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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate.
Post Subject: Sand and SinagoguesPosted by tuga on: 9/4/2009
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 jessie.dazzle wrote:
Here's my latest hallucination :

So I'm sitting there listening and sucking down a beer, when, à propos de rien, it comes to me; more on how to neutralize a suspended floor.

After shoring it up with screw jacks (which btw, would make excellent scratching posts), you simply build up a little damm at each entry to the room, and then... Dump and spread about 4 inches of sand on the floor! I'm dead serious.

Apart from the quality it would impart to the sound of the room, it would make for a really cool environment. Not only could you sink your toes, you could sink all cables. Koshka would love it! The pattern that would be the natural result of walking around, would act as a very effective diffuser. Cleanup would be easy; just grab a big rake and smooth things out now and then! Get an elevated brush mat for the entry so as to not track sand around the rest of the house. http://www.conranusa.com/productdetails.aspx?pid=310&cid=Gardeners&language=en-US

You'd of course also want to glide arond in a pair of huaraches or baboosh slippers!

jd*

Hi JD,

Sand was once used by the Iberian jews in a few of their Sinagogues (supposedly) to prevent the "witch-hunters" from hearing them pray and such an acoustic "silence" would probably not be beneficial in a music playback room.
On the other hand sandwiching a sand layer between the old and a new wooden flooring might solve the problem.

Cheers,
Ric

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