That is called a “pub”.
Remember kids:
Oak and brass, A touch of class. Pine and chrome, Get yourself a six pack and drink it in your garage.
Sound panels. They’re insanely effective. I put up a few at home, and now I complain about every place that doesn’t have them.
Mind linking to what you found to be insanely effective? Might be a dumb question, but not positive what “sound panels” are and acoustics can be pretty fickle from my experience.
Examples here
https://www.acoustimac.com/acoustic-panels/acoustic-panels-dmd-series
I’ve done a few with my own photos printed on them, they look like canvas art. Well, they basically are, but also filled with sound deadening insulation.
I will probably make some myself at custom sizes, it’s basically a frame filled with insulation from the big box store, wrapped in fabric.
The impact they have is reducing room reverb, which helps a lot for conversation when there are a lot of people in the room.
MVL (most valuable lemming) right here.
I’ll have to look into this. There’s a few spots around my home that I’d like to be less noisy.
Wonder how hard it’d be to take one of those cheaper canvas paintings off amazon or w/e and stuff em with some dampening
Not a bad idea. The hardest part I think would be getting the insulation to the right thickness to fit. Not sure how well it cuts.
Most art probably isn’t very thick either, and 2" thick is a sweet spot because it works better at low frequencies, but isn’t excessively large
Nice, thanks for sharing, I’ll have a look!
In the past, I’ve had aspirations to build a proper studio with acoustic treatments from somewhere like realtraps.com. Nowadays, there are VSTs that do a decent job of removing room reverb from a recording, so I’d be less inclined to go all out on expensive room treatments.
However, less expensive treatments just to make a room more pleasant for conversation would certainly be worthwhile. I also like the idea of making them more decorative like you mentioned.
They’re likely acoustic dampening foam panels. You can get a similar, but lesser, effect with texturing the walls and ceilings. It’s surprising how echoey a room is without it.
One of my personal gripes with TV and movies is when the main characters go to a dance club, or a strip club, and have a conversation at a normal volume level. You can always tell from the look of the places that they’re the kind where you have to shout into the ear of the person next to you to have a hope at being understood.
BILLION DOLLAR IDEA: A BAR, BUT YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU’RE WITH
WHAT!? TELL ME AFTER THE NOISE DIES DOWN.
meanwhile when the noise actually does die down: SO THAT’S WHY I NEED A NEW HEMROID CREAM.
WHAT?
WHAT?
I don’t have a cat, maybe next door?
HUH?
WHAT?
So not a bar.
Where my tinnitus homies at?
Part of the reason why I hate going to bars. Another part is that the drinks are overpriced. I can get a decent handle and drink for a week for the same price as 3 drinks at a bar. No, the shitty music and oppressive atmosphere does not make the experience worth it.
Music should be loud enough for you not to hear the next table conversation but be able to listen to yours
The rule is make it so loud that you only stick around while you’re actively buying and consuming overpriced drinks.
Like my local pub, then. That’s how I like it.
Spoiler: they’re not ranking it in and aren’t millionaires, though.
Missed opportunity. They need a jukebox, where you put $5 in for it to drop the volume by 3 points for 10 minutes.
^what’s new pussy cat^
Speakeasies were still a thing last time I checked.
I mean, there’s some personal choice involved here. My wife and I and a friend, all middle aged, visited a bar recently to hang out and burn some time and it was busy and noisy (like, piped music and chatter noisy). We moved on and found a less busy bar where we could talk.
Soundproof booths with a touchscreen for ordering drinks.
You should visit a Asian style kareoke bar.
Loops Engage earplugs have been wonderful for this.
Will’s Pub in Orlando is such a place. At least it was. I haven’t been to Orlando in years.
