Six Easy and Affordable tips for improving the sound quality in your room

SIX EASY AND AFFORDABLE TIPS TO IMPROVE THE SOUND QUALITY IN YOUR ROOM

If you are a content creator or a music enthusiast, you know how important it is to have an excellent sound quality within your workspace. Unfortunately, getting the perfect sound balance can be a daunting task. You may be under the impression that it’s going to cost you an arm and a leg to have superior sound quality. However, that is not always the case. In this article, we are going to provide you with six practical and affordable tips that will help you improve the acoustics within your room and remove echoes.

IDENTIFY THE LAYOUT AND SHAPE OF YOUR ROOM

In an ideal situation, we would want a room with walls that are equal, non-reflective, and have ample space to hang things that can absorb the sound. However, if you can’t change the shape of your room, you can still use simple design techniques to improve its acoustics. Hanging up a curtain, introducing a bookshelf with books, and hanging up some pictures can reduce sound reflections to a decent extent.

PLACE A RUG OR CARPET UNDER YOUR WORKSPACE

Hard surfaces act as reflection points and reverberate sound. The point of adding a rug or carpet will diffuse and absorb the sound. It might not help a whole lot, but it will definitely add to the process of improving your sound quality.

LOOK AT THE POSITION AND HEIGHT OF YOUR SPEAKERS

Positioning your speakers in the optimal place can improve sound quality. If they are too close to any surrounding objects or hard surfaces, it can cause reflections to occur and distort their true sound. A speaker that is placed too high and angled towards the floor can have the same effect. It should be placed at the same height as your ears and pointed directly towards you.

LOOK AT THE POSITIONING OF YOUR SEAT RELATIVE TO THE SPEAKERS

Take a step back and look at the position of your seat in comparison to the position of your speakers. There should be an equilateral triangle from where you are seated and where the speakers are located. Ideally, we recommend that your speaker position should be one meter away from the wall.

USING ACOUSTIC PANELS AND BASS TRAPS

Using acoustic foam panels can be a cost-effective sound treatment method, especially if you don’t have a big budget for big fabric or wooden acoustic panels. You can start off with a few foam panels placed in some key areas that will help decrease the echo and reverb within your room.

A basic package would include some acoustic foam panels and some bass traps for the sound which usually gets trapped in the corners of the room. You can browse our collections to see which ones might suit your needs.

AVOID USING EGG CRATES

Although it has been rumored that sticking egg crates on your wall will provide a certain level of acoustic treatment in your room, it is not a recommended idea. Egg crates have absolutely no sound absorption qualities, which ultimately minimizes any sound treatment properties it may have.

Instead, you can get Hush Echo’s acoustic foam panel in the egg crate shape which will provide you with a neat and sleek design while still providing superior acoustic treatment.

In conclusion, these are six easy and affordable tips that will help you improve the sound quality within your room. By identifying the layout and shape of your room, placing a rug or carpet under your workspace, looking at the position and height of your speakers, looking at the positioning of your seat relative to the speakers, using acoustic panels and bass traps, and avoiding using egg crates, you can create a space that not only sounds better but also feels better. If you have a gaming room that needs to be acoustically treated, we give some ideas on how to go about that as well. Browse our collections to choose a style that best fits your sound needs and your aesthetic