Solar/cellular shades -acoustical treatment


My right speaker is about 5 feet(ft) from the sliding glass doors (8 ft high by 16 ft wide) and is presently covered by solar shades. I have slap echo and reverb issues in the room and this is my first reflection point. I wanted to tackle this issue first when planning my acoustical treatment.

I have been told that solar shades have an NRC of about 0.15 so I was thinking of adding a set of cellular shades which I have been told has an NRC of 0.7. However, before investing a few thousand dollars I thought of asking if anyone had any experience with cellular shades and their acoustical absorptive performance. Manufacturers have not be able to provide any test data concerning acoustical performance. Also, any thoughts on any manufacturers' product acoustically better than the other.
thanks
Joe
joe11554

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Before you spend a lot of money, is this a real problem you can hear the effects of, or something that you're reading about and experimenting with? Its easy to go too far and over dampen your room.

Something you can try and will be well worth the effort, is to go and get some fibreglass insulation. Not the stuff that's rolled up, but the kind that comes in rectangular pieces about the size of a picture. Most acoustic treatments are made out of fibreglass and you can use this "cheap" solution just to see if you are headed in the right direction. Actually, many people just cover the store bought fibreglass with cloth that matches the room, and just use those.