Feedback on Costco & Amazon sound absorption panels from folks who have purchased them.


Greetings.  My wife & I have purchased a new home (to us) and I am extremely fortunate enough to be getting a 19 X 21 foot room for my stereo.  The home is getting all new vinyl plank flooring throughout.  This rooms floor will have a nice large area rug of some sort to help with sound control.  My wife has been searching around for wall treatments and found the Artika panels at Costco and a plethora of choices on Amazon.   Looking for input on users and if you are happy with your choices.  I need to keep it aesthetically pleasing so no chunks of foam glued to the wall.  System is: Krell FPB300cx amp, KCT pre and Infinity Renaissance 90 speakers for reference,

Thanks for any input to a regular guy that just happens to dig quality sound. -John

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I just did my sound room with the Artika from Costco. It has been done for about 1 month and am very pleased with the sound of the room and the aesthetics. This is also my living room so had quite a bit of cutouts to do for tv, brackets etc. These panels were easy to form to any situation I needed just using a tape measure, razor knife and jig saw. My first round was using the 3m command strips and doing a systematic trial and error and developed a pattern that was very effective music wise and also withstood my OCD for symmetry. When I was satisfied, I used a little all-purpose spray glue and drywall screws. Cost was about $600 as I wasted some material. I was replacing foam egg carton style mounted on cardboard which did a good job of taking out my echo but made the room deader than I liked. The Artika was like popping your ears after a steep road climb with your radio on. I forgot how dead the room was after so many years. Hoped this helped and good luck.

 

You have to be cautious with sound absorbing panels since when utilized they can suck up all the sound so none reaches your ears. This is the dirty little secret nobody in the sound panel cabal wants you to know.

I used bass traps & acoustic panels from Acoustic America with very nice results. Extensive availability of fabrics, nice pricing, fast shipping. 

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An additional option if you go with GIK is that you can have the pannels and have artwork on them to give the room additional character.

https://www.gikacoustics.com/product-category/acoustic-art-panels/