Category: Installs & Custom

Andy Hong’s Kimchee Records Ramp Install

Post author By Hendrik
Post date February 22, 2014

I have known Andy Hong since I worked for him when we were at Reed Elsevier in the late 90’s. Andy’s Kimchee Records was recording and/or putting out some of the best of Boston bands like Karate, Heidi Saperstein, Tugboat Annie and the Willard Grant Conspiracy. At the time I was working with Andy, he was recording “In My Living Room” a compilation of songs recorded…in his living room. Andy advised me when I was at the beginning of building my home studio. Andy is the Gear Review Editor at Tape Op, so when I had developed my Acoustic Ramps into a real product, I got in touch to see if he would be interested in trying out a pair. The demo went great and he ended up reviewing the Ramps and buying 2 standard ramps and two custom made clear plexiglass Ramps to be placed in front of his window to the live room. Here’s two pictures of the Ramps in place:

These custom clear acrylic ramps are stopping the reflection off of the studio window into the live room. The reflection is controlled and scattered instead of being absorbed and deadened.

This photo shows a pair of standard ramps handling the early reflection point on the left side. The right side is being taken care of by the clear acrylic ones.

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Francesconi Installation

Post author By Hendrik
Post date October 5, 2013

Another brilliant usage of Acoustic Ramps is shown photographed here. The array of 5 ramps is inverted and installed on an angle to support the slanted rear wall of this control room. The diffusers have been integrated into a bass trap with an 18″ base. Lou Clark of Sonicspace is the designer.

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European Partnership with Finland’s Innofusor

Post author By Hendrik
Post date June 18, 2013

XIX Acoustics is very excited to announce a new partnership with Finland’s Innofusor! Innofusor makes custom acoustic absorbers from renewable surface peat fibers. The most exciting thing about peat fibers is that they do not need to be covered by fabric like fiberglass and mineral wool, so the color can be dyed into the fiber itself. Innofusor will also be manufacturing the Acoustic Ramp for the European market, both in standard and custom formats. Innofusor’s 1500 sqft manufacturing space is the perfect specialty facility to build Acoustic Ramps to service Scandinavia and the rest of Europe.

Peat Fiber Absorber from Innofusor

XIX Acoustics and Innofusor will be sharing ideas, materials, technology and intellectual property. We are very excited to see what this unique collaboration will yield!

The Silent Trees Absorber line from Innofusor

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New 2D BBC-style Diffusers Available

Post author By Hendrik
Post date May 16, 2013

We just finished build a set of 12 custom 2D diffusers for a client in the Pacific Northwest based on the awesome BBC article. When they are all laid out they look amazing and they sound great too! The diffuser frequencies from around 1Khz and above and can be special ordered for $299 a piece or 4/$1000. They are 4″ deep and 18″ x 18″ square with a grid of 144 blocks and wells.

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The Charles Street Meeting House

Post author By Hendrik
Post date December 13, 2012

I was contracted by J.M. Forbes & Co to solve acoustic problems in three of their conference rooms in the historic Charles Street Meeting House that they have converted into executive office suites. The conference rooms were in reflective and generally extremely tall spaces and echo and reverberation were problems for both people in the room and people on the other end of conference calls.

121 Mt. Vernon Street Glass — The reflection of the 121 at the main atrium entrance of the Charles Street Meeting House.

Due to the historic nature of the building, a great deal of the common areas were designed to take advantage of classic architectural details like original moldings, arches and the restored clock and bell.

Meeting House Offices Clock and Bell

Charles Street Meeting House Exterior

View from inside the “Tall Conference Room”

The extreme height (19 foot ceiling) of the “Tall Conference Room” was both an important architectural hook, but also the cause of many of the room’s acoustic issues. MBI Products was contracted to manufacture custom 4 inch thick 6 foot tall 6 lb fiberglass panels with a special off-white acoustically transparent fabric.

Tall Conference Room with Clock — The Tall Conference Room acoustic treatments and the restored clock and bell mechanism.

The Atrium Conference Room was designed as another signature feature of the Meeting House offices. The room is around 12 feet tall with a large original arched window looking on onto the sidewalk below.

Atrium Window — An absorber treatment centered on the exterior wall above an original arched window.

Atrium White Wall — The Atrium’s longest wall with accent coloring is home to two additional absorbers.

Atrium Brick Wall — The long accent wall of the Atrium intersects with the classic brick wall with its custom projection screen absorber.

Atrium Projection Screen — Another image showing the Atrium Projection Scree during install.