diffraction of
light, where the timing of reflections from an
uneven surface of varying depths causes
interference which spreads the sound.
VIEW A VIDEO:
DIFFUSING /
SCATTERING SOUND: Sound
Diffusion Explained
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Acoustics First® Sound Diffuser Products |
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Noise Barriers. These materials are heavy,
dense and massive to prevent sound penetration.
A common material is drywall (gypsum,
sheetrock). Thin materials with high sound
blocking characteristics are lead foil and mass
loaded vinyl. A sandwich of dissimilar materials
such as five-eighths inch gypsum, one- eighth
inch vinyl barrier, and a half-inch finish layer
of drywall will block more effectively than an
equivalent thickness of drywall alone. More
energy is lost as sound must change its speed
for each different material.
VIEW A VIDEO:
SOUNDPROOFING/BLOCKING SOUND: The
Barrier and The Bell
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Acoustics First® Barrier & Isolation Products
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Sound Isolators. These devices are
resilient and prevent sound transmission through
the structural steel or concrete of a building
as well as its plumbing and air handling
systems. Typical devices are resilient channel
for drywall, isolation pads for floors,
de-coupling hangers for ceilings, and special
adhesives for walls to avoid the hard
connections of nails and screws that often
provide a sound path through otherwise effective
sound insulation materials. These items require
diligent attention to detail when installing.
VIEW A VIDEO:
VIBRATION ISOLATION DEMONSTRATION:
Controlling Mechanical Sound
Transmission
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Acoustics First® Vibration Control & Isolation Products |
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