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Tectum - acoustic control panels

Post by biasvoltage » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:39 pm

Anyone ever use this stuff? It looks like the ceiling from an old Howard Johnson's.

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Re: Tectum - acoustic control panels

Post by Ethan Winer » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:15 am

Tectum is okay, but it's expensive for what it is. Unless you're building a Howard Johnson's. :)
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Re: Tectum - acoustic control panels

Post by Weasel9992 » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:56 am

SoftSupply wrote:Anyone ever use this stuff? It looks like the ceiling from an old Howard Johnson's.

http://www.tectum.com
I've specified this stuff or something very much like it for theaters, big churches, that sort of thing. Mostly commercial application.

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Post by JGriffin » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:32 pm

I have it on the walls in my studio. Works okay. You get used to the shredded-wheat look after awhile.
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Post by Dave Stanley » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:52 am

I got some free from a friend and put it up around the drums.

It worked very well for absorbing high freq and reflections. But didnt do much in the way of the low end as far as I can tell.

Got rid of it, and insalled 703 and 705 panels which I think tightened the bass more and looks better.
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Post by JGriffin » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:55 pm

I agree that it does not do much for the low end. For that I added RealTraps, which helped tremendously. But I kept the Tectum up. The overall result is pretty good.
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