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Post by bmwfreak on Jan 17, 2016 12:22:04 GMT -5
I'm looking for some guidance. We recently moved into. Newer house that has living room, laundry room and kitchen all in one space. I'm just wondering if there are some tricks to isolate the sound coming from laundry room so we can hear tv? Laundry room has bifold doors
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Post by ribbonking on Jan 17, 2016 12:42:06 GMT -5
Yes, cover the doors to the laundry room with a mattress when you want to listen to your tv. That should block the sound from the laundry.
Another option would be to only do laundry when you are not watching tv.
One more option would be to fill the laundry room with Great Stuff foam. That's a good sound absorber, too. It would make doing laundry a little harder.
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Post by JKCashin on Jan 17, 2016 13:08:08 GMT -5
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Post by JKCashin on Jan 17, 2016 13:09:07 GMT -5
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Post by ansat on Jan 17, 2016 15:18:42 GMT -5
Try solid wood bifold doors and weather seal all around.
Tony
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Post by Gary Cook on Jan 17, 2016 17:23:50 GMT -5
Laundry room in the home theatre room, should mean clean sound  Cheers Garyt |
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Post by audiobill on Jan 17, 2016 17:46:08 GMT -5
Except for the bleached highs and funky lows.........
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Post by LCSeminole on Jan 17, 2016 17:54:38 GMT -5
This situation sounds a lot like my home, and like you I thought this would be a problem. My high efficiency washer and dryer are very quiet and hardly notice them when washing/drying clothes.
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Post by JKCashin on Jan 17, 2016 18:46:59 GMT -5
Play something with a little washtub bass, and you won't even hear it.
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Post by bmwfreak on Jan 17, 2016 21:23:59 GMT -5
This is something I never had to worry about in my other houses but it's definitely created a problem
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Post by klinemj on Jan 17, 2016 22:54:16 GMT -5
This situation sounds a lot like my home, and like you I thought this would be a problem. My high efficiency washer and dryer are very quiet and hardly notice them when washing/drying clothes. I am amazed how quite quiet* our LG is. * STUPID SPELLCHECK! Mark |
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Post by teaman on Jan 17, 2016 22:59:23 GMT -5
This situation sounds a lot like my home, and like you I thought this would be a problem. My high efficiency washer and dryer are very quiet and hardly notice them when washing/drying clothes. I am amazed how quite our LG is. Mark Quite nice? |
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Post by bluemeanies on Jan 17, 2016 23:50:24 GMT -5
Buy a soundproof door and get rid of the bi-folds...done!
I have a similar situation. My dedicated room is downstairs with the laundry room.
A soundproof door (not expensive) does the job.
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Post by Timster on Jan 18, 2016 4:13:47 GMT -5
I think trying to isolate the sound is the wrong approach.
I would look at high efficiency, high SPL speakers, and a suitably powerful amp(s).
Any extraneous sounds should easily be masked by this method, IMHO
:-)
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Post by linvincible on Jan 18, 2016 4:59:12 GMT -5
Don't isolate and you can tell your wife the laundry will dry faster with a bigger sub ;o)
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Post by klinemj on Jan 18, 2016 8:11:28 GMT -5
I am amazed how quite our LG is. Mark Quite nice? Stupid autocorrect! Mark |
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Post by vneal on Jan 18, 2016 8:47:36 GMT -5
Yes, cover the doors to the laundry room with a mattress when you want to listen to your tv. That should block the sound from the laundry. Another option would be to only do laundry when you are not watching tv. One more option would be to fill the laundry room with Great Stuff foam. That's a good sound absorber, too. It would make doing laundry a little harder. agreed |
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Post by vneal on Jan 18, 2016 8:48:48 GMT -5
Don't isolate and you can tell your wife the laundry will dry faster with a bigger sub ;o) Two bigger subs help even better |
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Post by hemster on Jan 18, 2016 9:18:30 GMT -5
Just place a speaker inside the laundry room and tweak it's level to be 6dB higher than the rest of the speakers.   |
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Post by bmwfreak on Jan 18, 2016 9:49:47 GMT -5
I have xpa5 run by xmc1 all cranking Emo's reference line including a svs pb13 sub. It's overkill but I don't like cranking it just for everyday tv but yet the laundry still has to get done (or so she says)
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