Curtains to control high frequency



One wall of my room is glass and I am about to install curtains over it to deaden high frequency reflections.

My question is, if the curtain fabric is relatively open weave linen and I am having them lined with a lightweight baby blanket type material, do you recommend one later of the lightweight lining, or two layers of the lining?

Thanks,
Shaq
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I would be careful not to overdamp the room. Curtains can suck the life out of your music.
Try it all ways possible; first the curtains without, then pin one layer of baby blanket material, and finally two layers.

You do not have to use a baby blanket material. Perhaps a treated fabric like "black out material" would be superior in many respects. This is a fabric coated such that it blocks out light completely, which is what several layers of baby blanket material would do as well, I believe. The black out material would be lighter most likely and may have a better sonic property of absorbing some of the sound waves but still reflecting enough that it would not sound like a sonic black hole. You are trying to recreate the effect of a wall, not a sound absorption panel. :)

You should have a strong preference for one of them. :)
My guess is you need to balance out your room. It's not only high frequencies giving you fits. It's reflections and a frequency imbalance within the two sides of your room. When you select curtains look for natural materials opposed to synthetic materials. Synthetics are frequency selective and natural materials will give you a more balanced sound. What's the other side of your room like?